At the beginning of this exercise, intentionally call to mind a distressing situation. Once you have one in mind, you will practice one of the skills you have learned.

Distress Tolerance Skills help you to cope with, tolerate or accept pain and distress as part of life.

Try not to fight against distressing thoughts and feelings, noticing and accepting them allows us to let go of the struggle. Some situations we just can't change.

Awareness: Understand the signs and symptoms of psychological distress when working with distressing content.

These techniques may help distract you from what you’re experiencing and refocus on what’s happening in the present moment. You can use grounding techniques to help create space …

The 5 Steps of Cognitive Restructuring (CR) is a skill for carefully examining your thinking when you are feeling upset or distressed about something. You can use it to deal with any situation …

When you’re overwhelmed by emotions, sometimes it’s hard to react in a healthy way. Maybe you overeat, drink alcohol, or harm yourself. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) RESISTT …