33 Tips and Tools for the Stress Management and Emotion Regulation Toolbox: Using CBT, DBT, Mindfulness and ACT

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Judith Belmont, MS Related seminars and products

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Judy Belmont, MS, is a retired psychotherapist who offers online mental health coaching. She is the author of PESI’s popular 4 book series, 86 TIPS for the Therapeutic Toolbox (Treatment Ideas & Practical Strategies), 103 Group Activities and TIPS, 127 More Amazing TIPS & Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox, and 150 More Group Therapy Activities & TIPS, which offers practical, action-oriented strategies to help people develop healthy life skills. Judy is the author of The Group Therapy Deck and The Anxiety and Stress Solution Deck as well. She also co-authored the self-help book The Swiss Cheese Theory of Life.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Judith Belmont receives royalties as an author for PESI Publishing and Media. She receives royalties as an author for New Harbinger and WW Norton. Ms. Belmont receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Judith Belmont has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Objectives

• Integrate strategies from DBT, ACT, and MBCT into treatment of stress and emotion regulation.
• Describe the positive and negative aspects of stress.
• Show experiential stress management and emotional regulation activities to use with individuals and groups.
• Illustrate how mindfulness and acceptance can help regulate emotions and manage stress.
• Prepare valuable handouts and worksheets to help your client manage stress and regulate emotion.

Outline

Stress and Emotion Regulation

• Myth busting
• Stress carriers vs. stress managers
• 3 communication styles

CBT

• Disputing stress producing thoughts
• Mood logs
• Stress producing thoughts
• Coping Cards
• Managing Stress

DBT

• The self soothe kit - example of distress tolerance
• Radical acceptance strategies
• Observing mindfully activity
• Interpersonal skill building with DEAR MAN
• Diary keeping

ACT

• Quicksand metaphor
• Hungry tiger metaphor
• Floating leaves imagery
• Defusion techniques - watching your thinking
• Eating mindfully
• The bulls eye for clarifying values
• Finger trap visualization

MBCT

• Mindfulness practice
• Home based daily practice examples
• Doing vs. Being

Stress Management & Emotion Regulation Activities

• Stress is… Exercise for individuals and groups
• Emotion regulation activities
• Reduce relationship stress by improving communication
• Communication role play
• Listening/perception exercise
• Conflict resolution exercise
• Treating yourself and each other as good as an egg
• 4 C’s of Hardiness
• Metaphorical Toolkit
• Construct stress reduction toolkit

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