Affect Regulation / Emotion Regulation
A Guide To Emotions (Psychology Tools For Living Well)
Chapter
Anger Decision Sheet
Exercise
Anger Diary
Worksheet
Anger Self-Monitoring Record
Worksheet
Anger Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
Anger Thought Monitoring Record
Worksheet
Assertive Communication
Information Handout
Assertive Responses
Exercise
Autonomic Nervous System
Information Handout
Breathing To Calm The Body Sensations Of Panic (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Fear Of Body Sensations
Information Handout
Combined Relaxation Exercise (Audio)
Audio
Compassionate Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
Coping With Body Sensations (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Decatastrophizing
Exercise
Dissociation Record
Worksheet
Embracing Uncertainty
Exercise
Emotions
Information Handout
Emotions Motivate Actions
Information Handout
Exposure And Response Prevention
Exercise
Exposure Practice Form
Exercise
Fight or Flight (CYP)
Information Handout
Fight Or Flight Response
Information Handout
Forgiveness Is
Information Handout
Forgiveness Methods
Information Handout
Functional Analysis
Worksheet
Functional Analysis With Intervention Planning
Worksheet
Grounding Objects (Audio)
Audio
Grounding Statements (Audio)
Audio
Grounding Techniques
Exercise
Habituation
Information Handout
How Breathing Affects Feelings
Exercise
How Does Emotion Affect Your Life?
Exercise
How Your Body Responds To Stress
Information Handout
Interoceptive Exposure
Exercise
Intrusive Memory Record
Worksheet
Learning To Relax (CYP)
Exercise
Motivational Systems (Emotional Regulation Systems)
Information Handout
Problem Solving
Exercise
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Exercise
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Audio)
Audio
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Edition 1)
Exercise
Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic
eBook
Psychology Tools For Overcoming PTSD Audio Collection
Audio Collection
Psychology Tools For Relaxation Audio Collection
Audio Collection
Recovering From A Nightmare (Audio)
Audio
Relaxed Breathing
Exercise
Relaxed Breathing Exercise 1 (Audio)
Audio
Relaxed Breathing Exercise 2 (Audio)
Audio
Relaxed Breathing Exercise 3 (Audio)
Audio
Relaxed Breathing Exercise 4 (Audio)
Audio
Relaxed Breathing Record Form
Worksheet
Responses To Threat: Freeze, Appease, Flight, Fight
Information Handout
Sensory Grounding Using Smells (Audio)
Audio
Sensory Grounding Using Your Five Senses (Audio)
Audio
Stimulus Discrimination
Exercise
Stimulus Discrimination (Audio)
Audio
Thought Challenging Record 7 Column
Worksheet
Trauma, Dissociation, And Grounding
Guide
Types Of Dissociation
Information Handout
Unforgiveness Hook Metaphor
Information Handout
Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Information Handout
VAS Scale
Exercise
Worry Decision Tree
Exercise
Your Stone Age Brain
Information Handout
Your Stone Age Brain (CYP)
Information Handout
Intervention
Treatment manuals
- Emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills for adolescents: A treatment manual | Charlers Bonner | 2002 download archived copy
- A quality manual for MBT | Anthony Bateman, Dawn Bales, Joost Hutsebaut | 2014 download archived copy
Information Handouts
- DBT skills quick reference sheet download archived copy
- States of mind handout (logical, emotional, wise) download archived copy
- DBT skills mindfulness overview download archived copy
- Reality acceptance skills overview download archived copy
- Guided mindfulness practice script download archived copy
- Emotion myths worksheet download archived copy
- Working with primary and secondary emotions download archived copy
- Interpersonal effectiveness skills handout (DEAR MAN) download archived copy
Worksheets
- DBT multi-purpose pros and cons worksheet download archived copy
- DBT skills training pros and cons worksheet download archived copy
- Distress tolerance worksheet download archived copy
- Check the facts handout and worksheet download archived copy
- Opposite action handout and worksheet download archived copy
- DBT behavior chain and solution analysis worksheet download archived copy
Self-Help Programmes
Overcoming distress intolerance (facing your feelings)
- Understanding distress intolerance download
- Accepting distress download
- Improving distress download
- Tolerating distress download
Mindful awareness stabilization training
- Session 1 – Mindfulness and the window of tolerance download archived copy
- Session 2 – Mindfulness and the brain download archived copy
- Session 3 – Mindfulness and emotions download archived copy
- Session 4 – Developing an action plan for self care download archived copy
- Audio track 1 – Mindfulness of the senses link
- Audio track 2 – Three minute breathing space link
- Audio track 3 – Mindfulness of breath link
- Audio track 4 – Meditation of sounds link
- Audio track 5 – Mindfulness of emotions link
- Audio track 6 – Standing meditation link
- Audio track 7 – Self-compassion meditation link
Presentations
- Mentalisation Based Therapy – training slides
ucl.ac.ukarchived copy - Mentalisation Based Therapy – clinical slides
ucl.ac.ukarchived copy - What is mentalizing and why do it? | Chris Taylor download archived copy
- Adolescent mentalization based therapy | Louise Duffy, Helen Griffiths | 2016
downloadarchived copy
Recommended Reading
- Bowlby, J. (1969/1982). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment (2nd edition). New York: Basic Books
- Hofmann, S. G. (2014). Interpersonal emotion regulation model of mood and anxiety disorders. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38(5), 483-492. download
What Is Affect Regulation?
Techniques for Affect Regulation
Affect regulation is a broad category that encompasses almost anything done to manage our emotional state including:
- acceptance (the effortful ‘allowing’ of the experience of aversive states without engaging in avoidance or distraction)
- cognitive restructuring / cognitive reappraisal
- distraction
- distress tolerance
- grounding techniques
- mindfulness / mindful awareness
- psychoeducation / understanding about emotions
- response modulation (the strategic use of exercise or relaxation)
- urge surfing
References
- Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss: Volume I. Attachment. London: The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.
- Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: retrospect and prospect. American journal of Orthopsychiatry, 52(4), 664.