This week in Adolescent and Family DBT Group

This week we are finishing the Emotion Regulation module!  We are reviewing the TIP skill (changing your body Temperature, Intensely exercising, and Progressively relaxing your muscles) to reduce intensely painful emotions.  Many of our teenagers and parents got the opportunity to practice dunking their face into ice cold water in group last week - it was quite a site.  We are also reviewing the whole module, including ways to change emotions you want to change (problem solving and opposite action), reducing emotional vulnerability (ABC Please), and coping with painful emotions right now (TIP).  Next week we will welcome new families and begin the Interpersonal Effectiveness module.