Affect Regulation Training A Practitioners' Manual /

• Main Authors: Berking, Matthias (Author), Whitley, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Experiential research.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Psychology Research.

No one is immune to intense emotions--and whether we accept them and how we regulate them can mean the difference between mental health or illness. The critical role of these complex emotional skills in human well-being is at the core of Affect Regulation Training (ART), which is gaining ground as b...

Table of Contents:

• Emotion Regulation and Mental Health
• ART Development Model of Emotion Regulation Deficits
• Use of affect regulation training as a psychological intervention
• Guidelines for effective delivery of affect regulation training
• Training format and logistics
• ART module one- introduction and psychoeducation
• ART module two- muscle and breathing relaxation
• Module three- psychoeducation part II (The importance of regular practice)
• Module four - nonjudgemental awareness
• Module five- acceptance and tolerance
• Module six- compassionate self-support
• Module seven- analyzing emotions
• Module eight- modifying emotions
• Module nine- Additional practice using ART skill #6 (Analyzing Emotions) & ART Skill #7 (modifying emotions) with common challenging emotions
• Program evaluation, efficacy findings, and future opportunities
• closing words.