Surviving the emotional roller coaster : DBT skills to help teens manage emotions
Van Dijk, Sheri2016
Book
As a teen, you're experiencing intense changes in your life-both physically and mentally. To top it off, you're probably unsure of how to handle your emotions in a positive, constructive way. Surviving the Emotional Roller Coaster offers evidence-based techniques to help you regulate your emotions and find balance in all areas of life- whether it's at home, at school, or with friends and peers. By learning to be more aware of your emotions, you'll be able to let difficult feelings pass without reacting to them in destructive ways. You will also learn the four basic DBT skills to help you manage your emotions: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. You'll discover how to apply these skills to help deal with a number of negative emotions, such as low self-esteem, anger, anxiety, depression, and more. By changing the way you react to your emotions and to others, you'll be able to build better relationships and feel more confident as a result. If you're ready to understand and better manage your feelings, stop acting on impulses, and calm yourself in moments of emotional stress, this book will show you how.
Main title:
Surviving the emotional roller coaster : DBT skills to help teens manage emotions / Sheri Van Dijk, MSW.
Author:
Van Dijk, Sheri, author
Imprint:
Oakland, CA New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2016]©2016
Collation:
217 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Contents:
Introduction -- Mindfulness: waking up to your life -- What you need to know about your emotions -- Slowing down the emotional roller coaster -- Leaving the judgments out of it -- Dealing with intense emotions -- Stop letting your emotions get in the way -- Accepting reality -- Surviving a crisis without making it worse -- The building blocks for positive emotions -- Improving the relationships in your life -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
9781626252400 (pbk)1626252408 (pbk)
Dewey class:
155.5124
Language:
English
BRN:
420646
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Health | HEALTH 155.5124 VAND | On loan - Due: 27 Jul 2026 |