Calming the Emotional Storm : Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life

Sheri Van Dijk presents Calming the Emotional Storm, an easy-to-read introduction to the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills that can help readers keep calm in the face of distressing emotions and regain emotional balance in their lives.

When you have difficulties managing your emotions, it can feel like you’re losing control of your whole life. Anger, hurt, grief, worry, and other intense feelings can be overwhelming, and how you react to these emotions can impact your ability to maintain relationships, succeed at work, or even think straight! If you find it difficult to understand, express, and process intense emotions—and most of us do—this book is for you.

Calming the Emotional Storm is your guide to coping with difficult emotions calmly and responsibly by using powerful skills from dialectical behavior therapy. This method combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to change the way you respond to stressful situations. By practicing these skills, you can stop needless emotional suffering and develop the inner resilience that will help you weather any emotional storm.

This book will teach you how to:

• Establish a balanced life for an everyday sense of well-being
• Let go of unwanted worries and fears
• Become better at accepting yourself and others
• Work through a crisis without letting emotions take over

Introduction Mindfulness : seeing things as they are Don't just react : choose how to act Learning about your emotions Quieting your emotions Leave the judgments out of it Uncorrected proof Calming the emotional storm How to be more effective in your life Getting through a crisis without making it worse Accepting things as they are The building blocks for positive emotions Improving your relationships Conclusion References. Discusses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills that can be used to help regain emotional balance and remain calm when faced with stressful situations