“Helping people get down-regulation skills is really important, not only to help them feel better emotionally but to also help them lead less impulsive and dangerous lives.”-Dr. Matthew McKaySome of us have a harder time managing our emotions and find ourselves engaging in impulsive and destructive behaviors to cope with them. Enter Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an approach developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, that’s proven effective at helping people manage overwhelming emotions by teaching them specific acceptance and change-based strategies. In this episode, Diana speaks with seasoned psychologist and author Dr. Matthew McKay, about his newly revised book, The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance which simplifies and makes traditional DBT skills more accessible for everyone. Because let’s be honest, we could all use skills to help us more effectively downregulate strong emotions from time to time!Listen and Learn:· What three behaviors perpetuate emotion dysregulation?· Why are some people are better at regulating their emotions than others?· How judgment in a toxic relationship with psychological pain· Self-soothing and distraction strategies for tolerating distress· Tips to reduce emotional vulnerability· How to make assertiveness scripts and limit setting work for youResources:· The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, PhD, Jeffery Wood, PsyD, and Jeffery Brantley, MD· The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Card Deck: 52 Practices to Balance Your Emotions Everyday by Matthew McKay, PhD and Jeffery Wood, PsyD· “Emotion Efficacy” Podcast with Dr. Aprilia West, Psychologists Off The Clock (Episode 85)_________________________Thank you for joining us on this episode of Psychologists Off The Clock. We appreciate your feedback. Please take a moment to leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts. It helps us spread the word to more folks like you!Subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts!Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher