Tag: For Emotion Regulation
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Distraction As An Emotion Regulation Skill

When Distraction Can Be Helpful For Emotion Regulation Distraction can sometimes get a bit of a bad rep because it sounds like you are avoiding something rather than figuring out a solution to a problem. However, what about situations where there is no immediate solution? In this case, distraction and self-soothing skills can be a…
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Emotion Regulation Strategies For When You Are in Crisis

The Emotional Thermometer Different problems require different solutions. On the emotional thermometer (let’s say – from 0 to 100), where we are on this thermometer affects the strategies that we might employ to bring the emotions down to a manageable level. Sometimes we are just at a 10 and we’re doing just fine; we don’t…
