Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) - Softcover

Spradlin, Scott E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572243090 ISBN 13: 9781572243095

Publisher: New Harbinger, 2003

Synopsis

Many of us know the helpless predicament of losing control of our emotions. We may not be clinically "crazy" but instead "high reactors," experiencing overpowering feelings that knock us off balance, plunge us into depression, make us fly off the handle, or terrify us without warning. We can anticipate, understand, avoid and replace these "high reactions" by applying the methods of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is an eclectic mix of cognitive-behavioral techniques, skills training, Zen, and existentialism, that has been honed for the treatment of the highest reactors among us--those with Borderline Personality Disorder. Author Scott Spradlin uses proven DBT techniques, worksheets and assessment exercises, to teach us to pay attention to emotions when they arise, assess our blocks to controlling them, and finally overcome these blocks and eliminate overpowering feelings. We learn what emotional triggers exist in our environments, become less judgmental about ourselves when we do experience a surge, and avoid or reduce the distress that emotions cause us. This workbook ultimately equips us to reduce the impact of painful feelings and increase the effects of positive ones so that we may tolerate life's ongoing stresses and achieve a sense of calm co-existence with our emotions.

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About the Author

Scott Spradlin, M.A., is a DBT therapist specializing in treating highly reactive clients. Spradlin trained exclusively with Dr. Marsha Linehan, the originator of DBT,. He currently works as a therapist and coordinator at the Christian Counseling Center in Wichita, KS where he treats clients, and trains professionals and students in the theory and practice of DBT. Spradlin is the founding editor of the DBT Bulletin.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572243090
• ISBN 13: 9781572243095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225