DBT Skills Group | Distress Tolerance | Utah Center for Evidence Based

About this module

In this module, you will learn how to tolerate painful situations when you cannot immediately make them better. You will learn physical skills to decrease the intensity of your body's response to a crisis. You will also learn skills to help you respond to your urges mindfully and not let your urges control you.

Finally, this module includes four bonus skills for managing addictive behaviors.

Goals of Distress Tolerance

• Survive times of crisis without making things worse

• Move forward from being stuck

• Free yourself from being controlled by your urges

• Manage addictive behaviors in your life (bonus content)

Skills in this module

Crisis Survival
Pros and Cons
STOP
TIP
Paced Breathing
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
ACCEPT
Self-Soothe
IMPROVE
Reality Acceptance
Willingness
Half-Smiling, Willing Hands
Dialectical Abstinence
Community Reinforcement
Burning Bridges and Building New Ones
Alternative Rebellion and Adaptive Denial

Example Curriculum

First Section

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days after you enroll

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$175

Module 4: Distress Tolerance

DBT Skills Training

This course follows Module 4 of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group skills classes on Distress Tolerance. It is recommended that Module 1: Mindfulness, Module 2: Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Module 3: Emotion Regulation be taken before learning the material in this module.