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Emotion Regulation in Therapy
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A concierge psychologist serving clients in New
York City and Miami, Dr. Lisa Napolitano
specializes in the treatment of emotion
regulation problems. She is the Founder and
Executive Director of CBT/DBT Associates. Lisa
Napolitano, PHD, is an expert in cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior
therapy (DBT). Emotion regulation encompasses a
broad range of processes that influence emotional
experience including thinking style and behavior.
Techniques from CBT and DBT can be used to manage
positive and negative emotions.
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They can help people decrease the intensity of
angry reactions toward situations or people, or
appreciate moments that bring happiness or joy.
Techniques can also be used to increase the
frequency and intensity of positive emotions. Dr.
Napolitano teaches clients how to overcome their
negativity bias, i.e. the tendency to place more
weight on negative emotions and experiences,
which can can adversely affect mental health by
amplifying feelings of insecurity or anxiety.
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A powerful technique to improve emotion
regulation is mindfulness, an real time awareness
of how emotions affect us physically and the
action urges that accompany them. For example,
fear is accompanied by an urge to run. Anger is
accompanied by an urge to attack. Mindful
awareness of these urges creates an opportunity
to inhibit acting on them and to respond
differently. Similarly, awareness of how these
emotions affect us physically provides the
opportunity to reverse these effects. The
increased rate of respiration and muscle tension
that accompany fear and anger can be slowed
through deep breathing and progressive muscle
relaxation.
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Mindful awareness is a foundational emotion
regulation skill. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(DBT), clients engage in daily monitoring of
emotions to cultivate awareness using a diary
card. They provide an average daily rating for a
variety of emotions and note the events in their
lives that may be prompting these emotions.
Another way to cultivate mindful awareness of
emotions is through meditation. By blocking out
time daily or several times a week to sit quietly
and observe emotions as they arise provides the
basis for effective use of emotion regulation
skills in daily life. View Source
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