(1)
Interpersonal
Effectiveness
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Getting what you want / need
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Getting / Keeping a good relationship
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Keeping & Improving liking for yourself
Learn from the past and don't live it
Plan for the future but don't live it

Interpersonal Effectiveness
THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF DBT
(2)
Emotional
Regulation
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Observe, Describe & Understand emotions
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Reduce vulnerabiltiy & hurting
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Increase postitve emotions
(3)
Distress
Tolerance
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Experiencing, Tolerating & Accepting
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emotional pain and ways to reduce it
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Sometimes pain and distress are part of life
(4)
Mindfulness
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Observe
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Describe
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Participate
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Non-judgemental
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One-Mindful
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Effective
D.E.A.R.M.A.N

DEARMAN Acronym
REMEMBER:
You are NOT
your emotion