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Learning outcomes and objectives
- To explain the process and function of emotions.
- To look at ways of helping clients reduce their emotional vulnerability.
- To teach delegates practical strategies for helping clients regulate their emotions.
Psychological theory underpinning the event
Emotion dysregulation underpins many problematic conditions that clients present with and many behaviours that clients want to change - such as dependence on substance misuse, deliberate self harm, over-eating etc. - can be understood as attempts to cope with experiencing emotions which clients find aversive and overwhelming. In common with other theorists and therapists working in this field, such as Dr Marsha Linehan, who developed Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Linehan, 1993) and Dr Matthias Berking, who has developed a package called Affect Regulation Training (Berking, Wupperman, Reichardt, Pejic, Dippel, & Znoj, 2008) we propose that there are a number of common problems with emotional experiencing that can be reduced with the right kind of therapy.
Emotion Regulation Treatment has several components to it including: a psycho-educational component, encouragement about labelling emotions (Cresswell, Way, Eisenberger, Lieberman, 2007); education about the role of biological rhythms such as eating regularly and sleeping regularly; education about the role of different types of thinking in increasing emotionality and ways to regulate emotions through thought challenging (e.g., Beck ,Rush, Shaw & Emery, 1979); as well as using exposure. Change is encouraged through in-session coaching and rehearsal (Linehan, 1993).
Facilitator: Dr Sara Melly
Dr Sara Melly is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years experience in Adult and Forensic Mental Health. She is trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She has supervised on the Southampton University Cognitive Therapy Diploma and is currently lead for Secondary Care Psychological Services in Portsmouth.
Co-facilitator: Dr Olivia Thrift
Dr Olivia Thrift is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with eight years experience in Adult and Forensic Mental Health Settings. Her training was integrative, giving her a theoretical and applied understanding of humanistic, psychodynamic and CBT approaches. She currently works in the Secondary Care Psychological Services team in Portsmouth and works from a CBT and CAT perspective as well as being part of the Portsmouth DBT team. Furthermore, she provides psychological consultation to Portsmouth's acute inpatient ward and CRHT team.
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