Distress Tolerance Skills: Some Tips from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Sunrise Residential Treatment Center, a Utah health provider for teenaged girls with mental health and emotional challenges, shared a set of strategies for coping with crises inspired by their Dialectical Behavioral Therapy work with clients.

The tips are explained in depth, and in simple, relatable language. They've been circulating on social media, perhaps because this is one of the clearest windows into the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy process and what it has to offer in terms of resources for everyday life.

I haven't had the experience of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy treatment, but the approaches outlined here seem potentially useful for everyone, even outside the context of the treatment modality. Maybe there's something here that can be helpful for many of us?