Bipolar disorders, mood dysregulation, anger
Consistent debilitating irritability, temper tantrums, angry outbursts and overall emotional discomfort disrupt every aspect of living: personal, emotional, family academic and work.
The ability to return to feeling calm and comfortable despite life’s setbacks can be achieved by:
- cognitive behavioral techniques- exploring and correcting faulty, conflicting and ambivalent thoughts, assignment to engage in new behaviors (activation therapy), and increasing overall awareness
- self-soothing- using the 5 senses to feel calmer and more centered
- dialectical treatments- mindfulness, thinking of pros and cons, crisis survival strategies, urge management
- distress intolerance
- interpersonal effectiveness
- assertiveness
