Emotional Regulation: 5 Evidence-Based Regulation Techniques

This method of addressing problems and promoting healing constitutes the bulk of CBT sessions and offers dozens of techniques and exercises that can be applied to nearly any client scenario. Cognitive distortions are faulty or biased ways of thinking about ourselves and/or our environment (Beck, 1976). They are beliefs and thought patterns that are irrational, false, or inaccurate, and they have the potential to cause serious damage to our sense of self, our confidence, and our ability to succeed. When talking with a prospective therapist, ask about treatment fees, whether the therapist accepts insurance, and whether there is a sliding