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Complete this progream and gain several strategies and experiential exercises that will help your client manage stress…and not carry it!  You will learn how stress can be positive and how to use it as a motivational tool in treatment. Discover new techniques to help your client to regulate their emotions and cope with intense emotions, such as stress resiliency activities, mood logs, and mindfulness. Judy Belmont, MS, LPC, author of bestselling Tips and Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox series, will offer you practical tips to easily incorporate in your practice. Learn innovative and psycho-educational tips derived from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy that you can add to your emotional regulation and stress management toolbox.objectives: Integrate strategies from DBT, ACT, and MBCT into treatment of stress and emotion regulation.Describe the positive and negative aspects of stress.Show experiential stress management and emotional regulation activities to use with individuals and groups.Illustrate how mindfulness and acceptance can help regulate emotions and manage stress.Prepare valuable handouts and worksheets to help your client manage stress and regulate emotion.Outline:Stress and Emotion RegulationMyth bustingStress carriers vs. stress managers3 communication styles CBTDisputing stress producing thoughtsMood logsStress producing thoughtsCoping CardsManaging Stress DBTThe self soothe kit – example of distress toleranceRadical acceptance strategiesObserving mindfully activityInterpersonal skill building with DEAR MANDiary keeping ACTQuicksand metaphorHungry tiger metaphorFloating leaves imageryDefusion techniques – watching your thinkingEating mindfullyThe bulls eye for clarifying valuesFinger trap visualization MBCTMindfulness practiceHome based daily practice examplesDoing vs. Being Stress Management & Emotion Regulation ActivitiesStress is….. Exercise for individuals and groupsEmotion regulation activitiesReduce relationship stress by improving communicationCommunication role playListening/perception exerciseConflict resolution exerciseTreating yourself and each other as good as an egg4 C’s of Hardinessmetaphorical ToolkitConstruct stress reduction toolkitAbout the Speaker:Judy Belmont, MS, has been a psychotherapist for 35 years, with a focus on practical, psycho-social and psycho-educational skills training. She is the author of PESI’s popular 3 book series, 86 TIPS, 103 Group Activities and TIPS, and 127 More Amazing TIPS & Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox, which offers practical, action-oriented strategies to help people develop healthy life skills.She is also co-author of the self-help book The Swiss Cheese Theory of Life. Judy is a national speaker on various mental health and wellness topics for a variety of populations, including mental health professionals, women’s conferences and expos and as well as workplace wellness programs. She maintains a private practice in Allentown, PA.