Emotion Regulation: Skills for managing client distress

Facilitator
Dr Richard Cash

Date
TBC
Time
9:30am–1:00pm
Duration
3.5 hours
Location
Online

Early bird
TBC
Standard 
TBC
Group
TBC

Who should attend

This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for new, experienced and advanced practitioners. This workshop is suitable for workers in low threshold and clinical settings.

Help your clients to manage strong emotions

We all have strong emotions from time to time. People in alcohol and other drug treatment often experience significant difficulties with recognising and self regulating distress. The good news is that being able to recognise and self regulate emotions is a skill that can be learned. Emotion regulation is a protective factor against mental health problems, including depression and anxiety.

Understanding and managing emotions is essential to good client outcomes. In this workshop, we take the mystery out of emotions and the role of emotion regulation in alcohol and drug use. You will come away with increased knowledge of emotion regulation and the key skills to assist clients to manage their emotions in recovery.

Learn strategies to help your clients to better manage their emotions and improve resilience so they can better participate in treatment and cope with life’s stressors.

Learning outcomes

• Understand how lifestyle factors can impact on a person’s ability to regulate their emotions
• Know how to explain to clients how emotions work and how they interact with thoughts and behaviours
• Identify strategies to help your clients identify triggers to strong emotions and respond effectively
• Learn key emotion regulation skills and how to integrate them into your practice