Today, we begin to explore skills that help us tolerate times when we experience distress. Meredith introduces two tools that we can use any time we're experiencing heightened emotional reactivity. These tools can be especially helpful in crisis situations to help us not make things worse.

0:00 Intro
2:00 Goals of Distress Tolerance
6:02 Options for Solving Any Problem
11:38 When to Use Crisis Survival Skills
17:30 STOP Skill
28:52 Pros & Cons Skill
37:44 Pros & Cons Worksheet
44:36 Practicing the STOP Skill Worksheet
45:30 Meredith's tip for how to mentally take a step back (STOP skill)

References:
https://www.theonpointpractice.com/theskillspodcast

DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, Marsha M. Linehan https://www.guilford.com/books/DBT-Skills-Training-Manual/Marsha-Linehan/9781462556359