Emotional Regulation

ACCEPTANCE
ANGER
AVOIDPAIN
AWARENESS
BALANCE
COMMUNICATE
CONTEMPT
COPE
COPINGTHOUGHTS
EMOTIONEXPOSURE
FEAR
FIGHTORFLIGHT
GUILT
JEALOUSY
JOY
LETTINGGOOFPAINFUL
LOVE
MINDFULNESS
OPPOSITEACTION
OVERCOMINGBARRIERS
PRIMARYEMOTIONS
RECOGNIZING
REDUCEVULNERABILITY
SADNESS
SECONDARYEMOTIONS
SEEKPLEASURE
STAYOUTOFEMOTIONMIND
SURPRISE
VALIDATE
WISEMIND

DBT Emotional Regulation Skills

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J S E C O N D A R Y E M O T I O N S M C
K T M B D N I M E S I W Q V T V R H O O
O A C C E P T A N C E C N A L A B P R P
M Y E Y Z X L A T R E G N A K A E E E I
N O V E R C O M I N G B A R R I E R S N
L U F N I A P F O O G G N I T T E L M G
Q T P E H H S O I S L L O H D E W P T T
H O P P O S I T E A C T I O N V N R T H
U F I G H T O R F L I G H T F O K B P O
R E D U C E V U L N E R A B I L I T Y U
E M I X O N C O N T E M P T F T L I U G
C O E L M I N D F U L N E S S D I D N H
O T T G M R P E L K K S S E N D A S N T
G I A K U H A N E R U S A E L P K E E S
N O D W N R T O J U Y S U O L A E J O Y
I N I G I P R I M A R Y E M O T I O N S
Z M L K C E R U S O P X E N O I T O M E
I I A U A W A R E N E S S U R P R I S E
N N V I T G T B Q B K K Y O H Y L A M J
G D J J E Z D X A V O I D P A I N R V Y
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Answer Key for Emotional Regulation

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2# T # # D N I M E S I W # # # # # # O O
3# A C C E P T A N C E C N A L A B P # P
4# Y # # # # # # # R E G N A # # E # # I
5# O V E R C O M I N G B A R R I E R S N
6L U F N I A P F O O G G N I T T E L # G
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8# O P P O S I T E A C T I O N V # # # H
9# F I G H T O R F L I G H T # O # # # O
10R E D U C E V U L N E R A B I L I T Y U
11E M # # O # C O N T E M P T # T L I U G
12C O E # M I N D F U L N E S S # # # # H
13O T T # M # # E # # # S S E N D A S # T
14G I A # U # A # E R U S A E L P K E E S
15N O D # N R # # # # Y S U O L A E J O Y
16I N I # I P R I M A R Y E M O T I O N S
17Z M L # C E R U S O P X E N O I T O M E
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Word X Y Direction
ACCEPTANCE  23e
ANGER  144w
AVOIDPAIN  920e
AWARENESS  518e
BALANCE  173w
COMMUNICATE  510s
CONTEMPT  711e
COPE  201sw
COPINGTHOUGHTS  201s
EMOTIONEXPOSURE  2017w
FEAR  912sw
FIGHTORFLIGHT  29e
GUILT  2011w
JEALOUSY  1715w
JOY  1815e
LETTINGGOOFPAINFUL  186w
LOVE  1610n
MINDFULNESS  512e
OPPOSITEACTION  28e
OVERCOMINGBARRIERS  25e
PRIMARYEMOTIONS  616e
RECOGNIZING  110s
REDUCEVULNERABILITY  210e
SADNESS  1813w
SECONDARYEMOTIONS  21e
SEEKPLEASURE  2014w
STAYOUTOFEMOTIONMIND  211s
SURPRISE  1318e
VALIDATE  319n
WISEMIND  122w