Liberally Use - Alice Boyes

1 Healthy emotion regulation Strategies PyramidUse SparinglyUse LiberallyAcceptance (of things that can't be changed; & of what your current experience is)Psychological Expansion to make room for difficult feelings, & Softening to your difficult feelingsCognitive Reappraisal MindfulnessUsing AttachmentRelationships as Your Secure Base and Safe Calming StrategiesPsychological FlexibilityBehaving how you want to (Moving in valued directions in spite of difficult feelings)Cognitive Suppression Behavioral AvoidanceExperiential AvoidanceRuminationJust willpower (without the concurrent use of any other strategy)Cognitive Suppression = Trying to block out thoughtsBehavioral Avoidance = avoiding important behaviors and situations that are Avoidance = the suppression or avoidance of uncomfortable thoughts, emotions , sensations, memories, and = the tendency to respond to distress by repetitively (and passively) focusing on the causes and consequences of your problems, without moving into active Solving (trying to change a stressful situation or contain it's consequences).

2 Created by: Dr Alice Boyes . Clinical Psychologist @ Copyright 2011 Dr Alice Boyes . All rights reserved. Inspired by: Aldao A, Nolen-Hoeksema S, & Schweizer S. (2010) Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review. Clin Psychol Rev (2) Base = a base from which to explore and return back Haven = for comforting when you need it.