Weekly Practice Assignments

  • Class Date: April 23, 2026

    Module: Emotion Regulation

    Skills: Model of Emotions and Observing & Describing Emotions

    Weekly Skills Practice:

    • Daily Diary Card

    • Complete two Models of Emotion on two different emotions

    • Practice naming emotions through the week

  • Class Date: April 29, 2026

    Module: Emotion Regulation

    Skills: Opposite Action

    Handouts Covered:

    • Emotion Regulation Handout 9-11 (pgs Old Book: 230-240 / New Book: 218-229)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Use opposite action to fill out your diary card this week even when you want to avoid it.

    • Practice your opposite action plan twice that you made in class for fear. Write down what you learned by doing opposite action to fear. OR

    • Pick two more emotions that are not justified in a specific situation and fill out Emotion Regulation Worksheet 7 for each emotion (pg. old book 288 / new book 230). Make sure to practice the opposite action if possible for each emotion and fill out the worksheet on the aftereffect of doing opposite action.

  • Class Date: April 29, 2026

    Module: Interpersonal Effectiveness

    Skills: Review of GIVE Skills, FAST Skills, Recovering from Invalidation

    Handouts Covered:

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 13 (old book page 193; new book page 167) - Fill this worksheet out at least twice when you feel invalidated this week.

    • Choose 1 of the FAST skills to work on daily and identify a specific behavior to do daily.

    • Fill out Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 5 (old book page 175; new book page 122) once - noting how you can integrate DEARMAN, GIVE and FAST together.

  • Class Date: April 23, 2026

    Skills Module: Interpersonal Effectiveness

    Skills: DEAR MAN

    Handouts Covered:

    •  Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts 5-5A (pgs Old Book: 125-127 / New Book: 118-120)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Diary Card

    • Using Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 4 (old book pg 174; new book pg 121), write out 3 different DEARMAN scripts. Make sure to fill out the top part about your objective in the situation.

    • Verbally do a DEARMAN twice with someone this week (use ideas from the previous slide to challenge yourself).

  • Class Date: April 23, 2026

    Module: Interpersonal Effectiveness

    Skills: GIVE skills - emphasis on Validation

    Handouts Covered:

    • Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts 6-6A (pgs Old Book: 128-129 / New Book: 123-124)

    • Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts 17-18A (pgs Old Book: 155-157 / New Book: 160-162)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Be Gentle Practice: Come up with a statement that you can use to exit conversations gracefully when needed - without threats or attacks or disrespectful statements.

    • Act Interested Practice: In one interaction this week, focus on acting interested in the other person. Write down what you learn.

    • Validation Practice: a) Practice validating someone (even yourself) once a day. b) Fill out Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 12 (old book pg. 192 / new book pg. 163).

    • Easy Manner Practice: Practice smiling at people this week and notice what the results are for you and the other person.