Weekly Practice Assignments

  • Class Date: December 4, 2025

    Module: Interpersonal Effectiveness

    Skills: FAST

    Weekly Skills Practice:

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Part 1: Complete 1-6 in the Interpersonal Effectiveness handout 8

    • Part 2: Complete Interpersonal Effectiveness handout 9

  • Class Date: December 10, 2025

    Module: Distress Tolerance

    Skills: Pros and Cons & TIP Skills

    Worksheets Covered:

    • Pros and Cons: Distress Tolerance Handout 5 (old book: pg. 328; new book: pg. 297

    • TIP: Distress Tolerance Handouts 6-6C (old book: pg. 329-332; new book: pg. 300-303)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Diary Card

    • Finish a pros and cons list on a crisis behavior and on resisting the crisis behavior (Distress Tolerance Worksheet 3 - old book pg 374; new book pg 298)

    • Rehearse your pros/cons list at least 3 times this week.

    • Find a place to keep a copy of your list where you will find it and use it in a crisis.

    • Practice each of the TIP skills at least once this week (even if you aren’t in a crisis). Record your practice on Distress Tolerance Worksheet 4 - old book pg 376; new book pg 304).

  • Class Date: December 10, 2025

    Module: Emotion Regulation

    Skills: Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind, Accumulating Positives

    Worksheets Covered:

    • Emotion Regulation Handouts 14-18 (old book pp. 247-255 / new book pp. 239-250)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Fully participate mindfully in one pleasant event each day.

    • Take one action step each day based on your goals (based on a value).

    • On Emotion Regulation Worksheet 10 (old book pg 295; new book pg 246), fill out daily about something you do each day to accumulate positive events in the short term.

    • Emotion Regulation Worksheet 11B (old book pg 300; new book pg 255), Fill out daily about what value and goal you worked on.

    • Bonus: Pick a value for this holiday season and then make a short-term goal to go toward that value and a list of actions you can do to go toward that goal.

  • Class Date: December 11, 2025

    Module: Emotion Regulation

    Skills: Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind, Accumulating Positives

    Worksheets Covered:

    • Emotion Regulation Handouts 14-18 (old book pp. 247-255 / new book pp. 239-250)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Fully participate mindfully in one pleasant event each day.

    • Take one action step each day based on your goals (based on a value).

    • On Emotion Regulation Worksheet 10 (old book pg 295; new book pg 246), fill out daily about something you do each day to accumulate positive events in the short term.

    • Emotion Regulation Worksheet 11B (old book pg 300; new book pg 255), Fill out daily about what value and goal you worked on.

    • Bonus: Pick a value for this holiday season and then make a short-term goal to go toward that value and a list of actions you can do to go toward that goal.

  • Class Date: December 11, 2025

    Module: Emotion Regulation

    Skills: Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind: Accumulating Positives

    Worksheets Covered:

    • Emotion Regulation Handouts 14-18 (old book pp. 247-255 / new book pp. 239-250)

    Weekly Skills Practice: 

    • Complete Diary Card daily.

    • Fully participate mindfully in one pleasant event each day.

    • Take one action step each day based on your goals (based on a value).

    • On Emotion Regulation Worksheet 10 (old book pg 295; new book pg 246), fill out daily about something you do each day to accumulate positive events in the short term.

    • Emotion Regulation Worksheet 11B (old book pg 300; new book pg 255), Fill out daily about what value and goal you worked on.

    • Bonus: Pick a value for this holiday season and then make a short-term goal to go toward that value and a list of actions you can do to go toward that goal.