Weekly Practice Assignments
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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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.