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worksheets .eMotion re Gulation WorksHeet 15   (Emotion Regulation Handouts 21, 22)
mindfulness of c urrent e motions
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
emoTion n ame:               i nTenSiTy (0–100) Before:      after:   
Describe situation that prompts emotion. (Fill out Steps 1 and 2 on Emotion Regulation Worksheet 
5, if necessary.)
When emotional intensity is extreme, go to cri SiS Survival Skill S first  and fill out Distress 
Tolerance Worksheets 2–6. With any emotion, high or low, practice radical acceptance with minD -
fulne SS of curren T emo TionS.
Check off any of the following that you did:
Stepped back and just noticed the emotions I was experiencing.
Experienced the emotion as waves, coming and going on the beach.
Let go of judgments about my emotions.
Noticed where in my body I was feeling the emotional sensations.
Paid attention to the physical sensations of the emotions as much as I could.
Observed how long it took the emotion to go away.
Reminded myself that being critical of emotions does not work.
Practiced willingness to have unwelcome emotions.