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Distress Tolerance Handout 6c: e ffective r ethinking and Paired 
relaxation, Step by Step (Distress Tolerance Worksheet 4b)332
Distress Tolerance Handout 7: Distracting (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheets 5–5b)333
Distress Tolerance Handout 8: Self-  Soothing (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheet 6–6b)334
Distress Tolerance Handout 8a: Body Scan Meditation Step by Step 
(Distress Tolerance Worksheet 6c)335
Distress Tolerance Handout 9: i mproving the Moment (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheets 7–7b)336
Distress Tolerance Handout 9a: Sensory a wareness, Step by Step 337
Handouts for Reality Acceptance Skills
Distress Tolerance Handout 10: o verview— reality a cceptance Skills 
(Distress Tolerance Worksheets 8–15a)341
Distress Tolerance Handout 11: r adical acceptance (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheets 8–9a)342
Distress Tolerance Handout 11a: radical a cceptance—Factors That 
interfere343
Distress Tolerance Handout 11b: Practicing radical a cceptance Step 
by Step (Distress Tolerance Worksheets 9, 9a)344
Distress Tolerance Handout 12: Turning the Mind (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheets 8, 8a, 10)345
Distress Tolerance Handout 13: Willingness (Distress Tolerance 
Worksheets 8, 8a, 10)346