Exploring Distress Tolerance as a set of skills • Over 15 weeks we will discuss in detail each of the skills included in the Distress Tolerance module that is a part of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual • There will be short meditation and breathing practices to center and settle at the start of each group meeting • Psychoeducation on the autonomic nervous system will be provided and interwoven throughout to aid in understanding emotional crisis urges and behaviors. • We will develop an understanding and acceptance of the inevitability of distress in life and that a life with distress can still be a life worth living. Our focus will be on learning practical coping skills and radical acceptance of distressing events.