Table 1 Outline of the 18 week program
From: Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation
Week | Topic | Content | Example Art Activities |
|---|---|---|---|
1–4 | Distress tolerance | Practical skills and tasks to support tolerating distress in real time. | Repetitive Shape and Line Continuous Line Self-care starters |
5–8 | Emotion regulation | Learning to label and connect with emotions to identify vulnerabilities. Skills to practice pre-emptive strategies to reduce the effects of emotional dysregulation. | Colouring emotions Positive memory bank Hidden emotions |
9–12 | Identity | Building connection to the self by identifying key value systems, processing and harnessing anger, validating the effects of external stigma and identifying self-stigma | Visualising values Motivational anger Flipping the script The self frame |
13–16 | Interpersonal Effectiveness | Developing skills in creating and asserting boundaries, understanding and navigating relationships using validating and active communication techniques | DEARMAN cards The story of us Staying Connected |
17–18 | Mindfulness | Skills and practices that encourage engaged participation outside of traditional mindfulness practices that are trauma informed, non-colonising and respectful of diversity. | Here and now Connecting to Country The growing tree |