Optimizing cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce the burden of distress disorders within an emotion regulation framework

The Impact of Emotion Regulation Improvements on Intolerance of Uncertainty During Emotion Regulation Therapy

“…Emotion regulation therapy (ERT), an affect science-based intervention that utilizes emotion regulation skills to reduce negative selfreferential processes for individuals with GAD, presents an opportunity to explore this possibility (Renna et al, 2017). ERT shares many features of traditional and contemporary CBTs, including an emphasis on skill-building, to facilitate therapeutic change (Clayton et al, 2021). Specifically, ERT teaches mindful emotion regulation skills, including decentering and reappraisal, throughout the first half of treatment, which are then used to facilitate valuesbased action during the second half of treatment (Renna et al, 2017).…”