Emotional Regulation in Teens: Improvement of Constructive Skills

The intervention is inspired to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) (Rathus \& Miller, 2015, Mazza et al, 2016; Cappelluccio, 2019). It consists in four monthly 2-hour sessions (for a total of 8 hours) scheduled during school-time. All the sessions are conducted by two psychotherapists trained about DBT. During the sessions, the model of emotions is described through a role-play between conductors. Subsequently, teens are trained about main emotional regulation skills. Moreover, basic elements of distress tolerance, mindfulness and interpersonal efficacy are introduced too.