As part of a client's treatment plan for borderline personality disorder, the client is engaged in dialectical behavior therapy. As part of the therapy, the client is learning how to control and change behavior in response to events. The nurse identifies the client as learning which type of skills?

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Self-management skills focus on helping clients learn how to control, manage, or change their behavior, thoughts, or emotional responses to events. Emotion regulation skills are taught to manage intense, labile moods and involve helping the client label and analyze the context of the emotion, as well as developing strategies to reduce emotional vulnerability. Teaching individuals to observe and describe emotions without judging or blocking them helps clients experience emotions without stimulating secondary feelings that may cause more distress. Mindfulness skills are the psychological and behavioral versions of meditation skills usually taught in Eastern spiritual practice; they are used to help the person improve observation, description, and participation skills by learning to focus the mind and awareness on the current moment's activity. Distress tolerance skills involve helping the individual tolerate and accept distress as a part of normal life.

As Part of a Client's Treatment Plan for Borderline Personality