Module | Central Conceptual Framework | Relevant Capacity/Skill | Practical Application To Practice |
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Strengthening Emotional Balance | Sequenced stages of emotional episode: Trigger, Emotion Program, and Emotional Behavior | 1) Understand and analyze personal conditioning & emotional triggers 2) Feel sensate/somatic experience of emotions directly 3) Differentiate conscious from unconscious emotional behavior | Building capacity to consciously observe, experience, and act from emotions constructively rather than destructively |
Tracking and Regulating Stress Responses | Mapping angry and anxious activation vs. overwhelmed shutdown in self & other | 1) Develop interoceptive skills: monitoring internal stimuli 2) Regulate stressful responses and energize shutdown states | Enhancing ability to sense activation or shutdown & then intervene to self-regulate |
Interpersonal Boundaries | 1) Function of healthy boundaries 2) Spectrum and features of loose and rigid boundaries | 1) Identify own typical boundary style 2) Verbalize personally appropriate boundaries | Maintain relational safety amidst challenging interactions |
Priorities in Interpersonal Conflict | Prioritizing between three central priorities and approaches in relational conflict | 1) Asking for change in another 2) Preserving relationship 3) Preserving personal boundaries | Effectively managing conflicts or disagreements |
Managing Disruptive Patients | 1) Assessing levels of stress in patients 2) Using the appropriate approach per stress level | 1) Non-verbal de-escalation 2) Active and reflective listening 2) Limit-setting | Developing confidence in assessing and responding to disruptive patients |