Dialectic Behavioral Regulation Observation Report

As a psychology major I have learned a lot about different types of theories, and how each of them look at the presenting problem differently, and use variety of interventions to help the clients through their journey. Although I have been interested to several of these theories, I was shocked how Dialectic Behavioral Therapy can change the clients’ behavior through teaching them skills such as mindfulness, Distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and Emotional regulation. As my last assignment in DBT class, I was asked to practice, observe an emotional regulation, and write about my experience, which I did and will explain in this paper.
However, I could have done the emotional regulation observation with one of my clients, I decided to do this exercise with my uncle, who I have lived with since 4 years

It was interesting how he was willing to do the exercise at the beginning; he got so frustrated by end of the practice. Although I explained to him about the diagram, which I drew it for him, and how thoughts, feelings, and sensations interact in response to specific events, he had difficulty connecting all three of them together. He told me he has made all his decisions, and choices on his entire life based on his logic, which is not related to his feelings, or sensations. Then I asked him about his recent experience in which he got into the fight with his oldest sister. His sister is 92-years-old and she has been in rehab since 3 months ago. I asked him to go over the diagram together step by step. We talked about what had happened before he went to visit his sister. He described to me that he was feeling good, especially excited to see his sister. After that, he went to visit his sister, who told her that she missed her late husband. He got so mad at his sister that even in this