Emotional Regulation & Relationship Skills Program

A structured, evidence-informed program based on DBT principles to help you manage intense emotions, navigate relationships more effectively, and respond with greater clarity and control.

Emotional Regulation & Relationship Skills Program

Struggling with intense emotions or relationship patterns that feel hard to change?

If you find yourself reacting strongly, overthinking interactions, feeling overwhelmed, or repeating patterns in relationships - you’re not alone.

This program is designed to provide practical, structured skills to help you manage these patterns more effectively - not just understand them.

What this program helps with.

This program may be helpful if you:

  • feel overwhelmed by your emotions or reactions

  • struggle to regulate your responses in the moment

  • experience conflict or instability in relationships

  • overthink interactions or feel highly sensitive to changes in others

  • find it difficult to tolerate distress or uncertainty

  • want practical tools, not just insight

A structured, skills-based approach.

This program is based on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) : an evidence-based framework designed to support emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

The focus is not just on understanding your patterns, but on learning how to respond differently in real situations.

Program Structure

This is a 6-week structured program designed to build practical skills for managing emotions and navigating relationships more effectively.

  • Weekly 90-minute live sessions

  • Small group format (capped to maintain quality and engagement)

  • Psychologist-led, structured delivery

What we cover

Across the program, you will develop skills in:

Week 1 - Understanding emotional patterns

Recognising how emotional and relational patterns form and are maintained

Week 2 - Emotional regulation

Learning how to identify, understand, and shift emotional responses

Week 3 - Distress tolerance

Developing strategies to manage high-intensity emotional states without escalation

Week 4 - Interpersonal patterns

Understanding how patterns show up in relationships

Week 5 - Relationship skills

Building skills for communication, boundaries, and navigating conflict

Week 6 - Integration

Applying skills across situations and consolidating learning

Program Modules

🔹 Emotional Regulation

Learn how to:

  • understand and identify emotional responses

  • reduce emotional vulnerability

  • respond more effectively when emotions arise

  • shift patterns of emotional reactivity over time

🔹 Distress Tolerance

Develop the ability to:

  • manage intense emotional states without escalating

  • tolerate discomfort, uncertainty, or distress

  • reduce impulsive or reactive responses

  • stabilise yourself during high-intensity moments

🔹 Relationship Skills (Interpersonal Effectiveness)

Learn how to:

  • communicate needs clearly and effectively

  • navigate conflict without escalation

  • set and maintain boundaries

  • balance your needs with those of others

🔹 Mindfulness

Build skills to:

  • stay present rather than becoming overwhelmed or reactive

  • observe thoughts and emotions without immediately acting on them

  • increase awareness of patterns as they occur

  • create space between impulse and response

Format

  • Live, structured group program

  • Practical exercises and real-world application

  • Designed to help you apply skills in everyday situations

Who this may be particularly relevant for

This program may be especially helpful for individuals who:

  • experience emotional intensity or reactivity

  • notice repeated patterns in relationships

  • have been told they are “too sensitive” or “overreactive”

  • relate to patterns often associated with emotional dysregulation

This may include individuals who have been diagnosed with, or relate to, borderline personality features.

How this fits with other services

This program can be completed:

  • as a standalone skills-based option

  • alongside therapy

  • following an assessment or report

Investment

$1200 – $1400 for the full 6-week program

Payment plans available on request

Next steps.

If you’re looking for structured tools to manage emotions and relationships more effectively: