Live Webinar April 2: Underpinnings of Emotional Dysregulation in Adults: Managing Triggers & Co-Occurring Conditions
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Emotional distress includes feelings of anxiety, low mood, worry, rumination, and self-criticism. For people with ADHD, as well as those facing chronic stress, it can stem from changes in relationships, work, caregiving demands, health problems, or challenges to life satisfaction. When we feel prolonged uncertainty, our distress can become self-perpetuating. Heightened emotional reactions lead to overthinking and avoidance, which ultimately limit meaningful action and personal growth.
In this webinar, Doug Mennin, Ph.D., introduces ideas aligned with emotion regulation therapy, a research-based approach designed to help people better understand and respond to emotional distress. Rather than trying to erase difficult emotions, this approach focuses on changing how we relate to them so that we can move forward with greater clarity, flexibility, and purpose.
In this webinar, you will:
- Understand emotional distress through a motivation and emotion-regulation lens, including why anxiety and depression often feel so hard to shift
- Recognize common patterns like worry, rumination, and self-criticism that keep distress going
- Build mindful awareness of emotions, body sensations, and internal conflicts without becoming overwhelmed by them
- Develop practical skills to step back from intense thoughts and feelings and see them more clearly
- Use emotion-regulation strategies to support meaningful actions, even when emotions are uncomfortable
Have a question for our expert? There will be an opportunity to post questions for the presenter during the live webinar.
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Emotional Dysregulation in Adults: Resources
Meet the Expert Speaker
Doug Mennin, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. from Temple University in 2001 and has previously held positions in the Department of Psychology at New York University, Yale University, and CUNY Hunter College, where he was Co-Director of the Health Psychology and Clinical Science PhD training program. In his academic role, Professor Mennin has trained numerous graduate students and post-baccalaureate research assistants on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. He has published more than 150 articles, chapters, and books and is the developer of Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT). He regularly leads workshops to help people better understand and respond to their struggles with anxiety, worry, and depression. He currently serves on the editorial board of six journals and has been on the executive boards of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology, the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, and is the former Chair of the Scientific Council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).
Certificate of Attendance: For information on how to purchase the certificate of attendance option (cost $10), register for the webinar, then look for instructions in the email you’ll receive one hour after it ends. The certificate of attendance link will also be available here, on the webinar replay page, several hours after the live webinar. ADDitude does not offer CEU credits.
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