EMOTION REGULATION & BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
Emotion regulation and behaviour change influence how people respond to stress, conflict, frustration, overwhelm, anger, habits, urges and difficult choices.
This hub brings together psychology services and educational articles for people wanting to better understand emotions, reactions, coping skills, motivation, personality patterns and behaviour change.
Emotion regulation refers to the ways people notice, understand and respond to emotional experiences. Behaviour change involves understanding what influences actions and developing more workable patterns over time.
Difficulties may involve intense or rapidly changing emotions, impulsive reactions, avoidance, conflict, self-criticism, dependency, rigid coping patterns or behaviour that provides short-term relief but creates longer-term problems.
This hub provides a pathway to a service page for people considering psychological support and educational articles about personality patterns, DBT skills, emotional regulation, decision-making and practical behaviour change.
This service page explains psychological support for personality disorders and longstanding patterns affecting emotions, relationships, identity and behaviour. It has a distinct service focus so that it complements, rather than competes with, this broader hub page.
Learn about psychological support for longstanding patterns involving emotions, relationships, identity, coping and behaviour.
These educational articles explain personality patterns, emotional regulation, DBT skills, decision-making and behaviour change. They support the service page without duplicating its treatment-focused purpose.
Learn about borderline personality disorder, including emotional instability, relationships, identity, impulsivity and patterns of distress.
Explore the lived experience of borderline personality disorder, including intense emotions, sensitivity to rejection, relationship difficulties and changes in self-concept.
Learn about dependent personality disorder, including reliance on others, fear of separation, decision-making difficulties and reduced confidence.
Explore the lived experience of dependent personality patterns and how they may affect relationships, choices and self-confidence.
Practise a brief DBT exercise for balancing emotional information, reason and effective action.
Learn practical ways to understand, tolerate and respond to strong emotions without automatically acting on them.
Explore how emotional states can shape judgement and how to bring greater balance to decision-making.
Consider how even subtle changes in emotional state may influence attention, interpretation and choices.
Learn practical DBT-informed skills for reducing distress, stepping away before escalation and communicating more effectively.
Psychological support is not based only on a diagnosis or a single difficult behaviour.
Assessment and formulation help clarify emotional triggers, reinforcement patterns, relationship dynamics, coping strategies, developmental experiences, strengths, preferences and goals.
Support may include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, interpersonal skills, behavioural analysis, values-based action, problem solving and gradual practice of more effective responses.
The aim is not to eliminate emotion. It is to help people respond with greater awareness, flexibility and choice.
This Emotion Regulation & Behaviour Change hub provides an overview and helps you navigate the related resources on this website.
The psychology service page explains support for personality disorders and longstanding patterns affecting emotions, relationships and behaviour.
The educational articles provide general information about personality patterns, DBT skills, emotional regulation and decision-making.
You can begin with the resource that most closely matches your current concern and move between related pages as needed.
Emotion regulation and behaviour patterns can overlap with trauma, addiction and different therapy approaches. These related hubs provide separate pathways without duplicating the purpose of this hub.
Explore psychology services and educational resources relating to trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD and trauma-informed care.
Explore psychology services and educational resources relating to cravings, urges, relapse patterns, habits and behaviour change.
Explore evidence-based psychological approaches, including DBT-informed, CBT, ACT, mindfulness and supportive approaches.
Common questions about emotion regulation, behaviour change and psychological support.
Emotion regulation refers to the ways people notice, understand and respond to emotional experiences. It does not mean suppressing emotion or never feeling distressed.
Behaviour change involves understanding what triggers and reinforces a pattern, then building more workable responses through planning, practice and environmental support.
No. People may seek support for intense emotions, conflict, impulsive reactions, dependency, avoidance or repeated behaviour patterns without having a formal diagnosis.
This hub organises the broader Emotion Regulation & Behaviour Change cluster. The service page provides more specific information about psychological support for personality disorders.
Yes. Therapy is available in person at Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast or via secure telehealth anywhere in Australia.
Psychology appointments are available for adolescents and adults in person at Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast and via secure telehealth across Australia.
For current availability, appointment types and funding information, visit the Appointment Availability page, or book online when you are ready.
This practice is not a crisis service.
If you require immediate assistance, call 000. For crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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