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When Your Emotions Feel Hard to Control
You might feel emotions more intensely than the people around you. Anger, sadness, anxiety, or fear can escalate quickly, and once they do, it can be difficult to slow things down. You may react impulsively, experience conflict in your relationships, or find yourself regretting things you said or did once the emotion has passed.
For some people, these patterns are connected to difficulties with emotion regulation or a personality disorder such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). For others, there may be no diagnosis at all but you simply know that your emotions and relationships can feel overwhelming.
How DBT-Informed Therapy Can Help
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for understanding and managing intense emotions without feeling controlled by them. Therapy can help you recognize patterns, respond differently in difficult moments, and build healthier ways of coping and relating to others.
Emilia uses DBT-informed strategies to support clients with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, impulsivity, interpersonal difficulties, and overwhelming emotional reactions. The goal isn't to stop having strong emotions. It's to develop the skills to navigate them more effectively.
Who Can Benefit From DBT-Informed Therapy?
DBT-informed therapy can be helpful for people experiencing a range of concerns, including:
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Intense or rapidly changing emotions
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Difficulty managing reactions when overwhelmed
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Anxiety, stress, or persistent worry
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Relationship difficulties or conflict
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Impulsivity or difficulty tolerating distress
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and other personality-related challenges
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Feeling stuck in patterns that are difficult to change
You don't need a particular diagnosis to benefit from DBT-informed therapy. The focus is on understanding your patterns, building practical skills, and finding more effective ways to manage emotions and navigate difficult situations.
Meet Emilia Fasano, MSW, RSW
Emilia is a Registered Social Worker who works with adolescents and adults experiencing intense emotions, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and challenges with emotion regulation. Her approach incorporates DBT strategies while providing a supportive space to better understand patterns, build practical skills, and create meaningful change.
Ready to Get Started?
If intense emotions, relationship patterns, or difficulty regulating your reactions are getting in the way of the life you want, you don't have to figure it out alone. Emilia offers counselling in Niagara Falls and virtual therapy across Ontario.