This is a handout I wrote to express visually some ideas about emotional vulnerability and emotional sensitivity.  This handout is designed for use by mental health professionals.  This handout is designed for educational purposes only.  For specific interventions with specific clients or patients, you are advised to seek the consultation of your clinical supervisor or consultant.

If you are a client, patient or otherwise a consumer of health care services or mental health services, you are advised to consult with your doctor, therapist, counselor, case manager, professional consultant or coach in regard to the use of these materials.

Please feel free to modify this handout as you see fit for your own individual use.  For example, if you don’t have a color printer, you may want to change some of the lines to dashed or bolded lines instead of the color coding I have in place.  The file is easily modified in MS word.

DBT- EV handout