In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the STOP skill lives in the Distress Tolerance module — a set of tools designed to help us buy time in the moments we’re most likely to act impulsively or reactively, so we don't make things worse. It’s a skill for when your emotional temperature spikes and your thinking brain goes offline.

Many of the concepts we reference in our blogs and practice come from DBT and leadership development. To make things easier, we’ve put together a quick glossary of the terms we use most often. Check them out, try them on and let us know what you think.