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- Mar 12
DBT Family Support
For parents, spouses, siblings, adult children, and anyone who loves someone with symptoms of BPD or NPD. May I be present, centered, and...
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- Nov 26, 2023
Strategies for parents of high-anxiety youth who are failing to launch into adulthood
"The phenomenon of highly dependent adult children who are not actively engaged in productive occupational, educational, or vocational...
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- Nov 17, 2023
Happy Holidays with MY family???
The year-end holidays can be wonderful. Families share more time together and (hopefully) have fun. Food usually brings people together...
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- Sep 9, 2023
ER: Emotional Regulation Intro
Arguably one of the most important life skills in DBT! Emotional regulation includes a whole set of skills and which we choose depends...
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- Sep 9, 2023
ER1: Check the Facts
Does the emotion fit the facts? Emotions can trigger thoughts and interpretations about events and they can distort our perception, which...
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- Sep 9, 2023
ER3: Problem Solving
If we can change the emotion by solving the problem, then first solve the problem! Problem solving is an emotional regulation strategy...
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- Sep 9, 2023
ER 2: Opposite Action
Opposite action is more than a skill. It is a philosophy of life. Like dialectics or radical acceptance or mindfulness, this is a DBT...
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- Sep 9, 2023
ER4: EMOTIONAL REGULATION: Which strategy to use
Now we have three strategies for regulating emotions: Checking the Facts, Opposite Action, and Problem Solving, (not to mention...
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- Aug 10, 2023
SUISENSOR
Artificial Intelligence that Identifies Suicide Risk as Accurately as Trained Clinicians Siddhu Pachipala, a high school senior, is a...
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- Aug 3, 2023
The Slow Drip
A slow drip can dissolve rock, cut mountains in half, and reshape the planet. Can it cut through the stonewalling of your stubborn love...
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- Jul 27, 2023
Trying to regain control over your own reaction to your emotionally reactive family member?
That is where reducing conflict begins! Do you feel like a deer in the headlights in front of your reactive husband? Does your son or...
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- May 23, 2023
Mentalization Impairments
What is mentalizing? Good mentalizing is inquiring deeply into understanding the mental experiences of self or other. It is trying to...
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- May 9, 2023
Even better than therapy: Wiser Minds!
(But let's not give up the goal of getting your loved one into treatment!) Reviews of psychotherapy treatment outcome studies show that:...
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- May 9, 2023
Is it BPD or Narcisism or Anti-social or�
It seems there is not much difference! If you look at the âDSM-5â (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) you know that...
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- Mar 18, 2023
Transactional Model of Emotional Dysregulation
by Corrine Stoewsand When an individual is emotionally sensitive and volatile, the people who are closest - family members, partners, and...
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- Feb 9, 2023
Healthy Self-Doubt
FAMILIES! If you have a loved one who needs to be right, who is intolerant of different perspectives, who is often rigid and wants to...
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- Feb 8, 2023
MYTHS About Suicide
MYTH: You CANâT talk about it. Talking about suicide or asking someone if they feel suicidal will encourage suicide attempts. FACT:...
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- Feb 3, 2023
What makes this DBT Family Workshop so special?
A few people have asked me how my workshop differs from others out there. I love to meet informed persons who research the options that...
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- Jan 24, 2023
ESSENTIALS OF EMOTIONS
"Cheat sheets" to help identify what you are feeling! Notice the words of different intensities. Use these words! Validate yourself and...
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