Finding the Middle Path (Be Drama Free Through DBT!)

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Short discussions about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) coping skills that can be used when working with adolescents to help keep your peace of mind and role model positive behavior.


    • Jul 17, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    Episode 10A: Turning the Mind and Willingness over Willfulness (with background music)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 15:12


    In this episode, we continue our journey in acceptance skills with Turning the Mind and Willingness over Willfulness. We also discuss how to incorporate these skills in the workplace and some of the challenges you might face when teaching the skills to teenagers. Happy listening!

    Episode 10B: Turning the Mind and Willingness over Willfulness (no background music)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 15:05


    In this episode, we continue our journey in acceptance with Turning the Mind and Willingness over Willfulness. We also explore how to incorporate these skills into the workplace and the challenges you might face when teaching the skills to teenagers. Happy listening!

    Episode 9b: Radical Acceptance (no background music)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 20:23


    In this episode, we learn about the optional responses to a serious problem coming into your life, which leads us to the skill for the episode: Radical Acceptance! This version is voice only, with no background music.

    Episode 9: Radical Acceptance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 20:31


    In this episode, we talk about the 5 optional responses when a serious problem comes into your life, which leads us to the skill for the episode: radical acceptance! Also, I got a request to offer episodes without the background music for those that find it too distracting. If you start seeing the episodes release twice, that's the difference. Enjoy!

    Episode 8: IMPROVE and Self-Soothe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 22:49


    We continue our journey through distress tolerance skills with IMPROVE and Self-soothe. IMPROVE is used to make each moment better and can be used when in distress or as a preventative measure. Self-soothe involves using your 6 senses to calm yourself and can also be used in distress or as a preventative measure.

    Episode 7: ACCEPTS and TIPP

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 16:47


    In this episode, we start learning skills from the distress tolerance module. This module is made up of two types of skills: crisis survival and distress tolerance. We kick it off with the ACCEPTS skill, used for distracting with Wise Mind, and the TIPP skill, used to reduce strong emotional arousal.

    Episode 6: Opposite Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022 23:19


    In this episode, we learn how to change the behavioral component of an emotion by taking opposite action. We'll talk about emotions and urges, the opposite action approach, get ourselves an easy new acronym, and learn how to tell if an emotion "fits the facts" or not!

    Episode 5: ABC PLEASE and HALT skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 21:23


    We continue our journey in emotion regulation with ABC PLEASE, to reduce vulnerability to emotional mind, and a skill taken from Alcoholics Anonymous, HALT, to take a mindful moment and address possible vulnerabilities that may lead to unhealthy decisions.

    Episode 4: Urge Surfing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 18:52


    Learn how to use mindfulness to surf your emotions and urges, how to surf at work, and tips for helping teenagers learn how to surf. 

    Episode 3: Introduction to Emotion Regulation and Emotion Identification and Description

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 16:09


    Learn the benefits of emotion regulation, the DBT model of emotions, and how the model of emotions relates to you and the teens you work with.

    Episode 2: What and How skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 21:18


    Learn how to access your Wise Mind using the What and How skills and discover the difficulties a teenager might face while trying to learn and practice these skills. 

    BONUS: Coping with Grief using DBT

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 26:31


    Over the summer, I did a virtual presentation for the Yurok Tribe about using DBT to deal with grief. It was tailored for native youth but the information can be helpful for everyone so I thought I'd post it. This episode is probably best enjoyed on YouTube (so you can see the slides and my lovely face), so if you have the time, check it out on there. Enjoy!

    Episode 1: What is DBT and Intro to Mindfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 16:49


    Learn a little about dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and using it all when working with teens. *This is my first try and it is quite obvious that I'm working off a PowerPoint. The video form will be available at some point if you're a visual person* one more thing, I forgot the word "disorder" in substance use disorder professional. I'm not a professional substance user. Just had to clear that up!

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