As previously discussed, DBT can have a deep impact on many areas of our lives. In addition to helping us be more mindful and present, it can help us to communicate our needs and set healthy boundaries. Along with those skills, emotional regulation and distress tolerance are also major pillars...
It sometimes feels like everything in the therapy field is an acronym, and DBT is no different! It stands for dialectic behavioral therapy, which is an evidence-based therapy that can help with mood, personality, eating, substance, or trauma-based disorders. It is multi-faceted in that it...
If I only had five minutes to change someone’s life, I would give them this DEARMAN tool. A DEARMAN is a communication tool from dialectical behavior therapy which was designed by Marsha Linehan.1 It is a tool that helps us to connect and request something from...
Our thoughts have a powerful influence on our emotions and actions. For some, the connection between thoughts and feelings gets lost in the blur of daily tasks and routines. When living life on automatic drive, connection can be lost to our inner world and the meaning we make of our...
The classic book “Raising Your Spirited Child” was written twenty-seven years ago by Mary Sheedy Kurchinka, to provide hope and guidance to parents of children who are more intense, persistent, sensitive, perceptive and energetic than the average child...
