Sow Your SEEDS: One Path to Emotion Regulation (Part 7 of 10)
Whereas distress tolerance refers to short-term coping in the moment, emotion regulation refers to a long-term lifestyle change that will ...
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TIP the Balance: One Path to Distress Tolerance (Part 6 of 10)
DBT distress tolerance is all about learning to cope in the moment without making it worse. It is about replacing impulsive, addictive, ...
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The RAIN Dance: One Path to Mindfulness (Part 5 of 10)
Mindfulness, by definition, is always a combination of both awareness and acceptance. The RAIN dance helps clients increase both awareness and acceptance ...
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Restoring Balance (Part 4 of 10)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which was developed by Marsha Linehan, is all about reconciling “dialectical dilemmas” (binary extremes resulting in dysfunction) ...
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A Breakdown in Dialectics (Part 3 of 10)
This driving metaphor describes what happens to people who have experienced chronic trauma: too much accelerating, too much braking, and loss of social engagement ...
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The Two Pedals (Part 2 of 10)
Think of the sympathetic nervous system as the accelerator and the parasympathetic nervous system as the brakes. As we drive down the highway, we need both of these functions. ...
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Trauma stabilization through polyvagal theory and DBT
From article published by the American Counseling Association on September 14, 2021
By Kirby Reutter
Introduction (Part 1 of 10)
From my perspective, polyvagal ...
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The Diary Card is a great tool to help you remember your skills as well as a great tracking device to help you monitor your daily ups and downs. But what happens when you’re really stuck? What do you ...
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Now that we have learned all of these great skills, we need a way to make sure we are applying them on a daily basis, starting with the very first skill we learned: mindfulness. The Diary Card is a simple ...
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So far you have been on quite the journey! Earlier, we learned that trauma has a way of throwing everything off balance, including our thoughts, our feelings, our behaviors, and our relationships. Since ...
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So far, we have learned a lot of information about how to improve relationships. For example, you have learned to assert, to appreciate, and to apologize with the Adult Voice. You have also learned to ...
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So far, we have learned some basic social skills to balance your relationships. For example, you have learned to be assertive, which is the middle path between passive and aggressive. You have also learned ...
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Congratulations! You have just learned how to be more assertive in four simple steps: Describe, Express, Assert, and Reinforce. Of course, healthy relationships involve much more than just walking around ...
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Regardless of how you are wired as a person, and regardless of how someone else is wired as a person, there are three A’s which are indispensable for human interactions: Assert, Appreciate, Apologize. ...
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Before we learn specific strategies on how to improve our relationship skills, it will be helpful to first learn about the different relationship styles that people have in the first place.
Moving Toward, ...
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