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 s

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

Jul 17th, 2022 15m 5s

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 teen

Episode 9b: Radical Acceptance (no background music)

Jun 19th, 2022 20m 23s

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

Jun 19th, 2022 20m 31s

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

Episode 8: IMPROVE and Self-Soothe

May 28th, 2022 22m 49s

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 y

Episode 7: ACCEPTS and TIPP

May 6th, 2022 16m 47s

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

Episode 6: Opposite Action

Apr 16th, 2022 23m 19s

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

Episode 5: ABC PLEASE and HALT skills

Mar 28th, 2022 21m 23s

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 unhealth

Episode 4: Urge Surfing

Mar 11th, 2022 18m 52s

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

Feb 25th, 2022 16m 9s

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

Feb 16th, 2022 21m 18s

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

BONUS: Coping with Grief using DBT

Feb 12th, 2022 26m 31s

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 enjoy

Episode 1: What is DBT and Intro to Mindfulness

Feb 8th, 2022 16m 49s

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

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