Fighting Trauma with Mindfulness
I just had the best coffee ever, well so far this month! Yum, coffee. The perfect temperature, rich but not overboard. The pumpkin flavor twirled perfectly with the melted caramel and mocha. Usually, during the Fall, I like to focus on my senses of smell and taste....
Mind, Body, and Sleep: Integrating DBT Skills for Recharged Living
Sleep plays a crucial role in supporting your overall health and well-being. A good night’s rest can improve your concentration and productivity, reduce your risk of heart disease, protect you against diabetes, and strengthen your immune system. However, in the US one...
Using DBT Skills to Cope with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Anxiety and panic attacks have been on the rise in the past few years. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) reports that anxiety affects 6.8 million Americans today. The same report also found that around 6 million Americans have experienced panic...
My Five Easy Stress Relief Strategies
Stress is a natural response that motivates you to do well. For example, on busy days when my list of appointments exceeds my mental capacity, stress keeps me alert and helps me fulfill my obligations. But leaving our stress unaddressed can stop us from realizing our...
The Power of Therapists Sharing Their Stories
Kat discusses how therapists sharing their own histories with mental illness can be valuable to their clients.
Building My Life Worth Living
Kat shares their story of recovery with the help of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT helped her build her life worth living.
Is Your Child Self-Harming? Here’s What to Do
It can be scary to find out your child is self-harming. Here are ways to manage that situation effectively.
Introducing the New & Improved DBTSelfHelp.com
You may notice some major changes here at DBTSelfHelp.com. No, you're not lost. We're the same site, the same free Dialectical Behavior Therapy resource, but with an all-new look. Our site was created in 2001 by Lisa Dietz, a DBT graduate. This is the first major site...
Effectively Use Skills by Brent Menninger
Today’s focus is on being effective. Rather than emphasizing the end result, concentrate on conducting yourself effectively, which focuses on the most productive process, your choice to use skillful means. What works, in this sense, is a focus on continually developing skills and connecting to reality.
Learning DBT Takes Time by Lisa Dietz
This article was originally published on DBTSelfHelp.com as part of the series "Well Said." Many of us are too hard on ourselves when we struggle through our first Dialectical Behavior Therapy experience and feel like we just can't do it. I have personally been...
Intermediate Coping Strategies by Lisa Dietz
The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills are good, healthy ways to be effective. But I have found some other things, particular to myself, that are useful especially when I’m feeling rebellious or willful about using skills. Sometimes, I just can’t think clearly enough to use the skills. These are behaviors that I have found to be effective – keep me safe – but not what you would want to think of as a skill. That’s why I call them “intermediate.”