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...
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...
It can be scary to find out your child is self-harming. Here are ways to manage that situation effectively.
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.
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...
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.”
I want to be a therapist and this made me want to do it more because of all the things…