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Daring Greatly

December 22, 2020/in Adults, Couples, Depression | Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Families, Grief | Loss, Substance Use | Addiction, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

Daring Greatly: In her book, Daring Greatly, researcher and author Brené Brown beautifully defines vulnerability as “uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure… [that] is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy courage, empathy, and creativity.” In other words, vulnerability is uncomfortable but often necessary to foster emotions and experiences that help us feel fulfilled and satisfied in life. Take some time to think about ways you can practice vulnerability in big and small ways, and maybe even challenge yourself to experiment with being vulnerable.

Feelings Iceberg

December 22, 2020/in ADD, Adults, Anger Management, Autism, Children, Couples, Depression | Anxiety, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Eating Disorders, Grief | Loss, LGBTQIA+, Play Therpay, Relationships | Self-CARE, Substance Use | Addiction, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

This intervention is useful for helping children more tangibly understand how they display or hide feelings from others in their life. This can be a helpful intervention to gather information and reflect what can be worked on in the therapy setting.

3D’s Skill

December 22, 2020/in Adults, Depression | Anxiety, Substance Use | Addiction, Video Intervention/by Marketing

3D’s Skill: Delay, Distract, Decide: One way of supporting clients in early recovery is to develop their efficacy with managing urges/cravings for substances. The 3D’s Skill (a modification from DBT STOP distress tolerance skill) walks the client through pausing (Delay), coping with the urge (Distract), and then engage in critical thinking about their next step (Decide). This can slow down the process of returning to use and support the client in living a life aligned with their emerging values in recovery

Letting Go of Shame Meditation

December 22, 2020/in ADD, Adults, Anger Management, Couples, Depression | Anxiety, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Eating Disorders, Families, Grief | Loss, Relationships | Self-CARE, Sports Psychology, Substance Use | Addiction, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

This practice can help clients accept and face shame, and practice attending to it and distracting from it.

Self Compassion Break Version Two

December 22, 2020/in ADD, Adults, Anger Management, Autism, Couples, Depression | Anxiety, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Eating Disorders, Families, Grief | Loss, LGBTQIA+, Relationships | Self-CARE, Substance Use | Addiction, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

Accepting our own vulnerability is made easier when give ourselves compassion. Use this self-compassion break with clients in session or encourage them to use it on their own when working with difficult or vulnerable emotions.

Containment in Telehealth

December 22, 2020/in ADD, Autism, Children, Depression | Anxiety, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Grief | Loss, Play Therpay, Relationships | Self-CARE, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

“Containment is a powerful skill for all of us. Containment allows us to give our nervous systems a break from distress and choose what and when we want to think about certain things.”

Light Stream Technique

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Anger Management, Depression | Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Grief | Loss, Substance Use | Addiction, Trauma, Video Intervention/by Marketing

This mindfulness practice includes the defusion technique of imagining an emotion as an object, and a self soothing technique of imagining a healing light addressing that object.

Behavioral Activation

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Depression | Anxiety, Video Intervention/by Marketing

Sometimes we can help ourselves feel better faster by increasing enjoyable activities and decreasing the number of stressors that have been piling up. Using the following table, practice recording how you feel before and after doing enjoyable activities and completing responsibilities. (Credit: TherapistAid.com)

My DBT House

December 15, 2020/in Children, Play Therpay, Teens, Video Intervention/by Marketing

This is a tool that can be used to gain insight to children’s behaviors, feelings, support networks, and hopes for therapy. This is a great intervention to use for a Diagnostic Interview session with children ages 10 and up.

Feelings in my Body

December 15, 2020/in Children, Play Therpay, Video Intervention/by Marketing

This is a tool that helps children and teenagers begin the process of understanding emotional identification and expression. By drawing and linking physical responses to emotions, it will hopefully help them have a better understanding of their feelings and give them space to choose the appropriate coping strategies or corrective responses to situations.

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Daring Greatly

Feelings Iceberg

3D’s Skill

Letting Go of Shame Meditation

Self Compassion Break Version Two

Containment in Telehealth

Light Stream Technique

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My DBT House

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