Every Day Therapy

Ever feel like your emotions get the best of you? Or that you experience emotions really intensely? You know, the anxiety/panic, anger/sadness, or whatever is just so overwhelming and you feel completely helpless to stop it? You’ll want to tune into our first return guest the incredibly knowledgeable, Taylor Zebrosky, as she gives a broad overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with a focus on Distress Tolerance Skills. For non-therapy folks, this just means a really helpful way of developing practical skills and framework to manage intense feelings. We discuss the following: 1. How & Why DBT is important 2. Why Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness (Relationship Skills), and Distress Tolerance Skills are all helpful 3. How to Manage Emotions When in A Crisis 4. Some Favorite Skills: How to act from your “Wise Mind”, Pros & Cons List, TIPP (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced Breathing, and Paired Muscle Relaxation), Distraction Skills, Radical Acceptance Books: The Dialect