The DBT-CBT Workbook: Worksheets, Activities, Charts, Questions, Skill...
The Special Features of the DBT-CBT Out-of-Control Workbook “Statements of Support and Encouragement” – the first two pages have space for our support people to write statements of support and...
View ArticleHow Could Someone Try to Kill Themselves: Suicide Attempts and Doing the...
When Emotional Mind drives and Rational Mind is left on the side of the road… When folks are moderately, even severely depressed (say up to an 8 or an 8.5 on a scale of 1-10), they are “Big-Time in...
View ArticleUsing Rational Mind to Challenge the Emotional Mind Lies We Tell Ourselves...
Here’s an “adapted” excerpt from the DBT-CBT “Out-of-Control” therapy workbook. It’s from Chapter 7, the Rational Mind chapter. This chapter discusses Rational Mind in detail and offers many Rational...
View ArticleWhat Frees You To Be Yourself…And To Achieve To Your Potential: Acceptance Of...
I came across a discussion item on LinkedIn a little while ago about “What frees you to achieve to your potential.” The individual posting the question focused on “self-discipline”…well, that was not...
View ArticleQuestion: Is Spirituality A Major Component Of Your Work – Response: The Role...
Spirituality IS a major component of my work because it is a major part of who I am as a person and a major driving force for how I live my life. The DBT-CBT recovery workbook that I wrote was...
View ArticleRadical Acceptance: Accepting the Unacceptable – Coming to Terms With Our...
I recently responded to a LinkedIn discussion regarding the negative consequences of an individual being found “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.” It was spurred by a Wall Street Journal article...
View ArticleThe DBT-CBT Workshop at the 2011 Texas State Conference on Addiction Studies
The Thirty-Seventh Annual TAAP State Conference on Addiction Studies The Age of Recovery: Let the Sunshine In! July 28-30, 2011 Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade 9821 Colonnade Boulevard San...
View ArticleWhy We Relapse: Desperate for Peace in a World of Emotional Turmoil
I responded today to a LinkedIn discussion started by Elisabeth Davies, MC of Bright Alternatives, Inc. and the author of “Good Things, Emotional Healing Journal: Addiction.” The discussion topic...
View ArticleThe Dynamics of Emotional Mind and It’s Role in Driving Destructive Coping...
View the pdf file for a readable image – click the link below The Dynamics of Emotional Mind – DBT-CBT Conference Handout – 072411 This hand-out addresses the dynamics of Emotional Mind and its role...
View ArticleIntroducing the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – Cognitive-Behavioral...
The Thirty-Eighth Annual Houston Chapter TAAP Conference on Addiction Studies September 22 – 24, 2011 TAAP (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals) Doubletree Hotel at Bush International Airport...
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