Therapy That Fits You, Not a Manual
An Eclectic, Trauma-Informed Approach to Therapy That Fits You, Not the Other Way Around Most people who reach out for therapy already […]
Category: DBT
The Myth of “Fixing Yourself”
A Virginia therapist explains how CIRCA, a mindfulness based framework rooted in compassion and acceptance, helps you heal from shame, burnout, and self judgment.
Holiday Breaks Are Here Again!
Therapy break coming up. Use these grounding tools, distress tolerance strategies, and recovery aligned practices to stay steady between sessions.
Making a (Realistic) Self Care Plan
I came across this article recently from Simple Practice: How to Create an Affordable and Sustainable Self-Care Plan and thought it was […]
What are your Values?
Have you ever done the Values Sort exercise from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? Here is my version: Values Sort & Values […]
What does SCAM stand for?
On my cynical days, I think…life is a scam – but there is an acronym I came up with years ago (and […]
What does “Goodness of Fit” Mean?
“Good fit” is a phrase that therapists use to identify clients that they think will work well with them, and encompasses a […]
DBT v. RO-DBT – what are they?
This post is for the other providers out there (mostly). I gave a presentation to the Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center recently and […]
DBT in the MCU
Bruce Banner, She Hulk & DBT Do we have any MCU fans out there? I just saw the new Disney+ premiere for […]
What is DBT?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT was originally developed by Marsha Linehan to work with clients who are dysregulated and engage in maladaptive […]