DBT & Me
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was created by a woman named Marsha Linehan in the 1980s. The skills she created are now taught all over the world. DBT can improve depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and other mental health struggles. We are Kate and Michelle, two mental health therapists in Seattle, WA. We have been teaching DBT groups as a team for years. Whether you've never heard of DBT before or are experienced with DBT skills, this podcast is here to help you use DBT skills in your daily life.
Episodes
Kate and Michelle are passionate about normalizing that there will inevitably be DBT skills that aren't a good fit for everyone and that you're not going to like every skill. In this episode, they each open up about 3 skills that they struggle to use and/or dislike. They went outside of their comfort zone to intentionally use each skill recently and they discuss what those experiences were like. They also share some sugge...
Kate and Michelle share how they are currently using wise mind in their lives before discussing 3 updates they want to make to how they originally spoke about wise mind in episode 2. They end the episode by sharing 6 new ideas for how to find wise mind that they have not talked about before.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about dealing with invalidation from others, positive attributes of DBT facilitators, conversations with family members who ignore boundaries, managing obsessive thoughts about health anxiety.
TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 24:00 to 25:17
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Kate and Michelle talk about limerence (the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person) by answering a series of listener questions about the topic and discussing how DBT skills can help when this is being experienced.
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Accepting the ending of any kind of relationship can be extremely challenging and filled with grief. Kate and Michelle share personal experiences of struggling with and practicing radical acceptance with friendship losses they've experienced in recent years. They also each share reflections on how radical acceptance can be practiced when a relationship ends and other DBT skills that may help.
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If you've been using DBT for awhile, you know that it can become difficult to maintain momentum and desire to keep using skills consistently. In this episode, Kate and Michelle discuss four common challenges that can arise as barriers to regular skill use: not thinking about DBT enough, feeling willful about using skills, struggles to establish a consistent routine with skills, and feeling burnt out by trying to do too much DB...
Kate and Michelle discuss active passivity and apparent competence by first explaining each concept in-depth, followed by sharing personal examples and skills that can help with shifting into a place of healthier balance when struggles with these states take place.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about establishing daily habits, coping when a therapist cancels therapy sessions, making DBT accessible, and being triggered when you're the parent of a toddler.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
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Kate and Michelle talk about their personal reactions to the 2024 election results. They share different DBT skills for the emotions of fear, disgust, sadness and anger, and how DBT can help us both accept our emotions during this time and use them for positive action.
TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 1:06:07-1:06:13.
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about what to do when you're judging your partner, high anxiety, coping with a partner's drinking, and fears about a therapist "firing you."
TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 38:45-39:06.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
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Kate and Michelle are joined by Lynn Gray to discuss her personal experiences with mental health stigma from mental health providers. She reads aloud an article she wrote for Medium and talks about what can be done within the therapist community to start changing perceptions of mental health diagnoses to be more accepting and less damaging to clients.
TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 15:0...
Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about workplace burnout, being emotionally sensitive, feeling depleted after therapy sessions, and emotions that won't go away.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dbt-discussion-group-tickets-518237601617
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about long-standing family conflict, continuing to use skills after a group is finished, struggles with motivation, and differentiating between "reason" mind and wise mind.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dbt-discussion-group-tickets-518237601617
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Michelle is joined by Diana Partington, who is a DBT facilitator, author, and podcaster. Diana reads an excerpt from her book and talks about what inspired her to write it, her newly launched podcast, and the webinars she offers. She talks with Michelle in-depth about how Buddhism brings in elements of radical acceptance and provides invaluable teaching about how Buddhism can deepen ...
Michelle is joined by Dr. Jesse Finkelstein, co-founder of TheraHive. They discuss the unique services TheraHive offers and how TheraHive aims to overcome some of the larger systemic barriers many clients face to accessing formal DBT resources. Throughout the episode, they highlight the importance of making DBT approachable and talk about ways this can be done.
RELEASE DATE: October 9, 2024
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Unfortunately, there is no monthly episode being released today. It will be coming out on October 9th and this 1-minute clip explains the reason why. We appreciate your patience and understanding!
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about using DEAR MAN in the workplace, changing thought patterns about trauma, medication side effects, and managing insecurities.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions of mental health issues that may be triggering to some listeners. If you want to avoid this content, skip minutes 25-30.
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Kate and Michelle each do a behavior chain analysis for behaviors that take place while worrying about different topics. They talk about how doing a behavior chain analysis can be a helpful tool for the next time you're experiencing worry about something.
RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2024
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Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about managing emotional reactivity when blindsided by big events, how to become more assertive, communicating feelings of disappointment to others, and feelings of overwhelm when talking about trauma.
If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dbt-discussion-group-tickets-518237601617
RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2024
Kate and Michelle discuss how to be mindful of joyful experiences when they are occurring using mindfulness along with discussing three other skills that may lead to joyful experiences happening more often in your life.
If you live in Washington state and want to start therapy with Michelle, you can find more information on her website at https://www.nextchapter-counseling.com
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