DBT Skills
Evidence-based articles on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, techniques, and clinical applications. Written from 13+ years of practice.
The Four Pillars of DBT: A Complete Guide
Explore the four core modules that define Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. A comprehensive guide to the skills that change lives.
Emotion Regulation: Opposite Action in Practice
When emotions don't fit the facts, Opposite Action provides a structured path to change your emotional state by changing your behavior. A practical guide to one of DBT's most powerful tools.
Distress Tolerance: Surviving the Storm
Crisis survival skills for when the pain feels unbearable. Learn TIPP, STOP, radical acceptance, and the tools that help you get through without making things worse.
Check the Facts: When Emotions Lie
Our emotional responses are shaped by interpretation, not just events. Learn how to evaluate whether your emotional response fits the actual facts of the situation.
Finding Your Wise Mind
Wise Mind is the integration of emotional mind and reasonable mind. Learn how to access this balanced state where intuition and logic meet.
One-Mindfully: The Power of Single-Tasking
In a world that glorifies multitasking, the DBT skill of one-mindfulness asks you to do one thing at a time with your full attention. Here is why that changes everything.
Clinical Hypnosis: What It Is and What It Isn't
Separating evidence-based clinical hypnotherapy from stage myths. What the research actually says about trance states, suggestibility, and therapeutic outcomes.
Hypnotherapy for Anxiety: A Clinical Perspective
How clinical hypnosis targets anxiety at the subconscious level. Protocols, session structure, and what clients can expect from treatment.
Understanding Complex Trauma: Beyond PTSD
Complex trauma results from repeated exposure to harmful events, often in childhood. How it differs from single-incident PTSD and what effective treatment looks like.
The Body Keeps the Score: Somatic Approaches
Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. Exploring somatic experiencing, body-based interventions, and why talk therapy alone is sometimes not enough.
The PLEASE Skill: Body as Foundation
Your physical health is the foundation of emotional resilience. How the PLEASE skill addresses vulnerability factors that make healing harder.
DEAR MAN: The Art of Assertive Communication
Learn the structured assertiveness framework that helps you ask for what you need while maintaining relationships and self-respect.
The Resilience Letter
Monthly insights on DBT skills, mindfulness practices, and evidence-based approaches to emotional well-being. Written by Edward Flynn LPC.
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