NJ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): The Basics
If you're looking for NJ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for yourself or your teen, call (908) 256-6965 or e-mail info@blueprintmentalhealth today. At Blueprint Mental Health, we talk A LOT about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). However, most people are more...
Psych 101: Free Will and Fatalism
How much of our life can we really control? It’s no surprise that bad things just happen to us sometimes. Drivers rear end us. Natural disasters occur. Family members pass away. Or, maybe, we are subjected to traumatic life experiences. And, we can’t change that....
Psych 101: Pavlov for Parents & Counselors
If you’ve ever taken an ‘Intro to Psych’ course, you’re probably familiar with Pavlov and conditioning. Remember the dog experiments? (If so, you can skip ahead.) Ivan Pavlov is most recognized for his work in classical conditioning. He studied how dogs came to...
Buckling Up & Being Happy with Emotion Regulation
Wanting to avoid negative emotions is very normal. We may stop dating to avoid the sadness of a breakup or breech in trust.We may avoid trying new things for fear of failing or disliking them. Maybe a teacher tells you that a subject just isn't for you and you never...
Finding the Middle (Path)
Black and blue or white and gold? It's safe to say that "the dress" ruined (almost) as many relationships as Monopoly. It was, in a word, infuriating. How could anyone think it was white and gold? (I still can't see it.) In life, a lot of things might seem like "the...
3 Simple Tricks for Distress Tolerance
You wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, and turn on the news (or peruse it on your phone). These days, it seems as if every news story is a bad one: natural disasters, crimes, political unrest. It's stressful. In a recent Huffington Post article entitled...
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Mental Health Meets Social Health
Last week, we talked about ways to implement mindfulness into your daily routines. While mindfulness is perhaps the most well-known module of DBT, it takes more than just "being present" to master this therapy. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) helps us to improve...
5 Easy Ways to Make Time for Mindfulness
When you think of the word "mindfulness," what images come to mind? A Buddhist monk meditating or maybe a private therapy session? The truth is that mindfulness doesn't require a special room or the help of a professional. Anyone can practice mindfulness at any point...
2017 DBT Summer Series
It's summer! Time to kick back, relax, and pick up some DBT skills! John Mopper, LAC of Blueprint Mental Health will be offering two DBT training programs this summer: DBT Skills Training for Teens and DBT Skills Training for Parents/Caregivers. These 8-week programs...
Mental Illness in Young People
"Roughly half of all lifetime mental disorders...start by the mid‐teens and three‐fourths by the mid‐20s." (US National Library of Medicine; National Institutes of Health) Research shows us that most people with mental illness have been experiencing it...