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 “How To Maintain Your Emotional Wellbeing […]
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John2017-06-28 08:41:312018-04-16 16:28:083 Simple Tricks for Distress Tolerance
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 ourselves internally so that we can begin tackle the external. Among these external […]
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John2017-06-21 12:26:532018-04-16 16:28:08Interpersonal Effectiveness: Mental Health Meets Social Health
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 in time. Simply, mindfulness is the act of being present […]
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John2017-06-14 16:34:342018-04-16 16:28:085 Easy Ways to Make Time for Mindfulness
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 will educate individuals on DBT, including the five skill modules: Mindfulness Distress […]
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John2017-06-07 12:55:342018-04-16 16:28:092017 DBT Summer Series
“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 since adolescence or young adulthood. In fact, prevalence of mental illness is nearly identical among adult and teen populations. The […]
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John2017-05-31 18:19:332018-04-16 16:28:09Mental Illness in Young People
