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Evidence-based DBT and CBT practices explained step by step by Dr. Jesse Finkelstein, a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City.

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DBT distress tolerance skills, part 2: ACCEPTS, self-soothing, IMPROVE the moment, pros and cons, and radical acceptance, explained step by step.
DBT Distress Tolerance Skills: Crisis Survival, Part 2
DBT distress tolerance skills, part 2: ACCEPTS, self-soothing, IMPROVE the moment, pros and cons, and radical acceptance, explained step by step.
Learn mindfulness of emotions: how to notice feelings without being swept away. Step-by-step practice and a guided video from Axis Psychological Services.
Mindfulness of Emotions: How to Observe Your Feelings
Learn mindfulness of emotions: how to notice feelings without being swept away. Step-by-step practice and a guided video from Axis Psychological Services.
Affectionate Breathing is a gentle mindfulness exercise that meets emotional pain with warmth instead of force. Guided video and step-by-step practice.
Affectionate Breathing: A Self-Compassion Exercise
Affectionate Breathing is a gentle mindfulness exercise that meets emotional pain with warmth instead of force. Guided video and step-by-step practice.
Real Skills for Real Life is an illustrated DBT guide by Shireen L. Rizvi and Jesse Finkelstein: 26 core skills with decision trees for when to use them.
Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide by Rizvi and Finkelstein
Real Skills for Real Life is an illustrated DBT guide by Shireen L. Rizvi and Jesse Finkelstein: 26 core skills with decision trees for when to use them.
A DBT card game by Dr. Jesse Finkelstein: conflict cards, skill cards, and a 96-page pocket guide. What is in the box and how it plays.
The Game of Real Life: A DBT Card Game by Jesse Finkelstein
A DBT card game by Dr. Jesse Finkelstein: conflict cards, skill cards, and a 96-page pocket guide. What is in the box and how it plays.
A friendly ear is supportive talk therapy, and it is a real treatment. DBT is something else: specific goals, skills practice, and acceptance with change.
How DBT Differs From Talk Therapy
A friendly ear is supportive talk therapy, and it is a real treatment. DBT is something else: specific goals, skills practice, and acceptance with change.
Why clearing every obstacle for your child backfires, and how DBT balances natural consequences with preparation. Dr. Jesse Finkelstein, NYC.
Preparing Your Child With Natural Consequences
Why clearing every obstacle for your child backfires, and how DBT balances natural consequences with preparation. Dr. Jesse Finkelstein, NYC.
DBT skills work because of the dialectical philosophy underneath them. What that philosophy says, and why it changes the way the skills land.
The Dialectical Philosophy Under DBT Skills
DBT skills work because of the dialectical philosophy underneath them. What that philosophy says, and why it changes the way the skills land.
DBT frames suffering as a skills deficit rather than an intrinsic defect. What that changes in treatment, and why it is the more accurate account.
Recognizing Skills Deficits
DBT frames suffering as a skills deficit rather than an intrinsic defect. What that changes in treatment, and why it is the more accurate account.
Validation is not agreement. It is telling someone their reaction makes sense, which you can do while still thinking they are wrong.
Validation Is Not Agreement
Validation is not agreement. It is telling someone their reaction makes sense, which you can do while still thinking they are wrong.
You do not have to choose between warmth and limits. The DBT middle path skill for parents, why and beats but, and why calm consequences work better.
Walking the Middle Path as a Parent
You do not have to choose between warmth and limits. The DBT middle path skill for parents, why and beats but, and why calm consequences work better.
Life worth living goals come from Marsha Linehan's work with people in acute pain. What they are, why the question generalizes, and how to find yours.
Life Worth Living Goals
Life worth living goals come from Marsha Linehan's work with people in acute pain. What they are, why the question generalizes, and how to find yours.
High arousal pushes you into fast thinking at the worst moment. How the DBT STOP skill puts the brakes on before you say something you regret.
When Fast Thinking Can Be Ineffective
High arousal pushes you into fast thinking at the worst moment. How the DBT STOP skill puts the brakes on before you say something you regret.
Who DBT is for: it was developed for emotion dysregulation and now has evidence across many conditions. Why the skills are useful outside crisis.
Who DBT Is For
Who DBT is for: it was developed for emotion dysregulation and now has evidence across many conditions. Why the skills are useful outside crisis.
A crisis in DBT is not only life or death. Three elements define one, and the skills for it are meant to get you through, not to solve the problem.
Defining Crisis in DBT
A crisis in DBT is not only life or death. Three elements define one, and the skills for it are meant to get you through, not to solve the problem.
DBT and CBT share a family tree. DBT started as CBT applied to people it kept failing, what acceptance added, and how the two traditions converged.
How DBT and CBT Fit Together
DBT and CBT share a family tree. DBT started as CBT applied to people it kept failing, what acceptance added, and how the two traditions converged.
ERP therapy for OCD explained: what exposure and response prevention involves, why it works, and what the first weeks of treatment actually look like.
ERP Therapy for OCD: What Exposure and Response Prevention Involves
ERP therapy for OCD explained: what exposure and response prevention involves, why it works, and what the first weeks of treatment actually look like.
CBT vs DBT without the jargon: what each treatment targets, where they overlap, and the question that actually decides which one fits your situation.
CBT vs DBT: Which One Is Right for You
CBT vs DBT without the jargon: what each treatment targets, where they overlap, and the question that actually decides which one fits your situation.
CBT for anxiety explained: what the sessions involve, why exposure does most of the work, and how long a course usually takes.
CBT for Anxiety: How the Treatment Actually Works
CBT for anxiety explained: what the sessions involve, why exposure does most of the work, and how long a course usually takes.
Emotion dysregulation explained: why intensity arrives before judgment, what it is not, and which treatments target it directly.
Emotion Dysregulation: When Feelings Arrive Faster Than Judgment
Emotion dysregulation explained: why intensity arrives before judgment, what it is not, and which treatments target it directly.
PTSD treatment without the vagueness: what prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy involve, how long they take, and how to choose.
PTSD Treatment: Prolonged Exposure and CPT Explained
PTSD treatment without the vagueness: what prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy involve, how long they take, and how to choose.
Panic attack treatment explained: why calming techniques can backfire, what interoceptive exposure involves, and how short a course usually is.
Panic Attack Treatment: Why the Fix Is Counterintuitive
Panic attack treatment explained: why calming techniques can backfire, what interoceptive exposure involves, and how short a course usually is.
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