This feature by Christine Dunkley, DClinP is Part 2 of 2 in a series about behavioral strategies for addressing hopelessness. In the first part, Christine began with tips on personal relationships, loneliness, and learning how to identify what a client wants. Today, she addresses two more tips, including painting word pictures and suspending disbelief.
This feature by Christine Dunkley, DClinP is Part 1 of 2 in a series about behavioral strategies for addressing hopelessness. In this first part, Christine begins with tips on personal relationships, loneliness, and learning how to identify what a client wants.
This feature by Vibh Forsythe Cox, PhD is part 2 of 2 in a series on World Mental Health Day, focusing on the goal of suicide prevention. In part 1 (read it here), Vibh talked about a needed shift in our approach to treating clients and the idea of solving the problem of a life that doesn’t feel worth living. This part 2 goes further into the topics of increasing access to effective treatment and empowering the community.
This feature by Vibh Forsythe Cox, PhD is part 1 of 2 in a series on World Mental Health Day, focusing on the goal of suicide prevention.
World Mental Health Day was created with the goal of raising awareness, encouraging education, and promoting advocacy against stigma (Learn more here). The focus this year is suicide prevention. As someone who provides treatment and training which in large part is aimed at reducing suicide and self-harm, I felt moved to participate in this conversation.
This feature by Laurence Y. Katz, MD is Part 2 of a two-part series about therapists’ need to stay balanced when treating patients at risk for suicide and how the framework of DBT facilitates this balance. In part 1 (read it here), we examined the need for balance and the first two principles of how DBT fosters that balance. In this part, we will explore two more principles: therapist mindfulness practice and the application of radical acceptance.
This feature by Laurence Y. Katz, MD is Part 1 of a two-part series about therapists’ need to stay balanced when treating patients at risk for suicide and how the framework of DBT facilitates this balance. In part 1, we start by examining the need for balance and the first two principles of how DBT fosters that balance
