CPT for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
What is CPT? Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is short-term, evidence-based therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). CPT was developed in the 1980s, derived from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CPT is primarily a cognitive therapy, helping trauma survivors examine and challenge...Continue reading→
504 Plans and IEPs: Getting Your Children the Help They Need
What Are 504 Plans and IEPs? If your child is struggling in school due to physical, emotional or behavioral issues, it might be time to look into services and supports to facilitate their learning. Physical conditions, learning disorders, psychiatric conditions,...Continue reading→
Coping with Grief and Loss
Trigger warning: Grief triggers can happen at any time, so please note that a piece about grief may contain triggers for some folks. If you are grieving and are feeling particularly vulnerable, perhaps save this blog for another day. Sarah...Continue reading→
Nervous System Regulation Practices
Nervous System Dysregulation Do you often feel keyed up, shaky and unsettled? Does your heart start pounding, your breathing race, and your muscles tense with stress, conflict, or fear? How about feeling low energy, lethargic, dissociated, or shut down? Depressed...Continue reading→
Coping with Holiday Stress
While folks gather, celebrate, eat, and drink over the holidays, it’s important to note that cheer and contentment aren’t everyone’s experience. For many, the holidays can be stressful, and for some, they’re downright difficult. Whether the discomfort is associated with...Continue reading→
Latino Mental Health
Lily recently moved from Central America to the United States to escape her country’s dangers and to find new opportunities abroad. Six months have passed, and while Lily has adjusted to her new job and has a comfortable place to...Continue reading→
Comprehensive DBT
DBT is an evidence-based modality that can help individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, trauma/PTSD, substance misuse, disordered eating, self-harm/suicidality, and borderline personality disorder, as well as broader issues with emotional regulation and interpersonal functioning. DBT was founded...Continue reading→
Building Resilience: Coping with Trauma, Adversity, and More
Over the years, we’ve worked with thousands of people coping with varying degrees of stress, trauma, and adversity. With this, comes an organic study of how people come to handle life’s challenges and how they come upon resilience. Some erroneously...Continue reading→
Levels of Care: Choosing the Right Eating Disorder Treatment
Levels of Care in Eating Disorder Treatment If you’re struggling with an eating disorder and have started to research treatment, chances are you’ve come across different types of therapies in different formats and locations. You might have noticed that a...Continue reading→
Relationship Breakup Survival Guide
Breakups are tough. In fact, all relationship endings can evoke feelings of grief and loss, disappointment, guilt, or anger. But a breakup doesn’t have to mean you’re broken. Here are some tips, inspired by DBT, for surviving a relationship ending....Continue reading→
Radical Body Acceptance
In our teaching of DBT skills, I always say that radical acceptance is one of the hardest skills to learn. To do. To embody. I feel this way myself. As much as I talk about acceptance, I find my brain...Continue reading→
The Psychology of Youth Sports: What We Continue To Get Wrong
Participating in sports offers our kids so many benefits: physical activity, teamwork, working toward goals, socialization, fun, and more. Unfortunately, there are some aspects of youth sports that are harmful and detract from the multiple benefits. Here are five observations...Continue reading→