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Why Aren’t There More Resources for Adult Self-Injurers?
Even getting adults to commit to group therapy can be a challenge. Adults are burdened with more responsibility than adolescents and may have trouble finding the time and effort to make the commitment for their own healing, even when resources are available. Why Aren’t There More Resources for Adult Self-Injurers? By Renée Fabian 03/21/17 Over time, self-injury itself can become a habitual, nearly addictive behavior, and 8.7 percent of self-injurers are also addicts. Erin Hardy, a Wisconsin-based therapist, found herself in a quandary when an uptick of people who self-injured came to her about five years ago. This was a new area to her practice, so Hardy sought consultation with…
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and the Buddhist Philosophy
DBT deals with intense and labile emotions. There is a connection between mindfulness and emotion regulation. Mindfulness facilitates adaptive emotion regulation. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and the Buddhist Philosophy Posted on March 20th, 2017 Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a modified form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that was developed in late 1970s by Marsha M. Linehan a psychology researcher at the University of Washington (Linehan, 1993). DBT is an empirically supported treatment for suicidal individuals (Linehan et al., 2015). It can be adapted to treat borderline personality disorder patients with comorbid substance-abuse disorder (Koerner & Linehan, 2000) and depressed elderly clients with personality disorders (Lynch…
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Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight
“DBT has completely changed my life,” she says. “I wish more people would talk about therapy. We girls, we’re taught to be almost too resilient, to be strong and sexy and cool and laid-back, the girl who’s down. We also need to feel allowed to fall apart.” Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight MARCH 16, 2017 7:01 AM by ROB HASKELL On an unusually wet and windy evening in Los Angeles, Selena Gomez shows up at my door with a heavy bag of groceries. We’ve decided that tonight’s dinner will be a sort of tribute to the after-church Sunday barbecues she remembers…