Podcast Episodes

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques Distress Tolerance

Preventing distress when possible is ideal, but what about when you cannot avoid it? Learn how to accept and tolerate unpleasant emotions until you c…

9 years, 3 months ago

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Emotional Regulation

What makes you vulnerable to emotional overload? How can you prevent, or cope with emotional overload in the face of unavoidable stressors?

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9 years, 3 months ago

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addressing Negative Thoughts

Your thoughts have a huge impact on how you feel. Learn techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and start feeling better.

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9 years, 3 months ago

The ACT Matrix: What Every Counselor Should Know

The ACT matrix will help anyone easily make decisions about the most effective course of action when faced with multiple possible behaviors

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9 years, 3 months ago

Goal Setting: Creating Realistic, Achievable Goals

Often goals fail because they are too big, vague or don't consider all the factors. Learn what SMART goals are, how to set and individualize good goa…

9 years, 3 months ago

Motivation: What Is It & How to Keep It

When motivation wanes, people relapse. Learn principles of effective motivational enhancement and some of the main reasons that motivation wanes and …

9 years, 3 months ago

Preventing Vulnerabilities: Pain Management

Pain can disrupt sleep and increase frustration, anxiety and depression. Frustration, anxiety and depression can increase pain further. Learn about p…

9 years, 3 months ago

Preventing Vulnerabilities: Eating to Support Mental Health

What you eat provides the building blocks for the neurotransmitters and other systems involved in mood, sleep and energy regulation. Some nutrients y…

9 years, 3 months ago

Preventing Vulnerabilities: How Sleep Impacts Mental Health

What causes fatigue, difficulty concentrating, reduced pain tolerance, irritability and (sometimes) a sense of hopelessness and helplessness? Lack of…

9 years, 4 months ago

Differential Diagnosis: What Causes That Symptom

While the same cluster of symptoms may characterize depression, there are a variety of things besides moods that cause those same symptoms. In this p…

9 years, 4 months ago