Resources & Support
Links to web resources are provided below. They are organized by topic. Click on the topic to go to the corresponding section. This area of the site is updated periodically. Check back for additional resources.
Please do not contact New Dawn to request your resource be added to the website.
Contents
* ABC PLEASE
* Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
* ACT Exercises
* Approach vs. Avoidance Goals
* Apps
* Chain Analysis/Functional Analysis
* Change Processes & Psychological Phenomena
* Check the Facts
* Committed Action
* Compassion Focused Therapy Exercises
* Continuous You
* Control as the Problem
* Cope Ahead
* DBT
* Decision Making
* Defusion
* Dialectics
* Dime Game
* Distress Tolerance
* Emotion Regulation Skills
* Emotional Numbing
* Gratitude
* Grief
* Heart Rate Variability
* Insurance
* Interpersonal Effectiveness
* Kids Resources for Parents
* Mindfulness
* Non-Judgment
* Opposite Action
* Paradoxical Intention
* Process vs. Outcome
* Pros and Cons
* Psychological Flexibility
* Radical Acceptance
* Self-as-Context
* Self-Compassion
* Substance Use/Abuse
* Tricky Brain/Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Nervous System
* Urge Surfing
* Validation/Recovering from Invalidation
* Values & Values Clarification
* Willingness
* Wise Mind
Actcompanion – The Happiness Trap App (https://www.actcompanion.com/)
ACT Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/act-coach/id804247934)
Steven Hayes - Psychological flexibility: How love turns pain into purpose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79_)
Steven Hayes - Mental Brakes to Avoid Mental Breaks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSHpBRLJrQ)
- Give Your Mind a Name - https://stevenchayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Give-Your-Mind-a-Name.pdf
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- Talk to your brain - https://www.facebook.com/realJoeDeSena/videos/i-want-you-to-name-your-brain-no-i-have-not-lost-my-mind-this-was-something-i-pi/884456965640966/
- Get Unstuck with ACT: Give Your Mind a Name - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Jy6t_4wNDs
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- The Unwelcome Party Guest: An ACT Metaphor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYht-guymF4
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- ACT Meditation: The Continuous You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWqyz8Pwmw)
- Continuous You - Dr. Thomas Richardson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTxM7xaVprs)
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- Thanking Your Mind: Taking the Power Out of Difficult Thoughts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206WtwEyqzg)
- Internal Struggles (The Chessboard Metaphor) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phbzSNsY8vc)
- Ten Defusion Techniques for Unhooking Your Mind - https://www.philosophyforlife.org/blog/ten-defusion-techniques-for-unhooking-your-mind
- Detangle from Thoughts & Feelings - https://thepsychologygroup.com/defusion/
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- Steven Hayes – Drop the Rope Exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKx7_Eqimlk)
- Tug of War with a Monster from Your ACT Auntie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGmcGF8dcU)
- How to Stop Fighting with your Emotions! The Tug of War Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgFOKZOGS_Q)
- Drop the Mental Tug of War – Wellness Talks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKCEfVUVcbA)
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- Psychological Flexibility Core Exercises – Wellness Talks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQmggEs4tDw)
- The ACT Matrix: A simple perspective-taking exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCCSpOtDPV0)
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-- The Struggle Switch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCp1l16GCXI
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- The Five Mindfulness Myths - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD-rY0XNSZE
- Monsters on a Boat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxc889gQtY
- Missing Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbx2haVfMU
- The Stageshow Metaphor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPPr1hsbMM
- Thanking Your Mind: Taking the Power out of Difficult Thoughts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206WtwEyqzg
- The Choice Point: A Map for a Meaningful Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ
- Three Meaning of Freeze - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_iZOIn3itE
- The Polygraph (Lie Detector) Metaphor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeQcHFRQ7eE
- The 3 Happiness Myths - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93LFNtcR1Ok
- The Happiness Trap: Evolution of the Human Mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv6HkipQcfA
- The Happiness Trap: Motivation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN677MKo0EA
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- Sushi Train Metaphor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUoXJVI0wo&t=2s
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- The Values-Focused vs The Goals-Focused Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiPxLpYlw4I&t=98s
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- Values vs. Goals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-lRbuy4XtA
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- Be the Pond – Cosmic Kids Den (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ)
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- The Values-Focused vs The Goals-Focused Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiPxLpYlw4I)
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- The Choice Point: A Map for a Meaningful Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ)
- The Role of Values in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (https://mentalhealthathome.org/2021/06/14/values-acceptance-commitment-therapy/)
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- Values Clarification - Duke University Student Involvement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBYjaah2RJc)
- Values Discovery App (Values Card Sort App) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Pinnguaq.PPLegacyCards&hl=en&pli=1) ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/values-discovery/id1450680954)
Approach and Avoidance Goals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVVwpPRT2GY)
Staying on Task with Approach and Avoidance Goals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KvyIW1bJ4Ho)
- DBT Apps (https://www.dbtcenteroc.com/resources/dbt-apps-we-recommend/)
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- DBT Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dbt-coach/id1452264969; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.swasth.dbtcoach&hl=en_US)
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- STAIR Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stair-coach/id1567412251; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.va.mobilehealth.ncptsd.stair2)
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- Virtual Hope Box (https://apps.apple.com/au/app/virtual-hope-box/id825099621; https://play.google.com/store/search?q=virtual+hope+box&c=apps)
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- AIMS (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aims-for-anger-management/id1243035440; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.va.mobilehealth.ncptsd.aims)
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- Happify (https://www.happify.com/)
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- Worry Watch (https://worrywatch.com/#worry-watch-app-journal_)
- Calm (https://www.calm.com/)
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- Headspace (https://www.headspace.com/)
- The Choice Point: A Map for a Meaningful Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ)
- Functional Analysis: most ‘problems’ serve a purpose, and revealing that purpose can be the key (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8TLhXNLwM)
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- DBT Chain Analysis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i_vDsXj2VA)
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- DBT Chain Analysis: How Does It Work? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvI6qstjdn8)
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- How to complete a DBT Chain Analysis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgr9-66Q6y4)
- The Backwards Brain Bicycle: Smarter Every Day 133 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0)
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- Change Blindness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo)
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- Selective Attention Test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo)
- DBT Skills Checking the Facts (Emotion Regulation) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJU9FUTGHKQ
- The Three Emotion Regulation Systems in CFT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX2N9Z6KKI8&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=2)
- Old Brain New Brain Loops – Tricky Brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uE_JDww9yc&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=2)
- What is Compassion? The Compassion Circle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHK5yoCyy8&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=4)
- Compassionate Letter Writing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvHcnMpsOI&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=5)
- The Self-Compassion Break (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRY3L_EJx0&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=6)
- Kindness to a Friend Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr6TZE6XTg4&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=7)
- Kindness to Others Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPtAIhMkkds&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=8 )
- Kindness to Self Mindfulness Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9JGYstewCE&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=9)
- The Compassionate Companion Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpb7VyMTEpI&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=10)
- The Breathing Space with Kindness Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfxVY_JtxU&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=11)
- The Safe Place Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DkTGVsSA8&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=12)
- Soothing Rhythm Breathing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS4pA17JMUw&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=13)
- Soothing Color Imagery (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hvGReI-k8&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=14)
- Memory of Feeling Cared For (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXXhLe6Ukc&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=15&t=17s)
- Postures, Faces and Voice Tones – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/postures-faces-and-voice-tones/s-9OPud?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)
- Addressing Self Criticism – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/addressing-self-crticism/s-U19Fd?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)
- Building the Compassionate Self – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/building-the-compassionate-self/s-c7EQJ?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)
- Compassionate Image and Compassionate Communication – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/compassionate-image-and-compassionate-community/s-oQoMN?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)
- Soothing Rhythm Breathing – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/soothing-rhythm-breathing-practices/s-JA0g8?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)
- Compassion Flowing into Oneself – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-compassion-flowing-into-oneself)
- Compassionate State – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-compassionate-state)
- Compassionate Self – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/compassionate-self-practice)
- Deepening the Compassionate Self – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-deepening-the-compassionate-self-part-ii)
- Safe Place Imagery – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-safe-place-imagery)
- Cultivating Compassionate Self – Wendy Wood (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajap1uahiuvusro/Cultivating%20Compassionate%20Self%20-%20Wendy%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Safe Place – Wendy Wood (https://www.dropbox.com/s/821kt9w79ckahbb/Safe%20Place%20Practise%20-%20Wendy%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Safe Place with voice only – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/3es6crkesnxo269/Safe%20Place%20Practise%20-%20Matt%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Safe Place with voice and music – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/pp2r7jorhhlnfsr/Safe%20Place%20Practise%20-%20Matt%20-%20Music%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Posture Training with voice only – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/es68y9yemdeleza/Posture%20Training%20-%20Matt%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Posture Training with voice and music – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/99rv8oesjwjtdvs/Posture%20Training%20-%20Matt%20-%20Music%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Cultivating Compassionate Self with voice only – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8py9tuajq3y5jol/Cultivating%20Compassionate%20Self%20-%20Matt%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Cultivating Compassionate Self with voice and music – Matt Le Mare (https://www.dropbox.com/s/xypag0a9ti6to2m/Cultivating%20Compassionate%20Self%20-%20Matt%20-%20Music%20-%20CFT.mp3?dl=0)
- Welcome to Self – Hayley Quinn (https://soundcloud.com/hayley-quinn-516688498/welcome-to-self-guided-meditation)
- Soothing Colour Meditation – Hayley Quinn (https://soundcloud.com/hayley-quinn-516688498/soothing-colour-meditation)
- Becoming Your Compassionate Self – Elli Tholouli (https://soundcloud.com/elli-tholouli/becoming-your-compassionate-self)
- Compassionate Image – Elli Tholouli (https://soundcloud.com/elli-tholouli/compassionate-image)
- The Compassionate Mind Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Your Compassionate Self (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472135903/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=compwell1-21&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1472135903&linkId=4b6530bffc817d0110e3fcd1fb277006)
- ACT Meditation: The Continuous You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWqyz8Pwmw)
- Continuous You - Dr. Thomas Richardson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTxM7xaVprs)
- The Struggle Switch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCp1l16GCXI)
- DBT – Cope Ahead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd4hEPcnEU)
- Cope Ahead – A DBT Skill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi5WCiM5HBM)
Recommended DBT Apps (https://www.dbtcenteroc.com/resources/dbt-apps-we-recommend/)
DBT Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dbt-coach/id1452264969; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.swasth.dbtcoach&hl=en_US)
STAIR Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stair-coach/id1567412251; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.va.mobilehealth.ncptsd.stair2)
Virtual Hope Box (https://apps.apple.com/au/app/virtual-hope-box/id825099621; https://play.google.com/store/search?q=virtual+hope+box&c=apps)
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The Core Components of DBT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bULL3sSc_-I
Marsha Linehan – The Function of Emotions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR-O12A78hw
Marsha Linehan – Why Learn DBT Skills? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLG2Aaa9AA
Marsha Linehan – The Practice of Mindfulness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_yt7mT3JA
Marsha Linehan – Interpersonal Effectiveness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NzjE0ATaws
Marsha Linehan – How She Learned Radical Acceptance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTG7YEWkJFI
Decision Matrix Analysis (https://www.mindtools.com/aksic2i/decision-matrix-analysis )
Decision Tree Analysis (https://www.mindtools.com/az0q9po/decision-tree-analysis)
Go/No-Go Decisions (https://www.mindtools.com/a3p0zmp/gono-go-decisions)
Brainstorming (https://www.mindtools.com/acv0de1/brainstorming)
Defusion
- Stop Overthinking: Leaves on a Stream ACT Anxiety Skill #30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKltKKSur8)
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- Defusing From Your Thoughts (Leaves on a Stream) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00AbNXNLUUs)
- Leaves on a Stream (hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1C8hwj5LXw)
- Detangle from Thoughts & Feelings (https://thepsychologygroup.com/defusion/)
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- Ten Defusion Techniques for Unhooking Your Mind (https://www.philosophyforlife.org/blog/ten-defusion-techniques-for-unhooking-your-mind)
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- Thanking Your Mind: Taking the Power Out of Difficult Thoughts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206WtwEyqzg)
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- The Sushi Train Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUoXJVI0wo)
What is Dialectical Thinking? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Zz51_dTFE)
DBT Skills: Thinking Dialectically (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFRMHBwHmTk)
DBT Skills to Know: How to Think and Act Dialectically (https://www.grouporttherapy.com/blog/dbt-skills-to-know-how-to-think-and-act-dialectically)
2 Tips for Thinking and Acting Dialectically (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qki2l993HOY)
The ACT Matrix: A simple perspective-taking exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCCSpOtDPV0)
- DBT: The Dime Game on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minow.dbt.dime&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1)
- The Dime Game on Apple (https://apps.apple.com/au/app/the-dime-game/id1463702994)
- The Dime Game, Interpersonal Effectiveness Skill from DBT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeCmsc3Sss)
- Real-life Dime Game Example (https://www.tiktok.com/@dbtkiki/video/7285148870789680426)
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- The Dime Game with Kiki Fehling, PhD (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzG3h0OuttF/)
Distress Tolerance
- DBT Distress Tolerance Skills: Your 6-Skill Guide to Navigate Emotional Crises (https://sunrisertc.com/distress-tolerance-skills/)
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- DBT Skills: Cooling Down Your Emotions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlW7q1wL_Q)
- DBT and Distress Tolerance - The power of distraction (https://www.empoweredstl.org/courageinactionblog/dbtdistresstoleranceaccepts)
- DBT Skills: Distress Tolerance and Crisis Survival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAMHacC8P8)
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- DBT Distress Tolerance The STOP Skill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ykrSYe6UMk)
- Identifying & Describing Emotions Handouts - https://dbtselfhelp.com/identifying-describing-emotions/
- Recognizing Your Emotions - https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/emotion-regulation/recognizing-your-emotions/
- A Model for Describing Emotions - https://www.dbtbites.com/videos/a-model-for-describing-emotions
- What Emotions Do For You - https://www.dbtbites.com/videos/what-emotions-do-for-you
- 13 Ways to Connect with Emotion Safely if Feeling Numb or Dissociated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFBMs6adBQ
- Why Do I Feel Numb Emotionally? Dissociation Explained in Depth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEt6g6_AiK8
- 7 Days of Gratitude (https://www.calm.com/app/program/pM28nM4)
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- Gratitude as a Practice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEiWxycv33g)
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- Tamara Levitt on Openness, Playfulness & Gratitude (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLyIwTMxGaE)
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- Tamara Levitt – How to Find the Calm Within the Chaos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMdqlpK6oEs)
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- Calm App’s Tamara Levitt Leads a Gratitude Countdown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rXWx5arzM)
- Dialectical Thinking and the Art of Peace in Grief (https://mentallystrongacademy.com/dialectical-thinking-and-the-art-of-peace-in-grief/#:~:text=Simply%20put%2C%20it's%20a%20way,for%20resolving%20our%20conflicting%20emotions)
- Can 2 Opposite Things Be True at the Same Time? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPT8rI-hst8)
- Heart Rate Variability – Cleveland Clinic (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21773-heart-rate-variability-hrv)
- Heart Rate Variability: How it might indicate well-being (https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heart-rate-variability-new-way-track-well-2017112212789)
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- The HeartMath Institute (https://www.heartmath.org/)
- HeartMath (https://www.heartmath.com/)
- DEAR MAN – How to Communicate Assertively (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-M59r-0jg)
- GIVE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TssJs6g6QLI&t=25s)
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- Be the Pond – Mindfulness for Kids – Cosmic Kids Zen Den (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ&list=PL8snGkhBF7ngDp1oJtx5VcjwatxZn8xLK&index=5)
- The ‘I can’t’ Monster – Mindfulness for Kids – Cosmic Kids Zen Den (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYtNWjQiK0&list=PL8snGkhBF7ngDp1oJtx5VcjwatxZn8xLK&index=9)
The Five Mindfulness Myths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD-rY0XNSZE)
DBT Skill: Mindfulness What (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUSaQL1_zXE)
Mindfulness How – Practice Being Mindful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdrMpnE93s)
The Science of Mindfulness by Dr. Debbie Norris (https://www.mindbodyjournal.com/mindfulness/podcast-the-science-of-mindfulness/)
The Scient of Mindfulness – Talks at Google – Dr. Ron Siegel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPlG_w40qOE)
John Hopkins Bloomber School of Public Health – The Science of Mindfulness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2miiwHTGg)
The Mindfulness Podcast with Dr. David Black (https://goamra.org/Podcast)
University of Oxford Podcasts – The Science of Mindfulness(https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/science-mindfulness)
Choosing Therapy – The 14 Best Mindfulness Podcasts to Listen to Now (https://www.choosingtherapy.com/best-mindfulness-podcasts/)
The Skillful Podcast – Episodes 2-4 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skillful-podcast/id1461774020)
Mindfulness of Current Emotions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECs97k_8Z4
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9 Attitudes – Jon Kabat Zinn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n7FOBFMvXg)
Reclaiming Our Superpower – Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzCpeHY9wYA)
Tapping Into the Spaciousness of Your Heart – Jon Kabat Zinn Meditation ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTxE63SkNU)
Jon Kabat-Zinn – What is Mindfulness? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoLQ3qkh0w0)
Befriending the Silence a 30-Minute Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0mrdJmJAg)
The Healing Power of Mindfulness – Jon Kabat-Zinn ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_If4a-gHg_I)
Interoception and connecting with your body with Dr. Cynthia Price (https://brainobservations.com/episode-10-interoception-and-connecting-with-your-body-with-dr-cynthia-price/)
Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy with Dr. Cynthia Price (https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-141-mindful-awareness-body-oriented-therapy-dr-cynthia-price)
How Mindful Body Awareness Heals with Cynthia Price (https://podtail.com/podcast/liberated-body-podcast/ep-60-how-mindful-body-awareness-heals-with-cynthi/)
Body Awareness: How to Deepen Your Connection with Your Body (https://www.healthline.com/health/mind-body/body-awareness)
Navigating Inner Worlds: How Good is Your Interoception? (https://insighttimer.com/blog/what-is-interoception/)
Non-Judgment
- Non-Judgment (https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/non-judgement.html)
- Non-Judgment: What is it? And Why Does it Matter? (https://mindfulambition.net/non-judgment/)
- How to Practice Non-Judgment For a Healthier and More Positive Mindset (http://www.chopratreatmentcenter.com/blog/2018/11/14/practice-non-judgment-healthier-positive-mindset/)
- Foundations of Mindfulness: Non-Judgment (https://choosemuse.com/blog/foundations-of-mindfulness-non-judgment/)
- DBT Skills: Opposite Action and Emotion Regulation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vv0PGv73Mc&t=58s
- Viktor Frankl’s Method to Overcome Fear (Paradoxical Intention) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tmHzg6OirM
- Process Goals VS Outcome Goals: How to Set Goals You Can Actually Achieve (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQftLaQQ7Y)
- Goal Setting: Outcome Goals and Process Goals with Stever Robbins (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIeOlMvEkR0)
- Quantitative Pros and Cons (https://www.mindtools.com/a7asu8d/quantitative-pros-and-cons)
- Weighted Pros and Cons (https://www.decisionskills.com/uploads/5/1/6/0/5160560/worksheet_-_weighted_pros_and_cons.pdf)
Psychological Flexibility
- Psychological Flexibility: A Core Mental Health Asset (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/201909/psychological-flexibility-core-mental-health-asset?amp)
- Psychological Flexibility: The Superpower of Mental Health and WellBeing (https://theweekenduniversity.com/psychological-flexibility/)
- What Is Psychological Flexibility And Why Do We Want To Put It In The Water Supply? (https://contextpsy.com/en/what-is-psychological-flexibility-and-why-do-we-want-to-put-it-in-the-water-supply/)
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- How to Use Psychological Flexibility to ‘Bend’ Negative Emotions Rather Than Deny Them (https://www.wellandgood.com/psychological-flexibility/amp/)
- ACT and Psychological Flexibility: Why It Matters, Examples, and Definitions (https://psychotherapyacademy.org/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-the-essentials/act-aims-to-increase-psychological-flexibility/)
- DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance and Distress Tolerance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81sCMCC5SOI
- Radical Acceptance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwNnG7mIu1E)
- Be the Pond – Cosmic Kids Den (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ)
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- Internal Struggles - The Chessboard Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phbzSNsY8vc)
- Self-Compassion, Dr. Kristin Neff (https://self-compassion.org/)
- The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion: Krisen Neff at TEDx (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4)
- Kristen Neff: The Three Components of Self-Compassion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11U0h0DPu7k)
- Kristen Neff: Overcoming Objections to Self-Compassion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhcNPjIMjc)
- Dr. Kristen Neff: The Science of Self-Compassion – Talks at Google (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPywoJWlxg)
- Kristen Neff: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQHhF4CaKQ)
- Stop Chasing Self-Esteem & Just Be Self-Compassionate with Kristen Neff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEyJ_H1U5SQ)
Substance Use/Abuse
- Clear Mind vs. Addiction Mind & Clean Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInLp5cin0U)
- Dialectical Abstinence (https://vimeo.com/229392953)
- DBTSelfHelp.com - Alternate Rebellion (https://dbtselfhelp.com/alternate-rebellion/)
- DBT Skills for Addiction – Alternate Rebellion Emily (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW20ObPeKO4)
- DBT Skills for Addiction – Adaptive Denial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drb8NHVlcnA)
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- How to Use Chain Analysis to Stope Substance Abuse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ULDNiKz8Z8)
- Window of Tolerance and Emotional Regulation (Dr. Dan Siegal) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVlppGz0zM
- The Three Emotion Regulation Systems in CFT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX2N9Z6KKI8&t=9s
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- The Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2825kDSo4M)
- Old brain new brain loop – Tricky brain- CFT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uE_JDww9yc)
- We Have Tricky Brains – Compassion 180 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVaGewa-jY)
- Dr. Stephen Porges – What is the Polyvagal Theory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec3AUMDjtKQ)
- Fight/Flight/Freeze Response – Anxiety Skills #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPyzPH8sB2A)
Urge Surfing
- Urge Surfing: A Distress Tolerance Skill (https://columbuspark.com/2016/07/06/urge-surfing-a-distress-tolerance-skill/#:~:text=Urge%20surfing%20is%20a%20mindfulness,and%20fall%2C%20come%20and%20go.)
- Riding the Wave: Using Mindfulness to Help Cope with Urges (https://portlandpsychotherapy.com/2011/11/riding-wave-using-mindfulness-help-cope-urges/)
- DBT Mindfulness Urge Surfing Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIA2ewXayTc)
- What Is Urge Surfing and How Does It Work? (https://impulsivity.com.au/2018/04/urge-surfing/)
- Moments of Zen: Urge Surfing Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHzS_RBtnXE)
- Self-Validation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMBEpfxNnlo)
- Invalidation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxVxw6L_2Wg)
- Recovering from Invalidation – DBT & Me Podcast, Episode 79 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm_k-1HCOvo)
- Recovering from Invalidation – Interpersonal Effectiveness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaRmszIjAOY)
Values & Values Clarification
- Personal Values Card Sort (https://motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/valuescardsort_0.pdf)
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- GoodTherapy.org Values Clarification Overview (https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/values-clarification)
- Core Values Clarification Exercise (https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/farmsuccession/files/2016/11/Core-Values-Exercise_Integrity_Consulting_Services.pdf)
- The Happiness Trap Clarifying Values Bullseye (https://thehappinesstrap.com/upimages/Long_Bull's_Eye_Worksheet.pdf)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Values Online Card Sort (http://meetingpointcounseling.com/tools/ACT-card-sort/)
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- The Values-Focused vs The Goals-Focused Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiPxLpYlw4I)
- The Choice Point: A Map for a Meaningful Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ)
- The Role of Values in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (https://mentalhealthathome.org/2021/06/14/values-acceptance-commitment-therapy/)
- Values Clarification - Duke University Student Involvement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBYjaah2RJc)
- Values Discovery App (Values Card Sort App) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Pinnguaq.PPLegacyCards&hl=en&pli=1) ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/values-discovery/id1450680954)
- Helena Bonham Carter reads The Guest House by Rumi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShNYW2e5ecQ
- The Guest House: Rumi (Calm) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SMcuZfUqG0
- Wise Mind – An Intuitive, Centered State of Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOGRaTaVv4&t=1s)
- DBT Skills: Wise Mind, Emotion Mind and Reasonable Mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX2N9Z6KKI8&t=9s
- Wise Mind: An Intuitive, Centered State of Mind - DBT Skills from Experts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOGRaTaVv4)
- Dr. Marsha Linehan Teaches Wise Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BmPxd0Eiw)
- DBT Skills: Wise Mind, Emotional Mind & Reasonable Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnUvxg_9po)
- Doing Mode vs. Being Mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LyaMxJMxA)