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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.

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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)

ACT

Mindfulness

 

- The Five Mindfulness Myths - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD-rY0XNSZE

 

- Missing Out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbx2haVfMU)

 

 

 

Values

 

- The Values-Focused vs The Goals-Focused Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiPxLpYlw4I&t=98s)

 

- Values vs. Goals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-lRbuy4XtA

 

- The Values-Focused vs The Goals-Focused Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiPxLpYlw4I)

 

- 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)

 

 

 

 

 

Committed Action/Values-Based Action

 

- The Choice Point: A Map for a Meaningful Life  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ)

 

 

 

 

Defusion

 

- 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

 

- 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/)

 

- Thanking Your Mind: Taking the Power out of Difficult Thoughts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206WtwEyqzg)

 

- Sushi Train Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUoXJVI0wo&t=2s)

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Self-as-Context

 

- Continuous You - Dr. Thomas Richardson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTxM7xaVprs)

 

- ACT Meditation: The Continuous You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWqyz8Pwmw)

 

 

- Internal Struggles (The Chessboard Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phbzSNsY8vc)

 

- The Stageshow Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPPr1hsbMM)

 

- Be the Pond – Cosmic Kids Den (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ)

 

 

 

 

Control as the Problem

 

- The Polygraph (Lie Detector) Metaphor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeQcHFRQ7eE)

 

 

 

 

Willingness & Creative Hopelessness

 

- The Unwelcome Party Guest: An ACT Metaphor ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYht-guymF4)

 

- The Struggle Switch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCp1l16GCXI)

 

- Two Sides of a Coin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoh_zZnblTs)

 

- 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)

 

- Monsters on a Boat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxc889gQtY

 

- The Happiness Trap: Motivation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN677MKo0EA)

 

 

 

Psychological Flexibility

 

- Psychological Flexibility Core Exercises – Wellness Talks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQmggEs4tDw)

 

 

 

 

General

 

- 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 ACT Matrix: A simple perspective-taking exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCCSpOtDPV0)

 

- Three Meaning of Freeze (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_iZOIn3itE)

ACT Exercises

ADDitude Adults (https://www.additudemag.com/category/manage-adhd-life/

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ADDitude - Getting Things Done (https://www.additudemag.com/category/manage-adhd-life/getting-things-done/)

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ADDitude - Relationships (https://www.additudemag.com/category/manage-adhd-life/relationships/)

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ADDitude - Time & Productivity (https://www.additudemag.com/category/manage-adhd-life/getting-things-done/time-productivity/)

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ADDitude - Organization (https://www.additudemag.com/category/manage-adhd-life/home-organization/)  

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Reminder Apps (with features like snoozing or voice reminders)

 

- Reminder, Reminders with Voice (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reminder-reminders-with-voice/id1071899483)

 

- The Snooze (https://support.any.do/en/articles/8637342-the-snooze)

 

- Spike (https://www.spikenow.com/help/snoozing/#:~:text=Most%20people%20have%20more%20work,a%20set%20date%20and%20time.)

 

- Due (https://www.dueapp.com/) (https://www.boomboxpost.com/blog/2022/3/22/the-single-best-app-for-productive-people#:~:text=Setting%20Reminders&text=Due%20makes%20it%20easy.,tied%20to%20that%20particular%20task.)

 

- To Do Reminder with Alarm (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/to-do-reminder-with-alarm/id733049800)

 

- Reminder with Voice Reminders (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reminder-with-voice-reminders/id469454389)       

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Tracking How Time is Spent/Time Management

 

Clockify (https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/clockify-review/) (https://clockify.me/)    

 

RescueTime (https://www.rescuetime.com/) (https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/rescuetime)  

 

Rise (https://www.risescience.com/)

 

 

 

AI Personal Assistant Apps

 

Yohana (https://www.yohana.com/)

 

Clockwise (https://www.getclockwise.com/)

 

24me (https://www.twentyfour.me/)

 

Calendly (https://calendly.com/)  

ADHD

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)  

Approach vs. Avoidance Goals

-  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/)    

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Monitoring

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- Bearable – Symptom Tracker (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bearable-symptom-tracker/id1482581097)

 

- Symple Symptom Tracker (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/symple-symptom-tracker/id479818115

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- Emoji Mood Tracker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=evansir.moodythemoodtracker&hl=en_US)

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- Mood Ring: Your Emoji Journal (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mood-ring-your-emoji-journal/id1338254390)

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- Emoji Diary (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emoji-diary/id1247061044)   

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- Moodfit (https://www.getmoodfit.com/)

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- eMoods (https://emoodtracker.com/)

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- DBT Diary Card & Skills Coach (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dbt-diary-card-skills-coach/id479013889)

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- Simple DBT Skills Diary Card (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simple-dbt-skills-diary-card/id666921665)    

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Relationships

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- Gottman Card Decks

            Apple (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gottman-card-decks/id1292398843)

            Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carddecks&hl=en_US)

            Gottman Website (https://www.gottman.com/couples/apps/)   

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Apps
Balance & Walking the Middle Path

- Walking the Middle Path – Nicola Edwards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDVL0_QeFM)

 

- Dr. Marsha Linehan – Synthesizing Acceptance and Change (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU7Knx3VByA)

 

- Balancing Acceptance with Change in DBT? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESoXrxoWmDk)

Increasing Desired Behaviors

 

DBT – Increasing Desired Behaviors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPbSWTXuyOg)

 

 

 

Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors

 

DBT – Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZCGwarOr9I)

 

 

 

General

 

Behavior Change By Design (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfp2nkk3zeU)

 

Learning: Negative Reinforcement vs. Punishment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imkbuKomPXI)

Behavior Change

- 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)

Chain Analysis
Change Processes

- 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)

Check the Facts

- DBT Skills Checking the Facts (Emotion Regulation) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJU9FUTGHKQ

Committed Action

Self

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- Becoming Your Compassionate Self – Elli Tholouli (https://soundcloud.com/elli-tholouli/becoming-your-compassionate-self)

 

- The Self-Compassion Break (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRY3L_EJx0&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=6)

 

- Kindness to Self Mindfulness Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9JGYstewCE&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=9)

- 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 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)

 

- Cultivating Compassionate Self – Wendy Wood (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajap1uahiuvusro/Cultivating%20Compassionate%20Self%20-%20Wendy%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)

 

 

Others

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- 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)

 

 

 

 

Safety

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- The Safe Place Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DkTGVsSA8&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=12)

- Memory of Feeling Cared For (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXXhLe6Ukc&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=15&t=17s)

 

- Compassion Flowing into Oneself – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-compassion-flowing-into-oneself)

 

 - Safe Place Imagery – James Kirby (https://soundcloud.com/jamesn-kirby/cft-safe-place-imagery)

 

- 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)

 

 

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Soothing

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- The Breathing Space with Kindness Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfxVY_JtxU&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=11)

 

- 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)

 

- Soothing Rhythm Breathing – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/soothing-rhythm-breathing-practices/s-JA0g8?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)

 

- Soothing Colour Meditation – Hayley Quinn (https://soundcloud.com/hayley-quinn-516688498/soothing-colour-meditation)

 

 

 

Compassionate Ideal/Image/Companion

 

- The Compassionate Companion Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpb7VyMTEpI&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=10)

 

- Compassionate Image and Compassionate Communication – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/compassionate-image-and-compassionate-community/s-oQoMN?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)

 

- Compassionate Image – Elli Tholouli (https://soundcloud.com/elli-tholouli/compassionate-image)

 

 

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Physicality (Posture, Voice, Facial Expression)

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- Postures, Faces and Voice Tones – Paul Gilbert (https://soundcloud.com/compassionatemind/postures-faces-and-voice-tones/s-9OPud?in=compassionatemind/sets/compassionate-minds)

 

- 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)

 

 

 

General

 

- 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)

 

- Compassionate Letter Writing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvHcnMpsOI&list=PLBcQw541_75Mkl3upofyb418pHhE5oEtH&index=5)

 

- 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)

 

- Developing a Compassionate Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufK-0qANOd8&t=3s)

 

-Compassion Focused Therapy with Dr. Paul Gilbert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kF7FRy0_xs)  

CFT Exercise

- ACT Meditation: The Continuous You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWqyz8Pwmw)

 

- Continuous You - Dr. Thomas Richardson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTxM7xaVprs)

Continuous You
Control as the Problem

- DBT – Cope Ahead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd4hEPcnEU)

 

- Cope Ahead – A DBT Skill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi5WCiM5HBM)

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 - Michael Phelps – I Swam Blind (https://www.facebook.com/forbes/videos/michael-phelps-i-swam-blind/10154695544407509/)

 

- Visualization used by Michael Phelps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mm90LFPqU)

Cope Ahead
DBT

Defusion

Defusion

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)

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Two Sides of a Coin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoh_zZnblTs

Dialectics

- 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/)

Dime Game

Distress Tolerance

TIPP/Change Physiology –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wise Mind ACCEPTS/Distraction –

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPROVE the Moment –

 

 

 

 

 

Self-Soothing –

 

 

 

 

 

STOP Skill –

 

 

 

 

Mindfulness of Current Emotions -

 

 

 

General -

 

 

 

 

  • DBT: Distress Tolerance: Quick Overview of All Skills - 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngC6R4AjzA

 

 

 

 

Distress Tolerance
Emotional Numbing

- 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)

Gratitude

- Behavior Change for Good - Wendy Wood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwwYhfcSeQ

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- Breaking Down the Three Bases of Habit Formation - Wendy Wood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SihwUFcKAwk

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- The Science of Breaking Bad Habits with Wendy Wood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYDJigY89Ss)

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- How to Make Positive Changes that Stick with Wendy Wood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXX5lZS2Akk)

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Habits

- 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/)

Heart Rate Variability
Interpersonal Effectiveness

- 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)

Kids Resources
Learning Strategies

- FMLA Frequently Asked Questions (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/faq#:~:text=The%20Family%20and%20Medical%20Leave%20Act%20(FMLA)%20provides%20eligible%20employees,end%20of%20their%20FMLA%20leave)

 

- Fact Sheet #28: The Family and Medical Leave Act  (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/28-fmla)

 

- Fact Sheet #280: Mental Health Conditions and FMLA (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/28o-mental-health)

 

- Mental Health and FMLA (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/mental-health)

 

- Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): A Comprehensive Guide for Employers (https://www.wellable.co/blog/fmla-family-and-medical-leave-act-comprehensive-guide-for-employers/)

 

 

- How to Take a Mental Health Leave of Absence from Work (https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/mental-health/mental-health-leave-of-absence)

 

- Can I use FMLA for mental health? (https://screening.mhanational.org/content/can-i-use-fmla-mental-health/)  

 

- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) (https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm)

 

- OPM - Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/reasonable-accommodations/)

 

- US Department of Labor - Accommodations (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/program-areas/employers/accommodations)  

Leave & RA

- 4 Keys to your life’s meaning – Dr. Viktor Frankl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggf6QLdRvdY)

 

- Viktor Frankl – Finding Meaning in Pain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhA3mEkzLLQ)

 

- Viktor Frankl – Our Need for Meaning and Purpose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD09bO0Ht00&t=244s)

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- Frankl – I Broke My Neck But That Didn’t Break Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_lmMl4P7cQ)

 

- Viktor Frankl – Why Meaning Matters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_lmMl4P7cQ)

 

- The Will to Meaning – Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZcSJWCBPk)

Meaning Making

SKILLS:

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- The Five Mindfulness Myths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD-rY0XNSZE)

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- DBT Skill: Mindfulness What (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUSaQL1_zXE)

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- Mindfulness How – Practice Being Mindful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdrMpnE93s)

 

- Mindfulness of Current Emotions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECs97k_8Z4

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- Nonjudgmental Stance – DBT Mindfulness HOW Skill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmC-1u75sUM)

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-- DBT Mindfulness Skills – Marsha Linehan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCJ0R6vAUnw)

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SCIENCE: 

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- The Science of Mindfulness by Dr. Debbie Norris (https://www.mindbodyjournal.com/mindfulness/podcast-the-science-of-mindfulness/)

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- The Scient of Mindfulness – Talks at Google – Dr. Ron Siegel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPlG_w40qOE)

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- John Hopkins Bloomber School of Public Health – The Science of Mindfulness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2miiwHTGg)

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- The Mindfulness Podcast with Dr. David Black (https://goamra.org/Podcast)

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- University of Oxford Podcasts – The Science of Mindfulness(https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/science-mindfulness)

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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)   

 

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JON KABAT ZINN: 

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- 9 Attitudes – Jon Kabat Zinn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n7FOBFMvXg)

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- Reclaiming Our Superpower – Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzCpeHY9wYA)

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- Tapping Into the Spaciousness of Your Heart – Jon Kabat Zinn Meditation (  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTxE63SkNU)

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- Jon Kabat-Zinn – What is Mindfulness? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoLQ3qkh0w0)

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- Befriending the Silence a 30-Minute Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0mrdJmJAg)

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- The Healing Power of Mindfulness – Jon Kabat-Zinn ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_If4a-gHg_I)

 

 

BODY FOCUSED MINDFULNESS:

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- 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/)

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- 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)

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- How Mindful Body Awareness Heals with Cynthia Price (https://podtail.com/podcast/liberated-body-podcast/ep-60-how-mindful-body-awareness-heals-with-cynthi/)

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- Body Awareness: How to Deepen Your Connection with Your Body (https://www.healthline.com/health/mind-body/body-awareness)

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- Body Awareness (https://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/wwp/positive-practices-to-enhance-resilience-and-improve-interpersonal-communication-individual-techniques-1/awareness/body-awareness/)

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- Navigating Inner Worlds: How Good is Your Interoception? (https://insighttimer.com/blog/what-is-interoception/)      

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GRATITUDE:

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- The Mental Health Benefits of Gratitude and How to Cultivate It in Your Life (https://www.radiashealth.org/the-mental-health-benefits-of-gratitude-and-how-to-cultivate-it-in-your-life/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsuSzBhCLARIsAIcdLm41lGG80NLAO_Erdlhns3-n33biBtWlsYuxf1eMwMLwsfnlKKc9Zu0aAkhZEALw_wcB)

 

- The Science of Gratitude (https://www.mindful.org/the-science-of-gratitude/)

 

- The Neuroscience of Gratitude and Effects on the Brain (https://positivepsychology.com/neuroscience-of-gratitude/)

 

- Gratitude Quiz (https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/gratitude)

 

- Gratitude (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gratitude#tips-to-foster-gratitude)

 

- Gratitude as a Practice – Tamara Levitt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEiWxycv33g)

 

- Calm App’s Tamara Levitt Leads a Gratitude Countdown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rXWx5arzM)

 

- Practicing Gratitude with Dr. Rick Hanson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L22UranZYw)

 

- How to Practice Gratitude – 3 Powerful Mindfulness Exercises (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJFaHxgHBuw)

 

- Gratitude: A Mindfulness Exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6SHFca2qNc)

 

- Mindful: A Meditation Series - Growing Gratitude Guided Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhijtqx4PM)

 

- Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude with this 15 Minute Guided Meditation – Mindful Movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6SHrfnaIoY)       

Mindfulness
Non-Judgment

- DBT Skills: Opposite Action and Emotion Regulation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vv0PGv73Mc&t=58s

Opposite Action

- Dr. Viktor Frankl on Despair and Meaning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2zxUXaUBM)

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- 4 Keys to your life’s meaning – Dr. Viktor Frankl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggf6QLdRvdY)

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- Pain is Inevitable; Suffering is Optional (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/some-assembly-required/201401/pain-is-inevitable-suffering-is-optional)

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- Tara Talks: Pain x Resistance = Suffering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywTh5O8ys)

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- What’s the difference between PAIN and SUFFERING? The Story of the Two Arrows (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7j_oF-X1A)

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- The Difference Between Pain and Suffering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HAxwNafVFM)

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- The Truth About Pain and Suffering Will Change Your Life – Maggie Kang (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgr_Ng9Dt6c)

Pain vs. Suffering

- Viktor Frankl’s Method to Overcome Fear (Paradoxical Intention) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tmHzg6OirM

Paradoxical Intention

DBT

 

The Skillful Podcast (https://theskillfullpodcast.libsyn.com/2019)

 

DBT & Me (https://dbtandme.buzzsprout.com/)

 

  

DBT Today Podcast (https://www.dbtfv.com/podcast)

 

The DBT Life (https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/zwj3b-27d278/The-DBT-Life-Podcast)

 

 

ACT

 

The Balancing Act Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balancing-act-with-andrew-temte-phd-cfa/id1563119885)

 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) w/Dr. Steven Hayes – The Wellness Paradox (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UNNLtuwBzQQW7aOt3nBXv)

 

Practicing Acceptance Commitment Therapy – The Wellbeing Lab (https://www.michellemcquaid.com/podcast/mppw-32-russ-harris/)

 

 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Jill Stoddard – Psychologists Off the Clock (https://offtheclockpsych.com/acceptance-commitment-therapy/)

Podcasts

- Positivity (https://www.positivityratio.com/)

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- 10 Ways to Apply the 3-To-1 Positivity Ratio (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-right-mindset/202010/10-ways-apply-the-3-1-positivity-ratio)

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- The 3-To-1 Positivity Ratio and 10 Ways It Advances your Career (https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2020/10/16/10-ways-the-3-to-1-positivity-ratio-can-advance-your-career/)

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- Barbara Fredrickson – The Positivity Ratio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hFzxfQpLjM)

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- What is Critical Positivity Ratio – Explained in 2 min (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUQXTSCjAhg)    

Positivity Ratio

- 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)  

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- Focusing on Process vs. Outcome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOtfAqqmI0o)

Process vs. Outcome
Psychological Flexbility

- DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance and Distress Tolerance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81sCMCC5SOI

 

- Radical Acceptance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwNnG7mIu1E)

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- How She Learned Radical Acceptance - Marsha Linehan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTG7YEWkJFI)

Radical Acceptance

Improving Relationships

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- Invest in Your Relationship: The Emotional Bank Account (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHN2EKd9tuE)

 

- John and Julie Gottman: Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XlHGHP98I&t=1s)
 

- What Does Compatibility Really Mean? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu6taHa0qAE)

 

- Busting the 5 Most Common Relationship Myths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwvVrpLg-hQ)

 

- The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work (https://www.gottman.com/product/the-seven-principles-for-making-marriage-work/)

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- The Easiest Way to Improve Your Relationship - The Gottman Institute (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib7Ain2aVR0)

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Conflict & Relationship Difficulty

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- How to Complain Without Hurting Your Partner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bShsyKUFjKE)

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- Julie Gottman on What Works in Couples Conflict (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubu6hV1BDlE)

 

- The Gottman Method: How to Discuss Sensitive Topics in Relationships (https://www.smartcounselingca.com/blog/a-hrefhttpssmartcounselingcacomblog1025856-the-gottman-method-how-to-discuss-sensitive-topics-in-relationshipsthe-gottman-method-how-to-discuss-sensitive-topics-in-relationshipsa#:~:text=Start%20Gently%3A%20Rather%20than%20immediately,or%20accusing%20the%20other%20person.)

 

- P is for Problems (https://www.gottman.com/blog/p-is-for-problems/)

 

- Choose Love Over Fear (https://www.gottman.com/blog/choose-love-over-fear/)

 

- The Edge of Hope Lessons on Regret for a Marriage in Crisis (https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-edge-of-hope-lessons-on-regret-for-a-marriage-in-crisis/)    

 

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Dating

 

Making Marriage Work - Dating to Marry: Gottman Principles for Singles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKTyPgwfPgg)

 

Dating Anxiety: How to Move Forward (https://www.gottman.com/blog/dating-anxiety-how-to-move-forward/)

 

How Do Gottman Principles Apply to the Dating World? (https://www.gottman.com/blog/gottman-principles-dating-world/)

 

Dating After a Breakup (https://www.gottman.com/blog/dating-after-a-breakup/)

 

Bending Without Breaking: How to Identify Needs and Preferences When Dating (https://www.gottman.com/blog/bending-without-breaking-identify-needs-preferences-dating/)

 

Keeping Up Hope While Dating (https://www.gottman.com/blog/keeping-up-hope-while-dating/)

 

“Small ‘T’ trauma” and Its Effect on Dating (https://www.gottman.com/blog/small-t-trauma-and-its-effect-on-dating/)

 

Three Keys of Dating (https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-three-keys-of-dating/)       

 

Dating to Marry: Gottman Principles for Singles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVEY1PiRyE)

Relationships

- 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-as-Context

- 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)

Self-Compassion

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)

Substance Use/Abuse
Tricky Brain

- 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)

- Self-Validation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMBEpfxNnlo)

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- Self-Validation - DBT Skill Development (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0LinCdY0s

 

- 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)    

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- Six Levels of Validation - A useful DBT skill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbpqCgkPxk)

Validation/Recovering from Invalidation

Values & Values Clarification

- VIA Character Strengths Survey (https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register

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- 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.valuesapp.org&hl=en_US&gl=US) ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/values-discovery/id1450680954)

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Values Card Sort Activity (https://sakai.ohsu.edu/access/content/group/Kathlynn_Tutorials/public/Value%20Card%20Sort%20Exercise%20-%20Storyline%20output/story_html5.html)  

Values Clarification

- We Hurt Where We Care with Dr. Steven C. Hayes (https://sineadmillard.com/podcasts/we-hurt-where-we-care-with-dr-steven-c-hayes/)

 

- We Hurt Where We Care: Turning Pain Into Purpose (https://ppinaction.com/blog/f/we-hurt-where-we-care-turning-pain-into-purpose)

 

- Psychological Flexibility: How love turns pain into purpose – Steven Hayes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79_gmO5ppg)

 

- Is it Bad to be Sad? - Dr. Steven Hayes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2webEsm5S3s)  

We Hurt Where We Care

- 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

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- The Swamp/Putting Commitment into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OnRi9IEVQ)

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- The Unwelcome Party Guest: An ACT Metaphor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYht-guymF4

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- Two Sides of a Coin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoh_zZnblTs

Willingness

- 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)

Wise Mind

An ACT Metaphor: Workability of Thoughts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLKnpJ6ews)

 

Workability – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhTJoQIooo)

 

Noticing Workability (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzYfCpdGzgE)

 

Workability: Beyond True or False (https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/workability-acceptance-commitment-therapy/)

Workability
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