DBT Book Club

Balancing your Thoughts and Feelings- Chapter 6 - page 151 - 158

Today we talk about the negative filtering thought process, listen to several examples and learn how to stop letting your negative thoughts take control by asking yourself 6 questions. Discover how you can look at the bigger picture of a distressing sitUation and act in a healthy way. Finally we re-cap pleasurable activities and increasing your daily positive emotions. Check out the Pleasurable Activity Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17wO66-5ZTbFycm005-q21Ny9Fxg_WeWGUZbDGXmzaPs/edit?usp=sharing Listen and follow along to the The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook https://amzn.to/3pvzmkB Join the chat over on Discord: https://discord.gg/9gJFGy2 Presenter: Dani D'Silvez

Observing Yourself Without Judging Yourself pg 146-150

Observing Yourself Without Judging Yourself, Reducing Your Cognitive Vulnerability, Thought and Emotion Defusion (exercise), and Using Coping Thoughts

Guide to Sleep Hygiene and Recognizing Your Self-destructive Behaviours pg 142-145

Read along to chapter 6, pages 142-145 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook as we learn some ways to help us sleep better, and a worksheet for identifying your self-destructive beahiours and their emotional consequences. Read by Kate

Reducing Physical Vulnerability to Overwhelming Emotions- Food, Drugs, Sleep, Illness- Pg136-141

Read by Tana. In this episode, I read about why it's important to reduce physical vulnerabilities and come up with ways to reduce them. Content warning:Reference to eating disorders, drugs, and illness.

Overcoming Barriers to Healthy Emotions pg 132-135

*Content warning for self harm. Listen along to chapter 6, pages 132-135 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook as we discover how emotions, thoughts and behaviours are interconnected, and how to identify, and see the costs of some harmful behaviours.