Using Skills We Struggle With
DBT & Me25 Jun 2025

Using Skills We Struggle With

Kate and Michelle are passionate about normalizing that there will inevitably be DBT skills that aren't a good fit for everyone and that you're not going to like every skill. In this episode, they each open up about 3 skills that they struggle to use and/or dislike. They went outside of their comfort zone to intentionally use each skill recently and they discuss what those experiences were like. They also share some suggestions for how you can successfully do the same in your own life with sk...

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Self-Soothing Kits

Self-Soothing Kits

Kate and Michelle talk about how to make self-soothing kits by sharing their own personal experiences with making their own kits, when to use self-soothing, and suggestions to make sure you avoid comm...

26 Apr 20231h 16min

Q & A Episode 51

Q & A Episode 51

Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about coping with the aftermath of being "split" on by a friend, free/low-cost DBT resources, managing anger and relapsing with self- harm. TRIGGER WARNIN...

10 Apr 20231h 4min

Turning the Mind / Radical Acceptance Part 2

Turning the Mind / Radical Acceptance Part 2

Kate and Michelle discuss the importance of using the "turning the mind" skill in the context of finding radical acceptance and teach the four steps of turning the mind. They also both share recent si...

29 Mar 20231h 29min

Major Announcement: We Wrote a DBT Book!

Major Announcement: We Wrote a DBT Book!

Kate and Michelle wrote a book! The title is "DBT For Everyone: A Guide to the Perks, Pitfalls and Possibilities of DBT for Better Mental Health", coming out in November 2023! Listen to this short epi...

29 Mar 202321min

Q & A Episode 50

Q & A Episode 50

Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about struggling with self-love, when to disclose a mental health diagnosis to a romantic partner, disapproving of choices a sibling makes, and coping with ...

20 Mar 202345min

DBT and Emotional Eating with Dana Lawson

DBT and Emotional Eating with Dana Lawson

Kate is joined by Dana Lawson to talk about DBT and emotional eating. Dana talks about what emotional eating is (and isn't) and what specific DBT skills are most useful for addressing it if it's somet...

22 Feb 202342min

DBT and Teens with Katie May

DBT and Teens with Katie May

Kate and Michelle are joined by Katie May to talk about using DBT with teens. Katie uses her personal experience as a troubled teen combined with her clinical know-how as the leader of a DBT group pra...

25 Jan 202335min

Q & A Episode 49

Q & A Episode 49

Kate and Michelle answer listener questions about forgiveness after splitting, emotional self-harm, struggling with a relationship ending, and coping with a difficult housemate. Support the show W...

9 Jan 202339min

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