Community Reinforcement

Episode 27. In this episode Ulland and Jo review how to have difficult conversations.  How to win at tug of war.  Maybe keeping the cowl on is a good idea--just in case, Kylo.   Much of this episode has to do with how one needs to be aware of one's own ability to regulate in the moment to be effective.

7 Nov 201927min

Episode 26.  In this episode Ulland and Jo review various skills and principles within DBT that can be used in parenting. Examples are given. Validation and dialects are common themes.

1 Nov 201949min

Episode 25.  In this episode, Ulland and Jo review in the moment interactions through the use of Lorna Smith Benjamin's Interpersonal Reconstructive Psychotherapy. The dimensions are a dialect between disconnection and connection, and control versus emancipation.

1 Nov 201913min

Episode 24.  In this episode Ulland and Jo review relational mindfulness.  Reactivating relationships is central to this episode for relationships that have grown distant with conflict.  Jo dishes on an ex-roommate and how she was affected by distance in the relationship.  Special continued thanks to Alan Fruzzetti and his training for DBT in family therapy.

31 Okt 201918min

Episode 23.  In this episode, Ulland and Jo review the common parenting dialects.  Several examples are given for normal behavior and pathological behavior.  Most examples are from Jo's childhood.  Ulland was such a good child.  Just ask his Mom.

31 Okt 201935min

Episode 22. In this episode Ulland and Jo review dialectical philosophy with examples. Like how common house plants eat humans. How if you could visit yourself in the past you COULD shake your own hand.  How everything is connected and there are many ways to view things. Like how difficult it is to define what our essence is. Here uncertainty is sacred.  And no mysteries will be solved.  Not by us. Not ever.

29 Okt 201935min

Ulland and Jo take a brief moment to express gratitude for listener support of the podcast. We have been podcasting for 8 weeks and have had about 1300 downloads in that time. We are grateful for the opportunity to share something we are passionate about on a platform we did not even consider could be global.  We are quite excited about a strong presence in Australia, and even in exotic, non-English  speaking northern European countries like Finland, Sweden and Poland. We are enjoying a smattering of states that have been following along it appears. We are hoping that we are building a larger base of listeners with different platforms.  We are now on iTunes, Google Play Music and Spotify, which is encouraging since their platforms seem to have more flexibility for listeners in how they choose to listen.

29 Okt 201911min

Episode 21.  In this episode Ulland and Jo review behaviorism with some real world examples. Jo talks about peeing in pants, and Ulland encourages micturating on cheerios.  Ulland makes a possibly sexist comment revealing he believes gossip magazines are targeting women and that men might not grocery shop as much as women do.

27 Okt 201958min