Let's Therapize That Shit!!!

Acceptance is the name of the game.  I go over what it is and what it isn't, and how to use the acceptance DBT skill in the middle of extreme emotions - in this case, sadness with an added bonus of a recording of me using the skill while in extreme distress.  I also throw in some of the "check the facts" skill. Helpful resources from this episode: DBT references DBT Skills Training Hando...

Fresh from a break-up with my partner of two years, I break down two of the DBT skills I used in the midst of the hardest conversations with my now-former partner: participation & validation.  I go over how I used participation to be fully present in conversations with my partner, and how I practiced validating both my partner's experience and my own. Helpful resources from this episode:...

Trying to find a therapist and COMPLETELY overwhelmed? Finding a therapist is hard under the best of circumstances, and when does anyone ever need a therapist under the  best  of circumstances?! It doesn’t matter if you’re on therapist #92 or if it’s your first therapist rodeo, finding a new therapist can be A LOT. I go over my therapist search process and include some hel...

Hi there - Joy Gerhard, your host, here. I’m not a therapist. I’ve just done a lot of therapy.  So I started a podcast to demonstrate therapy skills on myself in the hopes of making them feel less theoretical and more accessible to you! Let’s therapize some shit, shall we?