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:
DBT references
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – online pdf version
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – buy the manual from a Black-owned book store!
DBT handouts used in this episode
Mindfulness Handout 4 – Taking Hold of Your Mind: “What” Skills
- Participate
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6 – Guidelines for Relationship Effectiveness: Keeping the Relationship (GIVE)
- V: Validate
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6A – Expanding the V in GIVE: Levels of Validation
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 17 – Validation
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 18 – A “How To” Guide to Validation
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