We dive into another therapy session with my therapist during my 6th week of doing exposure to traumatic invalidation. I process a lot of feelings including sadness, rage, and isolation. And my therapist points out how I use non-judgment to invalidate myself.
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 3 – Wise Mind: States of Mind;
Mindfulness Handout 5 – Taking Hold of Your Mind: “How Skills”;
- Nonjudgement;
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 15 – Dialectics;
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16A – Examples of Opposite Sides That Can Both Be True;
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 17 – Validation;
Emotion Regulation Handout 4A – Myths About Emotion;
Distress Tolerance Handout 11 – Radical Acceptance;
Distress Tolerance Handout 12 – Turning the Mind;
Distress Tolerance Handout 15 – Mindfulness of Current Thoughts;
Other resources used in this episode:
Exposure recording form;
New York Times – The Woman Defending Harvey Weinstein;
TikTok: @purpleellaandcoco re: tantrum vs autistic meltdown;
TikTok: @portia.noir re: respecting without understanding;
White Supremacy Culture characteristics
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