Posted by Dinah on July 4, 2005, at 14:01:11
In reply to Re: how do you handle swinging between extremes? » Dinah, posted by partlycloudy on July 4, 2005, at 13:43:04
Sure, pc. It doesn't take more than two of us who are interested. It wouldn't be much fun just by myself, but if even one other person is willing to do it with me, I'd be delighted.
Do you have Linehan's "Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder"?
I'm not sure how best to work it. I don't know if going chapter by chapter would be best, or bringing up current situations in our lives and seeing how we could apply DBT to it would be better. I think the latter is what the Yahoo group did. It assumed a basic familiarity with the program, and concentrated on application.
Either way would be fine with me, since my familiarity with the program is not all that strong.
I certainly have trouble applying the concepts. Too often certain aspects of mindfulness degenerate into dissociation in my hands. :) Which is the exact opposite of what they're supposed to do, I think.
I've also got a few of her videotapes. I'm not sure they contributed greatly to my understanding, but I could look them over.
I tried for a while to do it in therapy, and may try again. But I didn't like turning my therapist into a trainer. It set my back up and made me mulish. :)
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