Helpful Links:
7 Cups is a website which provides free support to people experiencing emotional distress by connecting them with trained listeners
https://www.7cups.com/
Do you need access to a skill quickly? With this app you will quickly get a random distress tolerance skill to do. In addition, for each module, Mindfulness, Emotional Control, Manage relationships and Distress tolerance, are the skills represented and tutorials for these. Contains over 150 different suggestions
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.annadroid.Dbt112&hl=en
Take a break now and let your stress melt away! ☆ Medically reviewed and selected for "Best MeditationApps of 2014" by HEALTHLINE.COM. You can enjoy the deep relaxation, stress relief and benefits of meditation now without prior experience.
on play and also itunes
Headspace is a digital service that provides guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training. Its content can be accessed online, or via their mobile apps
https://www.headspace.com/
Meditation on oasis: links and reasources on meditation
https://www.meditationoasis.com/
F*ck that an honest mediation for fun but if it works that's all that matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY
Meetup is an online social networking service, intended for people to organize and/or join group meetings in real life.
meetup.com
Entirely online DBT informed psychoedcation. Learn skills in this entirely online program with Debbie Corso (in recovery from BPD) and a licensed therapist.
https://emotionallysensitive.com/
DBT therapist in Milwaukee WI
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/dialectical-dbt/wi/milwaukee-county
Area hospitals with mental health units
Columbia St.Mary's
http://www.columbia-stmarys.org/Behavioral_Medicine
Aurora Healthcare
https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/locations/hospital/aurora-psychiatric-hospital
https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/locations/behavioral-health-center/aurora-st-lukes-south-shore-hospital
Rodger's hospital
https://rogersbh.org/
more to follow
Saturday, January 13, 2018
D.B.T. Compass
is a Peer Support lead support both local (Milwaukee, Wi) & online
Mission Statement: to help those with mental illness to use the D.B.T. & C.B.T. framework to help gain support in a constructive manner. This is by no means therapy services but to help build skills and have support. If you are in crisis or need immediate help please call 911 or go to local Emergency Room.
What is D.B.T.: Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is designed to help people developed in the 1980's to treat Personality disorders, it is now used a wide variety of irrational thought patterns that are destructive to the person suffering including self-harm, suicidal ideations, and/or substance abuse. The goal is not to eliminate suffering but to work towards healthy behaviors and thought patterns to help with everyday life and past and present traumas and issue both cognitive and emotional. You will learn how to assess what coping skill would be most helpful to apply to avoid poor or unwanted reactions to triggers.
we also will have a general mental health focus as well to deal with other aspects of mental wellness.
The goal is to add another level of support to your life.
Given this isn't a class but support we will loosely base groups on this model but people will be allowed to join to at any time throughout.
Mindfulness bringing one's attention to experiences in the present moment 
Distress tolerance: withstanding painful emotions this really comes down to practice
Interpersonal Effectiveness: being objective, self-respect and relationships leading to being more aware how behaviors and emotions affect relationships
is a Peer Support lead support both local (Milwaukee, Wi) & online
Mission Statement: to help those with mental illness to use the D.B.T. & C.B.T. framework to help gain support in a constructive manner. This is by no means therapy services but to help build skills and have support. If you are in crisis or need immediate help please call 911 or go to local Emergency Room.
What is D.B.T.: Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is designed to help people developed in the 1980's to treat Personality disorders, it is now used a wide variety of irrational thought patterns that are destructive to the person suffering including self-harm, suicidal ideations, and/or substance abuse. The goal is not to eliminate suffering but to work towards healthy behaviors and thought patterns to help with everyday life and past and present traumas and issue both cognitive and emotional. You will learn how to assess what coping skill would be most helpful to apply to avoid poor or unwanted reactions to triggers.
we also will have a general mental health focus as well to deal with other aspects of mental wellness.
The goal is to add another level of support to your life.
Given this isn't a class but support we will loosely base groups on this model but people will be allowed to join to at any time throughout.
Mindfulness bringing one's attention to experiences in the present moment Distress tolerance: withstanding painful emotions this really comes down to practice
Interpersonal Effectiveness: being objective, self-respect and relationships leading to being more aware how behaviors and emotions affect relationships
D-E-A-R-M-A-N
Purpose: Ask directly for what you want/need or say “no.”
- Describe the situation
- Express an opinion/feeling
- Assert what you need/want or say “no”
- Reinforce the person ahead of time
- Stay Mindful of what you need/want in spite of the other person’s behavior
- Appear confident
- Negotiate
G-I-V-E
Purpose: Have a communication style that keeps relationships strong.
- Be Gentle – no attacking, threatening or judging
- Act Interested
- Add Validating statements
- Use an Easy Manner
F-A-S-T
Purpose: Have a communication style that builds Self-esteem and self-respect.
- Be Fair
- No unnecessary Apologies
- Stick to your values
- Be Truthful
It takes practice to gain clarity.
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