In this post, I will discuss how story can be used to teach the DBT skills of Willingness and Radical Acceptance, and how creative approaches like story can increase cohesion in group settings. Source: ZeynepKaya / iStock Photos Willingness Willingnessis a DBT skill that involves actively accept...
The solution is to work on the skill of self-honesty, because it is a skill. It’s something you need to teach yourself, practice often, and correct yourself on when you feel like you’re not following your path. The more you do it, the easier it gets. The important thing is that ...
Self-acceptance and childhood Childhood experiences shape how we accept ourselves. Parents teach us what’s "acceptable," often leading us to suppress traits they criticize. For example, families that discourage anger may cause children to reject those feelings. Critical parenting fosters a strong inn...
12 ways to boost your brain health Lauren Wasser: How to find real self-acceptance Hearst and third parties use cookies and similar technologies (“Cookies”) on this site. Some Cookies are necessary to make this site and our content available to you; these Cookies fire automatically and are...
Radical Acceptance: God has not given up on me, no matter how I feel. I do not need to try harder. My pain and struggle is not wasted. My false self protects me with: I am what I do. I am what I have. I am what others think of me. My true self: I am. (I am worthy)...
in ways that undermined Latinx students’ belonging. Students encountered race-based isolation and microaggressions and they took on additional labor on behalf of the campus to act as cultural ambassadors to teach others about their culture and resist stereotypes of their group (seeracialized equity ...
In order to help children with ID to cope with their empathy difficulties, it would be useful to teach them to recognize their own emotions as well as those of others, to understand the causes and consequences of emotions and to display social behaviors, in a more appropriate manner, in ...
4. Media literacy initiatives:Promoting media literacy education is crucial for equipping individuals with the skills to critically evaluate information. Media literacy programs aim to teach people how to analyze sources, identify bias, assess credibility, and distinguish between reliable and unreliable inf...
to produce the alternate correct response to terminate the trial. This is an extremely inefficient way to teach. That is, in a context in which there is no competing behavior requiring extinction, there is rarely a need to consequate responses by aversive stimuli. A century of research has ...
GAPS: A good mentor can fill in the gaps in the mentee’s knowledge and experience. For example, if you are new to the industry, choose a mentor who can teach you about the industry and help you develop skills. GIFTS: Mentor and mentee should have complementary gifts and talents. For ...