Avoid Authority or Appeasement
Both responses sustain aggressive and violent behaviors If your loved one often engages in insistent demands and impulsive behaviors, you...
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Nov 13
Worried about the holidays?
The year-end holidays can be wonderful and also sources of stress and frustration. Families share more time together. Food, rituals,...
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Oct 1
DBT therapists have a Consultation Team. Families need a Support Network.
The more you comply with demands for isolation and secrecy, the more reclusive and volatile your loved one becomes. Before you know it, your
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Mar 17
The “Bathroom Break”
Start small when it comes to reducing verbal attacks against you or not contributing to an escalating emotional crisis. The bathroom...
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Mar 12
DBT Family Support
For parents, spouses, siblings, adult children, and anyone who loves someone with symptoms of BPD or NPD. May I be present, centered, and...
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Nov 26, 2023
Strategies for parents of high-anxiety youth who are failing to launch into adulthood
"The phenomenon of highly dependent adult children who are not actively engaged in productive occupational, educational, or vocational...
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