Ep 30 - traumatic invalidation & exposure vol 2

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.

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – online pdf version;

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – buy the manual from a Black-owned book store!

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;

Exposure recording form;

• Blank version;
• Version filled out in this episode;

New York Times - The Woman Defending Harvey Weinstein;

TikTok: @purpleellaandcoco re: tantrum vs autistic meltdown;

Rape Culture pyramid;

Wise Mind Venn diagram;

TikTok: @portia.noir re: respecting without understanding;

White Supremacy Culture characteristics

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