Emotional Well-Being: A Client and Clinician's Guide to DBT Skills

Does learning about how to effectively cope with difficult situations interest you? Do you quickly get overwhelmed and often shut down emotionally? Would you like to leave social interactions with a sense of feeling heard and cared for by others? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this book is for you. The purpose of this book is to share with its readers, an easy-to-follow guide of skills training and a deeper focus on validation and its importance to interpersonal connection. This book was written by a therapist, certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), with a hope to show her readers how she both teaches and personally practices the skills taught within DBT to enhance her own emotional well-being in a light-hearted, non-intimidating way. Amy presents her never-before-seen "bullseye" approach regarding the depth of connection that highlights the subtle, but crucial differences between sympathy, empathy, and validation. Gaining awareness of validation and how it works will provide more insight into "emotional triggers" and why you feel the way you do. Skills training and teaching more individuals to become fluent in validation are critical stepping-stones for the future of mental health as therapeutic advances continue to evolve in a society that is constantly changing and adapting to new challenges. Additional information included within this book are listening skills, communication styles, and education on boundaries.