I recommend the Skillful Podcast from the Bay Area DBT & Couples Counseling Center. The podcasts are informative and easy to listen to for clients new to DBT. I often provide the podcast as a review, for times when clients miss group, or as a cost-effective way for clients to learn skills.
The podcast is available at https://bayareadbtcc.com/podcast/ or apple podcasts.
A short video from Dr. Shireen Rizvi at DBT- RU, GSAAP, Rutgers University http://www.dbt.rutgers.edu. The skill to ask for what you want or say no to a request. Enjoy!
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Volunteering May Boost Longevity, Mental Health in Adults Over 50 from https://alert.psychnews.org/2020/06/volunteering-may-boost-longevity-mental.html
Volunteering at least two hours a week may increase longevity and improve mental health in adults over age 50, suggests a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
“The growing older adult population possesses a vast array of skills and experiences that can be leveraged for the greater good of society via volunteering,” wrote Eric S. Kim, Ph.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues. “[P]olicies and interventions aimed at encouraging more volunteering might be an innovative way of simultaneously enhancing society and fostering a trajectory of healthy aging.”
To arrive at their conclusion, the researchers studied data from approximately 13,000 participants in the Health and Retirement Study, a large, ongoing study of adults aged 50 years and older in the United States that began in 2006. Study researchers interview participants upon their enrollment, after which the participants complete a questionnaire about various aspects of their health. One question asks the participants whether they had spent any time in the previous 12 months doing volunteer work for religious, educational, health-related, or other charitable organizations, and if so, how much time the participants devote to their volunteer activities.
During the four-year follow-up, participants who volunteered 100 hours a year or more had a 44% lower risk of dying and a 17% lower risk of limitations in their physical functioning than those who did not volunteer. They also had higher positive affect, optimism, and sense of purpose in life and lower depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and loneliness than those who did not volunteer. There was no evidence that volunteering was associated with other outcomes such as the number of chronic conditions participants had or whether volunteering was associated with life satisfaction.
The original article was published in the Harvard business review in 2016. Take a moment to read and learn how you can practice mindfulness during your busy day at work.
I encourage you to practice mindfulness daily and assess how you feel after 30 days. Mindfulness decreases distraction and rumination, enhances immune response, decreases depression, and increases healing of psoriasis. There are more benefits psychologically and physically to practicing mindfulness, I have only named a few.
Even a brief mindfulness practice daily, of a few minutes can elicit these benefits.
Hello! SoCo DBT has moved as of July 2019. We are still in Newport Beach near the tollroad and the freeway.
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Waiting Room
Paying attention to something, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally -Kabat-Zinn
How have you practiced being Mindful Today?
These are a couple of ideas:
Dialectics are an important part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. What is a Dialectic??
The three main concepts of Dialectics:
The site referenced below explains in a friendly and understandable way about the concept of dialectics. Enjoy!
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