Many of you know that after many years of hard work, I recently graduated from DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). I had lots of questions within me, including "What comes next on the path of recovery?"
Shortly after I graduated, I received an intriguing email from Amanda Smith, creator of the psychoeducational daily email My Dialectical Life, to which I subscribe. She's starting a new endeavor, called "30 Days of Mentalizating." I immediately signed up to be a part of the pilot group that starts in June, as did many of my readers when I shared the information on my Facebook page.
I asked Amanda to share a bit more about why she is doing this program and what we can expect to gain from it. Here is her guest post. I look forward to connecting with others who sign up for this program to discuss how it's going and what we are learning.
Talk soon!
-- Debbie
What comes after DBT?
Guest post by Amanda Smith of Hope For BPD
You've
been working hard every day at a being skillful and are dedicated to a
mindfulness practice but there's still work to be done. What's next?
What about trauma work or expressive therapies? Do you take a year or
two off? Is now the time to train for that half-marathon or complete
your degree?
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While
DBT really is the gold standard in treatment for emotion regulation
disorders, Mentalization-Based Treatment (or MBT) isn't far behind. In
fact, TARA's Valerie Porr has called it the "missing piece" of DBT, and I
agree.
MBT is therapy that can help us to close the gap in helping us to understand ourselves and others. It's about keeping the "mind in mind" and may help us to create more meaningful and sustaining relationships. For me, that's definitely a part of a life worth living.
30 Days of Mentalizing is a way to introduce mentalization into our lives in a
manner that is easy to understand and implement.
Also, one of the
coolest things about MBT is that it incorporates art so there will be
several
activities each week that will use things like painting, music,
photography, and video to help us connect with our emotions and thoughts
in a new way.
Participants will receive their very first program email on June 1 at 12:00 pm
Central, and the investment is just $15. I'd love for you to be a part
of something I hope will be both beneficial to our recovery and fun at
the same time.
Please e-mail if you have any questions, please email me here.
