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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Article on Mindfulness in the Workplace

Click here to see a recent article in the Financial Times about how companies are using mindfulness in the workplace to increase productivity and focus.  I think this speaks to how important mindfulness (or "hitting the pause button") can be in all areas of our life - home, work/school, and play. 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

This week in Adult DBT Group

This week in Adult group we are discussing the What skills in the mindfulness module.  The What skills have to do with what to do to get into wise mind.  They include observing (noticing your experience), describe (putting words on the experience), and participating (fully experience your feelings without being self-conscious).  Next week we will discuss the How skills. 

This week in Adolescent and Family DBT Group

This week we are finishing the Emotion Regulation module!  We are reviewing the TIP skill (changing your body Temperature, Intensely exercising, and Progressively relaxing your muscles) to reduce intensely painful emotions.  Many of our teenagers and parents got the opportunity to practice dunking their face into ice cold water in group last week - it was quite a site.  We are also reviewing the whole module, including ways to change emotions you want to change (problem solving and opposite action), reducing emotional vulnerability (ABC Please), and coping with painful emotions right now (TIP).  Next week we will welcome new families and begin the Interpersonal Effectiveness module.