#dbt pe

[quietsis]

I'm doing RO DBT and finding it helpful to see my rigid patterns of behavior and thinking and challenge those. Moreover, I truly enjoy learning about this treatment, making notes, etc. I think it's a wonderful addition to traditional DBT.

Marsha is a genius, but she couldn't write about everything or do every type of research. I hope things continue to get modified and added upon to help more people.

I wonder if we move back to Seattle one day. If we do, could it be possible to work with Melanie Harned?? I'm deeply interested in the research she does.

[brunchbitch]

4/3/17

There’s a girl at Starbucks who is SO CUTE and she’s killing me with her smiles UGH I WISH I COULD DATE

Also both sessions today went SO well even though I cried a lot. In Brandon’s session I expressed a couple reactions I had in the last session that I didn’t say in the moment and he was SO proud of me, his eyes teared up and he high-fived me three times (the first two he said were too wimpy lol). He said we should make time in each session to go over the things I wasn’t able to say in the moment from the previous session.

I told him that what he said at the end of our last session - that this work could go to the heart of why I keep relapsing/going through therapists - more than anything else helped me decide that I do want to do the exposure work.

We’re gonna go over some of my art journaling on Wednesday.

[brunchbitch]

Essentially, PE is writing out a trauma script, almost always in first person, as in, as if it was happening again. Then processing the script, as well as listening to it over and over, whether by reading out loud or by listening to your voice recorded. Then there are exposures to things that trigger you/you avoid that stem from your trauma, ie, a photo of your father.

Thank you!!