Kate Z. Doucet, MEd, MS, LPC

Last night in Skills Group, we learned my favorite skill, which is Accumulating Pleasant Experiences - short term.
It consists of purposely doing something pleasant each day, large or small, over and above what you already ordinarily do and in addition to the pleasant experiences that just happen to us unbidden.
Whether your life is already quite pleasant, or if there is some pleasantness or nearly none, the skill is to deliberately amp it up to the next level.
Empowering. Rewarding. Nice!

DBT is helpful for people who are struggling with intense, hard to manage emotions and/or behaviors that are hard to stop yet cause problems in your life.
Known for its effectiveness for people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (it was the first therapy developed that actually helps people with this tough diagnosis), it also helps those with high anxiety, depression and anger and the urges that go with them (avoiding, isolating and attacking, respectively).

The LCA conference was so well attended that it was often difficult to get into the presentations! I learned more about how to treat gambling addictions, eating disorders and how to incorporate biofeedback into counseling.
As for my presentations, I used them as a springboard to network with professionals across the state to advance expertise in DBT. As of this month, we have a statewide DBT book club, a DBT training and discussion group and early next year we will start DBT consultation teams. I am excited to strive with these professionals toward offering DBT of the highest quality and fidelity to the model.

This is the link for the second session I am presenting. If you are interested, please come by.

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I will be presenting two blocks at this conference: Mindfulness as Applied in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Digging Deeper into DBT. If you attend the conference, come by and visit!

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