EP. 209: Emotion, Trauma and ADHD with Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, Vanessa Gorelkin

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This episode I'm delighted to re-introduce you to Vanessa Garkin. We talked to Vanessa a few months ago about occupational therapy (go back and listen to if you haven’t already!), and as we were wrapping it up, it became very clear to me that in Vanessa we also had an expert in emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). So, at the end of our conversation I asked Vanessa if she would come back and share her expertise on these topics, and lucky for us, she said yes. During our conversation, Vanessa explains what DBT is, how it differs from CBT, and how she uses it to help her ADHD clients break out of the RSD cycle. We also dive into ADHD and emotional dysregulation, shame and perfectionism, the link between RSD and trauma, and so much more. Resources: Website: Instagram: @humanist_therapist

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0:00.0	DBT skills often would be helpful first because people who are having a lot of distress tolerance
0:10.9	issues need training in some basic skills about how to manage when they're feeling emotionally
0:18.2	unstable.
0:20.0	And that's what DBT is about.
0:22.5	It's about learning those skills for distress tolerance, learning those skills of mindfulness,
0:28.3	learning interpersonal, effective skill, effectiveness skills too.
0:37.3	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:46.8	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
0:52.6	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
0:58.8	And you know what we hear even less about?
1:04.5	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Erin Brockovich,
1:13.4	Cher.
1:14.4	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.
1:18.9	And that's exactly why I started this podcast, ADHD for smart ass women.
1:24.5	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka.
1:26.8	I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:31.6	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is AOK, a system that helps people like you figure
1:39.0	out what they should do with their life.
1:41.6	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how
1:47.7	you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:51.8	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts.
1:56.2	And you know what?
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