Thinking Through Emotions— DBT Part 2

Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories

Craig Heacock MD

Psychiatry, Bipolar, Suicide, Depression, Ketamine, Psychotherapy, Science, Psychedelics, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Medicine, Psychology, Mental Health

4.8 • 452 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

After years of crippling anxiety, substance abuse, mood instability, and loss, Daniel had finally found the path to impending fame and success beyond his dreams. Then everything fell apart, and he was forced to face the fact that he lacked the skills to face life on life's terms. Enter DBT, and Daniel began to piece his life back together with increasing confidence and competence.To contact Daniel about Peer-led DBT groups or Dual Diagnosis 12 step meetings:[email protected] ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Back from the Abyss. I'm Dr. Craig Hecock.
0:18.4	I get so many lovely emails from Back from the Abyss listeners, but I'd never gotten a voicemail on my work number about the podcast until last fall.
0:28.9	As I started listening to the almost four-minute message, I quickly realized that this was not my typical listener feedback.
0:37.1	The caller, a guy named Daniel, had a lot to
0:40.6	say about a recent episode, and it was not all positive. At first, I was in kind of a state of
0:47.4	shock, but this quickly morphed into more of a fascination as I listened to Daniel's quirky and
0:52.9	funny analysis of why the episode had rubbed him the wrong way. So as I listened to Daniel's quirky and funny analysis of why the episode had
0:54.8	rubbed him the wrong way. So I decided I had to call Daniel right back and understand more
1:01.0	about his critique. And he was pretty shocked to hear for me, but after an hour or so, a wide-ranging
1:08.9	conversation, gosh, filled with lots of talk about DBT, 12-step bipolar disorder,
1:15.0	spiritual bypassing.
1:16.9	I realized that Daniel was just the person that I'd been looking for to tell a DBT story.
1:23.8	And I was especially interested to hear that Daniel co-facilitates a peer DBT group with no therapist leader.
1:30.6	This is a model that I could see being really useful in places with limited access to mental health services.
1:37.6	This episode is part two in my look at DBT.
1:41.0	If you haven't listened to the last episode, I think that's worth doing first so that you better understand the nuts and bolts of DBT. If you haven't listened to the last episode, I think that's worth doing first so that you
1:45.2	better understand the nuts and bolts of DBT.
1:50.3	I get into adulthood and now comes this really persecutory intercommittee you know
2:00.9	and you know
2:02.1	like an AA they call it the
2:03.0	itty bitty shitty committee
2:04.3	and it's like
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