

A Deeper Dive Into Some DBT Distress Tolerance Skills
Life is full of difficult moments such as conflict, loss, overwhelming emotion, and pain we can’t fix right away. In those moments, it’s...

Alyssa Silvera Akhavan, MS
Aug 53 min read


DBT: Here's How You Might be Practicing It
Therapy has become an integral part of our culture. With its terms utilized in our daily expressions, and therapeutic practices becoming...

Rikki Jeremias
Jul 243 min read


Sefira: Counting Up, Growing Whole
You know that feeling when you want two things that seem to contradict each other? When you're pulled in two directions at once? Maybe...

Brocha Miller, MHCI
May 183 min read


Not Just for Crisis: How to Build a Daily Distress Tolerance Toolkit
Life gets overwhelming sometimes — and not just in the dramatic, fall-apart kind of way. More like in the quiet, relentless pressure of...

Chaya Deutsch
Apr 293 min read


Catching our “Shoulds”
Did you ever hear yourself saying something along the lines of “it just shouldn’t be this way?”, or “I should be able to just do xyz”?...

Sarah Green, PsyD
Apr 272 min read


Common DBT Misconceptions Debunked: Separating Fact from Fiction
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has helped countless people build healthier, more balanced lives—but misconceptions still surround it....

Chaya Deutsch
Mar 78 min read


What Interning at The CBT/DBT Center Taught Me
College students interested in clinical psychology are faced with a very difficult task. Most of these students are interested in gaining...

Ilana Knoll
Dec 30, 20243 min read


Giving with Limits
One of our core values as the Jewish people is chessed. We try to emulate Hashem in all of our actions, and given that Hashem is...

Tzivie Scharf
Jun 25, 20243 min read


The Biosocial Theory and Why It’s Important
The biosocial theory is the theory that underpins dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). It gives us an understanding of why DBT works, by...

Chaya Taub, LSW
Jun 25, 20243 min read


Wise Mind
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a therapy that heavily emphasizes and utilizes the practice of mindfulness. Some tend to think...

Tzivie Scharf
Mar 12, 20243 min read


How To Change Bad Habits
If you're reading this, chances are that you are a person. And, if you are a person, chances are that you have some habits or behaviors...

Mr. Shlomo Zalman Kaufman, MHC-LP
Dec 19, 20233 min read


Elul
So it's Elul again.

Mr. Shlomo Zalman Kaufman, MHC-LP
Sep 6, 20233 min read


What The CBT/DBT Center Taught Me
My Internship Experience

Shira Davis
Jan 9, 20233 min read


Why DBT was Designed to be an Outpatient Treatment
Levels of Care and DBT

Rivka Malka Gleizer, MSW
Nov 4, 20223 min read


Observing Limits
The Importance of Setting and Keeping to Healthy Limits

Rivka Malka Gleizer, MSW
Oct 25, 20222 min read


Time to Repair
DBT and the Teshuva Process

Chaya Lieba Kobernick, PsyD
Oct 4, 20229 min read


Cope Ahead
Rewrite the Script for a Successful Outcome

Esther Stauber, BA
Apr 10, 20223 min read


The Magic of Validation
The Secret to Successful Relationships

Esti Levant
Nov 3, 20212 min read


The Truth About BPD Part 2: Facts and Myths
BPD Revisited

Chaya Lieba Kobernick, PsyD
Aug 12, 20213 min read


The Truth About BPD Part 1: The Biosocial Model
Understanding Where BPD Comes From

Chaya Lieba Kobernick, PsyD
Aug 11, 20213 min read