Interpersonal Effectiveness for BPD, Pt. 1: Clarifying Your Goals

In Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), the fourth and final module - known as Interpersonal Effectiveness - teaches you skills to communicate effectively, set boundaries, and maintain relationships while achieving your personal goals.This is my favourite module by far with DBT because it’s helped me significantly with conflict resolution, and empowered me to ask for my needs without feeling guilty, without letting my emotions make things worse, and without burning bridges.Back in Season 1, I had interviewed Dr. Jesse Finkelstein on his insights about DBT. It was such a fun chat that Jesse and the team over at TheraHive offered to let me try out this module for free with them. I thought, yes! I'll do it, and this way, I can share my experience with the course and all of my DBT reflections with you.In this episode, I’ll go over my reflections on Week 1 of the course, including:My SMART goal for this course that I'll focus on when I'm putting the skills to actionDo only people with BPD become dysregulated during interpersonal conflict?What if I'm communicating effectively, but I still don't get what I need? Does this mean I'm the problem?What is the Actor-Observer Bias?What are the three main priorities in our interactions with others?Why shouldn't I always make it my first priority to be liked by everyone?Why shouldn't I always make it my first priority to focus on myself, or being right?Thank you to Roland, Alicia, Jesse, and the TheraHive team for collaborating with me and allowing me to try out this course![ m o r e ]TheraHive: DBT Skills Group, Course InfoNeed a DBT Skill? DBT Pocket GuideBlog Post: Dr. Jesse Finkelstein Joins 'Quiet, Not Silent' podcast to Share Insights on DBT[ s o c i a l s ]averythequiet.carrd.coheartandsleeve.co[ d i s c o r d ]The Quiet BPD Keep is a recovery-focused community that offers daily affirmations, tarot readings, self-care reminders, DBT skills, books and resources, and more. Age 18+, LGBTQ+ and 420 friendly.[ c r e d i t s ]Music by: ODDBAHL • Lunareh • Out of Flux[ d i s c l a i m e r ]My content is meant for educational purposes only and is not a replacement for professional clinical advice, diagnosis, or therapy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.