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All Therapists are Jerks, and . . .

Welcome. This podcast is about the principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and how they can be applied to a life well lived. The primary content authors are residential DBT medical director and child psychiatrist Erik Ulland, MD and comprehensively trained DBT therapist Jo Fritz, MSCP, LPC.

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Feb 23, 2020

Episode 46. Diary Cards. At the request of a listener, Ulland and Jo review the importance of diary cards in DBT for many reasons, including metrics, follow through with skills, setting the agenda, etc.


Feb 21, 2020

BKRVW03: Irresistible by Adam Alter. This book reviews addictive behaviors, from defining how they are possible without substances. How they are started and influenced with a primary focus on games and social media as modern examples. He also reviews how these types of media have been designed to be addictive. He...


Feb 15, 2020

Outtakes for the Happiness episodes.  WARNING: Some choice words are said in this short outtake.  Apparently, Ulland and Jo see different things in the chapter they reviewed.  Like . . . entirely different things seem relevant to each of them.  Phenomenology at its best or worst, depending on...


Feb 15, 2020

Episode 45. Happiness Part 2. Ulland and Jo complete their discussion of concepts relevant to the happiness formula; H = S + (V+C), as found in Jonathan Haidt’s book, “The Happiness Hypothesis.” We discuss adaption, the hedonic treadmill and smaller things that lead to happiness in the moment which is necessary...


Feb 11, 2020

Episode 44. Happiness Part 1. Ulland and Jo discuss the happiness formula H=S + (V+C), as found in Jonathan Haidt’s book, “The Happiness Hypothesis.” They discuss the set point, voluntary activities and conditions that seem to matter the most to having a contented life.