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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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Dec 19, 2021

Episode 93.  Holidays 2021.  By special request from a friend and through gratitude from a recent pre-holiday Parent University, Jo decides it’s time for a holiday episode. A spur of the moment, feel the holiday spirit in your bones kind of episode.  Ulland, as usual, is game for the ride. Childhood secrets are...


Dec 13, 2021

Episode 92. Community Reinforcement. Ulland and Jo review aspects of how to reinforce abstinence with the environment and how to replace addictive behaviors by accumulating positives. Even though it has been mentioned before, abstinence sampling is explained and reviewed. Ulland is excited by new tech--all too easy.


Dec 6, 2021

Episode 91. Clear Mind. Ulland and Jo review clean mind and addict mind, and the overlap where clear mind exists. This is a similar synthesis to reasonable, emotion and wise mind. They review characteristics of clean and clear mind, many of which are provided by the DBT skills manual authored by Marsha Linehan, PhD.


Dec 3, 2021

Episode 90. Dialectical Abstinence.  Man, this one has a rough start.  Ulland has a head cold, and probably presents as though he has viral meningitis.  Ulland and Jo review Dialectical Abstinence, what it is and provide several examples from the skills manual written by Marsha Linehan, PhD.  The examples provided are...