DBT Needs Help, Please Read
Welcome to the LifeWork, LLC blog, Wednesday edition. Normally, we publish on Mondays. I was in Jefferson City (Missouri's capitol) on...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Mar 13
- 4 min
I'd Like to Feel Better
There’s a skill in DBT called ‘Accumulating Positives,’ to build a life worth living. If you struggle with wanting to be alive at times...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Mar 6
- 5 min
I Keep Having HUGE emotions, PlEASE help!
You ever have big emotions? Like, come out of the blue, hit you like a truck and run you over emotions? Well, the PlEASE skill is here...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Feb 27
- 3 min
THINK about things differently
THINK is a skill from the adolescent version of DBT. Jill Rathus and Alec Miller wrote the material for that form of DBT, with a forward...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Feb 21
- 6 min
Standing FAST
First, apologies for this post coming on Tuesday and not Monday. It would have been effective to get this post prepped and scheduled to...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Feb 13
- 7 min
GIVE it a try
Welcome back to the next installment in our Trip Through the Skills Series. We are examining each of the skills taught in DBT and trying...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Feb 6
- 5 min
Asking for what I want and need
Today, we are back into our series taking a trip through each of the DBT skills. We are moving into the Interpersonal skills and first...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Some thoughts on overthinking
Welcome everyone. Very excited to have a guest writer returning to our blog. She will introduce herself again in her post, so I'll save...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Jan 23
- 3 min
And now something completely different
It's January. Over the past couple of weeks over here at LifeWork, we've taken some time to pay attention to the things we accomplished...
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Caleb Reese
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Special Edition, Contributing
Today we have a special post. At LifeWork, we are gathering donations over the next month for the The Violence Prevention Center of...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Loving myself, and you as well
In my experience, there are a few skills taught in DBT that elicit some strong reactions. One of those skills is - Loving Kindness. It...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Jan 2
- 4 min
Wanna be right? Or effective?
It feels really good to be right, doesn’t it? I mean, you get to feel proud and sometimes indignant or superior or better than or maybe...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Dec 27, 2022
- 3 min
One brain, one focus
I only have one-brain, so why do I keep trying to do so many things at once? One-Mindfully is a DBT skill that is all about getting into...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Dec 19, 2022
- 5 min
I cannot stop Judging
Now we move into the “How” skills for Mindfulness. We’ve taken care of “What” to do to be present and in the moment, to be mindful. ...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
Now, I can get into that
This week we are on to Participate from the Mindfulness section of the DBT skills. Participate is the final “What” skill from Mindfulness...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
Describe It For Me
The next skill in the DBT Mindfulness arsenal is Describe. Describe is exactly what it sounds like, describing something. It can be...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
Just Notice, That's All
In DBT the Core skills are the Mindfulness skills. The Mindfulness skills are the pathways to Wise Mind. Didn't see the post about Wise...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Nov 21, 2022
- 7 min
A Trip Through the Skills
Today, we are kicking off a new series that we are calling A Trip Through the Skills. In this series of posts we will be considering 1...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Easy in Theory, Hard to Practice
Sometimes the “easiest” DBT skill to teach in theory are the most difficult to practice. One skill I am working hard to incorporate in my...
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Jeff Brenneman
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
What a Puppy Can Teach Us
We got a new puppy in our house about 2 weeks ago. Having a new dog has made me think back to when my older dog (she's 9) was a puppy. ...
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