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Dancing With Our Emotions
When was the last time you did something in your life purely to inspire hilarity and laughter and fun? Do you cultivate joy and positive memories every day? How do you shift emotions when you’re trapped in negativity?
Welcome to Wise Mind, Wise Life, the site of Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC, licensed therapist, author, teacher and DBT practitioner, a place to explore the wisdom and intuitive knowing we all possess.
Enchant
Connect to the mythic and poetic in a data-driven and consumer-driven environment.
ENGAGE
Be present in your own skin, fall in love with the little “aha” moments of life. Connect fully in relationships.
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Feel emotionally robust, integrated and whole, even during chaos. Make meaningful contributions to others.
Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC
Meet Scott
Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC, is a licensed therapist, educator, author, consultant and media developer based in Wichita, Kansas. He provides DBT, mindfulness-based therapy and Christian counseling services to adults, teens, families and couples. The only therapist in Wichita to complete Intensive Training with DBT founder Marsha Linehan, Scott is active in the Wichita mental health and mindfulness...
NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE!
Just Released
‘The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Adult ADHD’ by Scott E. Spradlin, LPC and Mariah Spradlin, LSCSW
It’s finally here! After years of training adults with ADHD to boost their executive function using the mindfulness and methodology of DBT, Scott and Mariah are excited to share this skills workbook. Now everyone can learn the practices needed to better self-regulate, work toward goals, improve self-respect and cultivate a Life Worth Living.
Upcoming Event
‘Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for Adult ADHD.’
Scott and Mariah are counting the days until December 3–5, when they speak at the International Conference on ADHD 2026 in Baltimore, MD. They’ll be sharing what they’ve learned from years of engaging the ADHD community with all things at the intersection of adult ADHD and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
International Conference on ADHD 2026, Baltimore, MD
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Core Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a prerequisite to all of the other skills in the DBT model. Scott brings even more richness and a historical perspective through the ideas of philosophers, poets, writers and spiritual teachers from Rilke to Anne Morrow Lindbergh to Eastern Orthodoxy.
This unique blend of philosophy and wonder, combined with the proven science behind DBT make Scott more than just a therapist. Through his own practice of mindfulness and DBT, and his thirst for growth and learning, he inspires others by his example.
“When your emotions light up, so does your whole body. A biological complex has been activated.”
— Scott Spradlin
Latest From the Blog
DBT Skills Workbook for ADHD Adults
Following a hiatus from blogging, I'm back to share with you, some exciting news. I am co-authoring a new workbook, The DBT Skills Workbook for ADHD Adults, with my fabulous spouse and Wichita DBT partner, Mariah. We are presently contracted with New Harbinger...
With, To, For: Movements of a Wise Marriage
Marriage is a supreme challenge. To love with integrity and openness to growth requires particular dispositions, knowledge, and embodied skills. Many of the couples that come to me for therapy are as desirous of connection and intimacy as they are frustrated with the...
Quick Tips for Men With Families
For the men who desire to be responsible spouses and fathers but who didn’t have solid male role models growing up, and who have tenuous attachment histories with their family of origins, and who may even carry the burdens of trauma that have a detrimental impact on emotion regulation, here are some quick tips for increasing your attentional, emotional and behavioral regulation for the sake of learning to embody responsibility, principles and ultimately love.
“I know Scott outside his professional services. He is a good man, with a rare sense of presence that is hard to find in this professional world. His heart is always on his sleeve. Bless his good work!”