by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Nov 15, 2022 | DBT, Marriage, Relationships
INTRODUCTION When a couple is in distress or adrift they may seek professional help to mend their relationship or get back on track to rediscover their underlying friendship, and willingness to commit to active love, in all the mundane moments as well as the grand... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Jun 3, 2022 | DBT, Emotion Regulation, Marriage, Mindfulness, Relationships
When couples present for therapy they typically come following chronic disruptions in respective and mutual attention. The problems they bring into the consulting room, or to telehealth, as the case may be now in our post-covid times, are the result of depleted... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | May 24, 2022 | DBT
“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray All of us struggle with our emotions from time to time. Perhaps in the way that Dorian Gray expresses in the... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | May 9, 2022 | ADHD, DBT, Uncategorized
WISE MIND FOR THE DISTRACTED MIND: EMOTION REGULATION SKILLS FOR ADHD Emotions and Adult ADHD Emotion regulation is getting more attention in research and clinical circles as a significant dynamic in the lives of ADHD adults, with more voices advocating for changes to... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Jan 14, 2022 | DBT, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
Happy New Year to all of you dear readers. I hope that your recent traverse through the holidays was filled with warmth, love, and joy. And now that we have crossed the threshold into 2022, many of us are making new year resolutions to lose weight, save money, quit... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Nov 3, 2021 | ADHD, Christian DBT, DBT, Kairos DBT
What is Wise Mind? Wise mind as found in the core mindfulness skills of DBT, developed by Marsha Linehan and her colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle, is a construct that communicates to us that we have wisdom. My understanding of wise mind is...
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