Taproot Therapy: A Mindful Moment

This episode explores the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skill, Opposite Action to Emotion. This skill teaches us to actively behave in opposition to our unwanted emotions. For example, if you are feeling sad and want to stay on your couch all day, get up and move around. This can be a challenging skill to implement, and like all skills, it takes practice. You can also read about this skill, and many other DBT skills, on our DBT skills blog on our website: www.taproottherapynyc.com.

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In today’s episode, I speak with Kelli Morin, a sex and intimacy therapist in New York City and New Jersey. In this episode, we talk about the importance of sex therapy, and advocating to make it a part of our conversations and wellness. We address the importance of mindfulness in addressing intimacy, creating space for difficult conversations, and exploring our lifelong relationship with our bodies and our identities.

Learn more about Kelli at her website: www.kellimorin.com.

Erin is wrapping up her Labor Day vacation, so we will bring you one of our most listened to episodes on Radical Acceptance. Radical acceptance is a skill in Dialectical Behavior Therapy) that teaches us to fully accept our present feelings or situation without judgment. It is what allows us to experience pain, which is unavoidable, without suffering, which is optional. Radical acceptance does not mean we approve of unwanted behaviors or situations. Rather, it allows us to see things for exactly how they are, and once we can do that, we know where to make changes. A meditation practice starts at 6:57.

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In this episode, I bring you a conversation I had with Tracy Gilmour-Nimoy, psychotherapist and owner of TGN Therapy in San Diego. Tracy is certified in perinatal Mental Health health, and specializes in working with individuals experiencing issues with fertility, high-risk pregnancies, traumatic deliveries, pregnancy terminations, pregnancy loss (miscarriage and stillbirth) and trauma related to these experiences. Tracy herself is a pregnancy loss survivor, and a fierce advocate for maternal mental health. Tracy can be found at www.tgntherapy.com.

We at Taproot Therapy also specialize in pregnancy loss and perinatal mental health. If you have experienced a loss, traumatic delivery, or troubles with conceiving, help is available!

How many times have we said to ourselves, “how do I know what to do when I’m feeling stressed/anxious/sad?” It can be hard to identify what we need in various moments. Today, we will explore a few ways we can check in with ourselves to identify what we need to support ourselves. We explore the states of acceptance and change, as well as giving ourselves validation, skill building, cheerleading, and time to process our emotions. We also explore the stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.

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As we transition back to our lives as they were before COVID-19, it is important that we care for our wellness. Wellness is engaging in small acts and routines throughout the day that don’t just help us survive, but thrive. In this episode, we explore what we can do to care for ourselves as we potentially return to in-person work, begin seeing friends and family more frequently, and engage in activities we used to participate in. We explore the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skill, PLEASE. We talk about the play research done by Stuart Brown. And, we present a wellness assessment that you can find on our blog (www.ErinIwanusalcsw.com).

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy’s distress tolerance skills are used to support us when we are feeling distressed or overwhelmed. Sometimes, when we feel our feelings, we can’t respond to them in the way we would like to - either because we are in a space where we can’t (like at a work meeting), or we are feeling our emotion very intensely. Self-soothing is a distress tolerance skill that uses our senses to soothe our distress. By finding soothing things we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell, our emotions become soothed as well.

For more information on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), visit our blog on our website: www.taproottherapynyc.com, and click on the “Blogs” tab.

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Our practice is accepting new clients! If you’re interested in starting therapy, our team is ready to work with you. Email us to schedule your free 15-minute consultation.

These are BIG words! But what do each of them mean? In this episode, we explore how validation, connection and love help us come closer together, and become closer with ourselves.
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