DBT Winnipeg
200-70 Arthur St R3B 1G7 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Thinking of everyone struggling with all sorts of feelings about school starting today! Nadia MacKinnon from Middle Path Therapy (and our own DBT Winnipeg groups facilitator) was on CTV Morning Live today talking about teens, school, and getting that balance as we navigate a different kind of school year. Check it out here: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2030353

8- week Emotion Regulation skills groups are starting up Sept & Oct. Check out www.dbtwinnipeg.com for more info. . Repost @natasha.smikles_rpn

Good old DEAR MAN is back! And what the heck is DEAR MAN??? DEAR MAN is all the things you need to consider when you need to communicate an OBJECTIVE. The DEAR is what you will say by: DESCRIBING, EXPRESSING (how you feel), ASSERTING (what you want) and REINFORCING how this benefits the other party and yourself. The MAN is how you will say it by : being MINDFUL, APPEARING confident, and NEGOTIATING if necessary. We definitely recommemd giving DEAR MAN a go anytime you need to ask for something or when you need to say no to a request. As for this DEAR MAN pictured, he can be bought of Wayfair.

Part of the SELF SOOTHE skill in DBT is making a visually appealing space. @kyla.johnston.rpn cozy office is a great example!

Our DBT clinicians @kyla.johnston.rpn & @natasha.smikles_rpn practiced BUILDING MASTERY while PARTICIPATING ONE-MINDFULLY in a ping pong match, which was a PLEASANT EVENT, as they noticed their JUDGEMENTS in regards to their 'bad' serves.... a great example of how numerous DBT skills can occur at the same time!