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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

As a DBT therapist, I specialize in treating these folks, who come to me desperate for help with changing their suicidal behaviors and dysregulated emotions. For clinical social workers, this means that we will almost definitely encounter a client with BPD at some point in our careers. Myth: BPD is untreatable.

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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

As a DBT therapist, I specialize in treating these folks, who come to me desperate for help with changing their suicidal behaviors and dysregulated emotions. For clinical social workers, this means that we will almost definitely encounter a client with BPD at some point in our careers. Myth: BPD is untreatable.

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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

Social workers use mindfulness for clients with ADHD Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) are evidence-based treatments that focus on cognition and the mind-body connection. Distress tolerance and emotion regulation are cornerstones of ADHD issues, which DBT skills target.

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Alumni Spotlight: Jelan Agnew, LCSW

University of Connecticut

Class of 2011, clinical concentration. . Jelan Agnew, LCSW is a 2022 Hartford Business Journal Top 40 Under Forty Honoree, highly rated TEDx Speaker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Nalej of Self, LLC offers Corporate Mindfulness Workshops, DBT Training, Motivational Speaking, Coaching and Courses.

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NASW Member Voices: In Search of Transgenerational Office Space

Social Work Blog

We face each other and enter into a verbal dance I like to refer to as the “Acronym Tango,” (IFS, CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, cha-cha-cha). Luckily, she discovered how clinical work and humor are perfect partners to advance problem solving and healing. Sometimes clients politely decline the invitation. But I digress.

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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapy that is based on CBT. Michael Vallejo is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Colorado and Oregon. It is helpful for teens who are struggling to regulate their emotions.