*4 modules - DBT* 1- mindfulness 2- distress tolerance (Accepts- activities, contributes) 3- Emotion regulation 4- Interpersonal effectiveness (teaches how to talk, converse nicely)

I took DBT for about 3 yrs. it was the best thing for me. I was in and out of hosp for many years. Since taking DBT I haven't been in the hospital.

thanks for existing

Your meditating frog in the background is AWESOME!!!

DBT saved my life. I made lifelong friends with my group and I’ll be forever thankful that Seattle Children’s opened their arms to me.

I was in a DBT program about five years ago or so. I "graduated" and as I like to put it, my Borderline went into remission. Lately, I've been having a difficult time, so I enrolled in a DBT program again. It has helped me immensely. Seriously people, I would look into DBT. If you stick with it, I really think you'll find healing

I did DBT with my therapist a few years ago, it helped A LOT with my PTSD.

DBT saved my life hands down.

When she says "Distract yourself! Don't do it! Don't give in to the urges!" It makes me laugh and makes me want to actually try, but it never gets through to me when others tell it to me in a serious tone.

I think you're so sweet and lovely. And I want to say it makes me so happy that you don't demonize cluster B individuals as innate abusers beyond help. Empathy and validation go such a long way in changing a BPD individual's negative thought and behavior behavior patterns.

Hard living in an area that doesn't offer DBT. Makes people, like myself, feel ultimately discouraged.

I really struggle with...knowing if I'm the problem, or someone else is? Like, I can learn all these things, but when I go to practice them, it just ends up being my fault anyways? It feels like a vicious cycle of self-doubt, and I don't feel like I'll ever get better. Like if I explain something made me feel a certain way, I get accused of "manipulating" them and trying to make them feel bad.

Kati, please keep uploading videos on the 4 modules of DBT (I know this one's a lil old). Especially, distress tolerance. Thanks!

I would like a video on Distress tollerence and Emotional regulation . Thanks.

Basically what happened in my last appointment ! My psychologist got burnt out , and she explained me a therapy how it worked ! Really good I found Kati's video about DBT ! Really helpful to understand where I stand and the intentions of my therapist !

I have had mental problems for 15 years now, and I love your videos. I love your statement and how you don't claim all this information isn't just your thoughts and such. Thank you.

I love you Kati Morton all of your videos are helping me study for the LCSW.

I'm a nursing student and I'd love to say a big thanks for all these videos ! It's made studying for my mental health exam a lot easier and your videos have definitely broadened my knowledge. :)

Thank you mrs. Morton for your work. Good to see an advisor that is prepared!

after a year of bouncing in and out of hospitals I ended up at a residential treatment center focused entirely on DBT and co-occuring disorders. it was the best thing ive ever done

Thank you for this. My 16-year-old daughter is starting DBT next week. I plan to show this video to the rest of my family so that we can all understand what DBT is and so we can support her in her DBT journey!

This is so helpful. I was just recently diagnosed with BPD, and I want to find out more about DBT Therapy. Please do more videos on DBT therapy. It sounds quite intriguing. I want to get the workbook (and I probably will) but it all seems a little intimidating right now, so your videos are a great start for me to easily learn some of the concepts before diving in! By the way, I love your videos! You are a great communicator and are able to make heavy topics seem not-so-heavy. I love that you intersperse humour with solid teaching so that it is easier to receive and learn. Also, thank you for making mental health issues seem not so 'crazy'. You talk about them - and solutions to them - in a matter of fact way, so I end up feeling ok about my struggles with mental health issues. Thanks!

You give me hope. Thank you

My brother just started this type of therapy and I was curious about what it was. Thank you for doing this video. I just wish more therapists were certified, it took 5 months to find out in the area who could see more patients.

Thanks katy morton !! Very informative i recently diagnosed myself and it answered tons of questions on why ive done or acted the way i have. Your channel is awesome

Thank you for speaking about this Katy!!!

Just started DBT and already finding it so helpful

Thank you, great video. You explained the main aspects of DBT with great simplicity :)

It's great to see that your videos have inspired and informed so many people. And your compassionate attitude helps reduce the stigma.

Thank you, I'm struggling right now but this helps to give hope ♡

I keep thinking her jewelry is an avocado.

These videos are great! I have just been introduced too this therapy from my therapist for help with my anxiety and challenges I have parenting my son. I would love to see more videos...I am just scratching the surface and I would really like to make this a way of life!

Your videos made my psych learning becoming so much easier, especially when you're going through all those jargons. Thanks for all your effort. Just subscribed to your channel :)

Wow. Very nice! You did amazing on explaning what DBT is all about in just a short amount of time. Learned a lot today thanks!

I am taking a psychiatric disability course right now and this video was so helpful in explaining DBT to me!! Thank you for sharing

wow just found your videos, your amazing and just wanted I needed at this moment, I've already learned so much, and I've been seeing a physiatrist, and his 5 mins a month and I'm still extremely struggling and he just keeps changing meds and not talking to me!! Now I'm watching all your videos!!! Your amazing at what you do!!!!!

Hey Kati, thanks so much for your videos. I just found you and have been struggling for 16 years with Mental Illness. I have been to DBT many times and finally after a few times it seems to click. It is very hard to understand at times. And feel have to have an open mind to challenging your thinking. It has helped me many times, although at this time am really struggling. Thanks again Kati

Your videos are great. God Bless You and thank you!

This was very helpful, I've been struggling with bpd for years, had therapy, and am looking into cbt/dbt therapy and I really hope I can do it!

Thanks. I think I have BPD, and I’m excited that this modality of therapy can change my life. I’m committed and hopeful for change. I want a better life for myself - love, stability, and peace.

DBT has really challenged my thoughts as an individual with BPD. I'm grateful that my therapist introduced me to it and I think it's going to have a positive long-term effect on my life. I didn't realize that it has Buddhist principles until Kati mentioned it here. Very cool.

Your vids are the best Kati!!! xoxo I have BPD and DBT has been so helpful. It is A LOT of work but it really is worth it! Sometimes in the beginning it doesn't feel like it changes anything but keep practising the skills cause it really does change things.

Thankyou, this is really helpful!

I can't wait to start. As long as I know I'm doing something to help myself I can keep my head above the water. Plus a challenge is always nice

You have helped a lot with your videos, thank you very much!

As a Licensed Professional Counselor.. I love listening to you and learning from you!

You are a gift! Inspirational! Keep this up! You are doing amazing!

This sounds amazing! I've been in CBT therapy for years and I am always discouraged because they wasn't me to talk about my current issues instead of working on my treatment plan, which NEVER gets done! So, therefore, in my option, it's just a money racket!!!! I will definitely look into DBT I'm my area! Thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️

My psychiatrist recommended DBT but I can't afford the session cost alongside the cost of regular psychologist visits. These videos are very helpful in determining whether this could at least be something I could work on with friends & family for now. Also, your example at @5:15 was so on the nose, you have no idea. Thank you for this! 💙

Id love u to talk more about distress tolerance cause I personally have lots of trouble with it. Thanks Kati for keeping this up! 3

This is a wonderful video!! Kati Morton is amazing!

Thank You for this Kati!! I enjoy learning about these type of therapies :)

Very informative video thanks.I think i have seen some people who probably are struggling from this but of course i will keep this private. Love your videos,they are explicit and very useful,thanks!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting out these videos for all of us out here in need of a bit of assistance and don't really feel we can afford therapy. I am thinking that this bit of information is going to help me so much when I am feeling so overwhelmed and then I respond with such emotions of tears and heavy crying. I don't want to get to that point again in front of my adult children and friends. I am hoping this is going to be something that I can do to help me in the future. I would love to have the therapy because I know that I have to have some issues coming out of a home with a mother that had bipolar disorder and maybe she also had BPD. I am so sorry that I never learned for certain what my mother suffered from, but I am now 59 years old and I really know that the family of siblings is suffering and has been for years. It appears that I am the only one that has really been able to admit this and I removed myself from the family off and on all my life. I just knew that it wasn't healthy for me and it was also very painful to neglect my family at the same time. I struggled quietly all my life and now worry that I too, have passed this down to my own children that are all grown now and successful wonderful people. I often had so much pushed down pain and allowed abuse from my sibling for years on and off because I didn't allow myself to become fully aware of my part in the abuse by accepting it. I just tried to stay away with a constant pull at my heart of wanting to have a family and maybe it would be possible and then I would try again and end up with the same results. Not able to have a family. No contact now for good if I am strong enough to do it. So very sad to me, but I must work on myself and try to do better now for myself and my own family. Healing needs to take place. Thank you so much for being a positive face on the internet reaching out to so many of us. It is so appreciated.

I would loveeee to see you make a more detailed video about distress tolerance... love your videos Kati! xo

haha I'm currently a coug but grew up a husky fan. love your videos. They are a great refresher before i get back into my college courses.

Came here for Step2CK study.. Needed to learn abit about it. MUCH helpful. Thanks

omg i love youuuuu thank you for explaining this!

I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder today.. they gave me meds and want me to go into dbt.. I have a really bad experience with counseling so I'm really nervous and fearful it's not going to work.. Thank you so much for posting this video (even if it was long ago) I really needed it

thank you for the video, I am learning new coping tools and this seems like a good one. I can't go to a therapist for it, but at least I got some pointers from you, so it helps.

Im currently in dbt best thing i ever did . I love it and my group

I did DBT while in treatment for a drug addiction and it helped quite a bit. I learned how to regulates emotions better, boundaries and how to communicate. It was awesome. I still have a long way to go with my PTSD but my BPD is pretty much under control. As I work through my trauma the BPD gets less intense.

*You're worth it*

DBT is my life jacket! Literally. Saved me from drowning in a sea of overwhelm, depression, embarrassment N everything else while going thru a messy, hurtful separation & child custody war. My therapist recommend to take the 4 modules twice to better grasp N understand it. 2nd time I fully absorb DBTs benefits. Teflon Mind was a huge help to begin. (mind was to clogged for mindfulness) Radical acceptances was a huge part of my healing, by right, Radical Acceptance could have its own module! Was hesitant about going to group -'w/people'.... But, the group part turned out to be great because you learn from others questions as well. DBT helped me cope then later to survive. It is a lot of work but worth it! I felt sad(2nd x around) when someone would just drop group.

My psychiatrist is gonna have me start DBT but I don't want to do group therapy. I don't want to be around people. I don't feel like meeting new people. I actually enjoy always being alone. I also do not want homework. I don't feel like I would have the energy to do it unless it was to binge watch Netflix after work.

im so happy i stumbled upon your page

Super insightful. Thank you!

4:03 is the most concise and precise description of BPD I've seen.

Kati, please do more videos on DBT! I've watched your play list on BPD and want to learn more about treatment and therapy for this condition. Thanks!

I love your videos, Kati! I sometimes feel like my psychologist doesn't really get me (I guess that's also because I'm not the best at communicating) and your videos are really helpful and you seem so sweet and caring.

I took a DBT class and I was so grateful for that chance,

Thank you for posting

Thanks for explaining all this, now i feel hopeful :)

Very clear and informative thank you xx

I just uploaded my first video on my DBT experience and DBT seriously changed my whole world. It is an amazing therapy model

Hey Kati, I love this video, I think CBT therapy going to be so important to my recovery. so yes definitely more vids please on distress tolerance and emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. I have to say I struggle so much with this. I think I need my therapist to give me some idea of what types of therapy we are going to do and let me know what bit we are at if that makes sense. thanks again Kati another amazing video xxxxx

If I could, I would also like to recommend a book! I am currently reading, "The buddah, and the Borderline". It is about a woman with BPD and her experience with DBT. I am about half way through it and I love it! I feel it is helping me a lot, as well as honestly making me feel like, "Holy crap! There really are people out there like me!" Even if you do not have Borderline Personality it is a good read, you can learn about DBT Therapy as well as you may have certain BPD qualities. Hugs to all xo

Fantastic introduction to DBT! Thanks so much for all that you do. #KatiMortonNationalTreasure

Hi Kati! I have just recently been engaged with my therapist to do DBT after years of being unsuccessful with CBT. I was diagnosed with Severe Depression, BPD, Bulimia and also recently my therapist said that I also have traits of Dependant Personality Disorder. I am quite skeptical if DBT will work and I am quite scared actually. But watching your video gives me some kind of a reassurance that its gonna be ok and that I will get better with time. But I am worried if DBT does not really help me with my array of mental illnesses. But I am considered lucky that my therapist didn't transfer me out to other therapists and is still willing to help me despite it being so hard. I really hope to get better and recover and that DBT will somehow work for me. Thanks Kati for d wonderful videos that gives insight to various mental illnesses and how to cope with them and what to expect. Appreciate it so so much!

I would love to see more on Interpersonal Effectiveness!

your videos are so helpful! Could you do a series on DBT??

Yes any more videos describing DBT/CBT specifically more components it would be extremely helpful , esp emotion regulation. Thank you!!!

This is so awesome. :) Thank you.

please do more on this topic

This would really help me. It sounds dynamic. Deep heavy psychoanalytical therapy has helped me to get to the core, and now I have a sense that I got to “polish” a few remnants, and I believe a dynamic therapy like DBT you be useful

Thank you for the vid. Also, excellent "linkage" to CBT in the emotional regulation pillar of DBT. You seem to be a good instructor. I love doing group therapy as well as individual. My steps are to do about 3 to 4 weeks didactic, teaching the group members about the topic, lets say 'shame and guilt' as well as the therapeutic modality(s) we are all going to use. Then switch to a process type group where we utilize what we learned about the topic using the modality we also learned. It is during the process that I would incorporate individual sessions as well. I am only 13 years in recovery and 10 years working in this field. Is there a better way to go about the group process than the one that I exampled? Again, thank you for the information and the video.

I love your vibe ♥️

ı was offered dbt therapy today and this really helped me make a more thought out decision.

This concept called DBT and the women brainstorming, designing and implementing this is a massive advancement in 21st century healthcare! and yet nobody I know has heard of DBT! It’s a result oriented, measurable/definable approach to ALL mental/physical issues, yet there’s no platform or advocacy explaining it. LONG wait lists from only “word of mouth” advertisement -so thank you for this! Please do more on DBT!

Thank you Kati, if you could make up a video on the INterpersonal effectiveness that would be really helpful to many I guess! Bless you, :) !

Thank you for uploading, would you mind uploading some more videos on bpd / anxiety if possible? I subscribed to your channel btw!!

Kati you are so pretty and I just love the way you talk

You are a GOD SEND for putting these videos on KZfaq. Also, I find it funny how people say therapy twice with DBT. Lol.

Hey, I'm in a DBT group here in Tampa, Florida and it's pretty helpful. We do have a workbook and the four modules..We started with mindfulness and to learn how to look at facts without judging...This is much harder than it looks.

I'm actually in therapy 2x a week one for individual therapy and DBT group therapy I've had so many suicide attempts and hospitalizations so therapy has been a life saver for me

love the meditating kermit :)

Your videos are very informative and I really like watching them. I would point out at something that soothes me a lot while watching you speaking which is you always use the pronoun "we" which I find so compassionate and accepting as if you are so close to us in a way that you really understand what we go through. Thank you so much for those videos and keep up the good work.

I’m excited to try this.

Excellent video! Great information! What about emotional focused therapy? Inner being therapy? We would love to see a video about these ideas! Great! Awesome!

I went to your website and couldn't find the DBT workbook you mentioned. I am highly interested in learning MUCH more about DBT and working on myself and my BPD. I feel happiest when I am doing homework because it feels like I'm actively getting better and doing good for myself.