PSYCHē Says | Therapists

PSYCHē Says | Therapists

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  • What Testing Can't Tell You
    Psychological testing is a wonderful tool but it isn’t without flaws. Yes,
    just about anything can be addressed using psychological testing, but it
    doesn’t mean everything SHOULD be. Psychological testing isn’t a tarot card
    reading or a medical lab test. It doesn’t always provide the clear-cut
    answers people expect.
    24 min
  • 6 Levels of Validation
    To reiterate, validation is a skill that can be used for a variety of
    reasons—to deescalate emotions, to improve relationships, to increase trust
    and confidence, and to be the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine of
    change go down. According to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), there are
    6 levels of validation. The higher the level, the deeper the validation.
    That being said, it’s important to validate from all 6 levels or you just
    come off as weird. Here’s an explanation and example of each:
    17 min
  • Why the Hell Would I Validate?
    There are multiple reasons to validate. Yeah, one reason is to make to the
    other person feel better, but there are several other options as to why you
    might want to do it even when you don’t feel like it. Here are a few that
    might help you stomach the idea a little easier :
    23 min
  • When It's Difficult to Validate
    Validation is a skill. I don’t care what that one angry lady from Vermont
    said at my DBT presentation a few years ago, validation is NOT “a way of
    life.” It is a skill we can use or not.
    Quick review on what validation is: Validation is a communication strategy
    that involves a stubborn refusal to communicate with another person in a
    way that leads to them feeling crazy, fragile, stupid, wrong, or bad.
    31 min
  • Helping Versus Enabling: What's the Difference?
    “Helping” someone involves doing (or not doing) something which improves
    the final outcome of a problem for another person. “Enabling” is any
    behavior that looks like help on the surface, but actually makes the
    problem worse in the long term.
    19 min

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