Charlie Swenson's Podcast To Hell and Back
No Dead Ends – The Step by Step Path Out of a Dead End-Episode 57
No Dead Ends - The Step by Step Path Out of a Dead End - Episode 57
How To Accept Reality and Tolerate Distress – Episode 56
Judging Judgment Judgmental and Non-Judgmental – Episode 55
Judging, Judgment, judgmental, and non-judgmental - Episode 55
I focus on the nature of judging and judgments, what it is that makes a judgment into a judgmental statement, what are the problems with being judgmental, and how do we become non-judgmental.
More mindfulness skills in DBT for coping with hell – Episode 54
With these zoom sessions I begin to teach all DBT skills, one at a time. I will explain the skill, making it as practical as I can, then talk about where and how anyone can apply it to enhance life and reduce misery, and then take questions and have dialogue with anyone who is participating live.
Mindfulness Skills: the power of simply observing reality – Episode 53
With these zoom sessions I begin to teach all DBT skills, one at a time. I will explain the skill, making it as practical as I can, then talk about where and how anyone can apply it to enhance life and reduce misery, and then take questions and have dialogue with anyone who is participating live.
Mindfulness as taught within DBT – Episode 52
With these zoom sessions I begin to teach all DBT skills, one at a time. I will explain the skill, making it as practical as I can, then talk about where and how anyone can apply it to enhance life and reduce misery, and then take questions and have dialogue with anyone who is participating live.
Mindfulness in the service of reducing suffering – Episode 51
Beginning with this Zoom session I will begin to teach all DBT skills, one at a time. I will explain the skill, making it as practical as I can, then talk about where and how anyone can apply it to enhance life and reduce misery, and then take questions and have dialogue with anyone who is participating live.
To Hell and Back – The Zoom Version (April 18, 2019) – Episode 50
Charlie reads from a book about skills that he is writing, then responds to questions about self-validation and about the distinction between emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
Getting Old Sucks – Acceptance Helps – Episode 49
Getting Old Sucks - Acceptance Helps – Episode 49
10 Reasons the DBT Skills Training Fails, and Solutions – Episode 48
As helpful as we believe skills to be, it is common that they are not learned, or not used, or ineffective. In this podcast Charlie names ten reasons for skills training to fail, with some solutions.
Ingredients In The Recipe For Recovery From Hell – Episode 47
Weaving together some recovery stories and some reflections on DBT and TFP, Charlie identifies some of the elements needed for getting out of Hell.
A conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 3 of 3) – Episode 46
Charlie has an extended conversation with Andrea about her many years of suffering with anorexia and borderline personality disorder, and how treatment has helped her.
A conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 2 of 3) – Episode 45
Charlie has an extended conversation with Andrea about her many years of suffering with anorexia and borderline personality disorder, and how treatment has helped her.
A conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 1 of 3) – Episode 44
Charlie has an extended conversation with Andrea about her many years of suffering with anorexia and borderline personality disorder, and how treatment has helped her.
How to Use Dialectics to Deal with Relationships – Episode 43
Relationship Skills in DBT (part 3 of 3) – Episode 42
Relationship Skills in DBT (part 3 of 3) - Episode 42
Learn to use and strengthen DEAR MAN GIVE FAST skills for achieving interpersonal objectives and for effectively saying no to unwanted requests and pressures.
Relationship Skills in DBT (part 2 of 3) – Episode 41
Relationship Skills in DBT (part 2 of 3) - Episode 41
Learn to use and strengthen DEAR MAN GIVE FAST skills for achieving interpersonal objectives and for effectively saying no to unwanted requests and pressures.
Relationship Skills in DBT (part 1 of 3) – Episode 40
Relationship Skills in DBT
Relationship hell takes many forms. Today we begin to consider tools for coping with relationships more effectively.
Dealing with Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 5 of 5) – Episode 39
Dealing with Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 5 of 5)
Coping with Holiday Hell: Ten DBT- based Antidotes – Episode 38
Coping with Holiday Hell: Ten DBT- based Antidotes
After discussing the reasons for bad feelings during the holidays, and the nature of those feelings, Charlie talks with John Mader, DBT therapist from North Carolina, about ten antidotes to those feelings.