Resources

Tools and resources to support learning and practice.

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Invest in yourself—at your own pace.

Explore a curated list of books, apps, websites, and podcasts that complement DBT learning. Choose what fits, try one small practice at a time, and notice what helps.

Resources

    • The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom - Jonathan Haidt. This book explores modern research on happiness and wellbeing and draws comparisons to practices such as prayer and meditation to aid in increasing quality of life.

    • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle. This authors works are popular all over the world for introducing people to the power of presence to increase happiness and a sense of peace.

    • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chodron. A Buddhist monk's perspective on suffering and how to manage through difficulties.

    • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life - Charles Duhigg. This book identifies how habits are formed and how to change undesirable ones. 

    • Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ration That Will Change Your Life - Barbara Fredrickson. Research on how positivity works and skills to help you increase it.

    • Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases and Coping - Robert Sapolski. Interesting research on stress, it's manifestations and how to reduce.

    • Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness - Mark Epstein. A Buddhist psychologist's perspective on suffering and acceptance.

    • Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl. This author was a neurologist, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor. His experience in the holocaust lead him to identify meaning as a significant indicator of survival and happiness.

    • The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children - Ross Greene. This book uses case studies to identify ways that parents can make simple changes to shape their children's behavior gently.

    • A Life of One's Own - Marion Milner (aka Joanna Field). Marion Milner undertook an experiment in the 1930's to identify, explore and document the little things in life that make her happy. This book is the journal in which she did this work and shared the positive outcomes she experienced.

    • EileenDevine.com - Eileen Devine is an LICSW and educator and has created a program called Brain First Parenting to support parents raising neurodivergent children. She offers services such as coaching and courses and has created a community of support. Her podcasts and blog posts are amazing resources for families. 

    • DBTselfhelp.com - This site provides information on DBT and ways to use it on your own, whether you've participated in the program or are untrained.

    • Yale’s (Free) Positive Psychology Course - Yale’s free course on positive psychology strategies to increase happiness. This is an interesting and engaging course that you can do on your own at whatever pace you’d like full of accessible tips and tricks for increasing your happiness.

    • PositivityRatio.com - This website is the compliment to the book Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson. It features a self-survey to measure positivity so that you can see a change over time with the use of skills.

    • The ADHD Dude - The ADHD Dude is a therapist and educator who’s created a program to support parents raising children with Executive Functioning Disorders such as ADHD. He has lots of online content for learning, including a free ADHD Parenting Playbook. 

    • AuthenticHappiness.org - This is the webpage of Martin Seligman, founder of the positive psychology movement. It includes posts about new positive psychology research and many self-surveys to identify strengths and strengthen happiness.

    • DrHallowell.com - Edward Hallowell specializes in ADD/ADHD and the tendency we all have to feel like we have ADD or ADHD due to the business of our lives. His webpage features helpful information on treatment, links to his many books and apps.

    • Insight Meditation Timer - is a free app with meditation timers, soundscapes, guided meditations, dharma talks and sleep stories.

    • DBT Diary Card and Skills Coach - This app has been a favorite for over ten years. You can use it to track your emotions, behaviors and skill use in a diary card and it also suggests skills to use to dependent upon what you need support with. This app costs $5.

    • DBT Coach - This app provides diary cards and coaching on which DBT skills to use in different circumstances. This app is free but includes in app purchases. 

    • Calm - This app has options for membership (annual membership is $70) and has everything anyone could want in a mindfulness app. Guided meditations, courses, challenges, sleep stories, soundscapes, etc. 

    • The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos- Laurie Santos is the creator and educator of the free Science of Happiness Course at Yale. The podcast mixes scientific research with expert interviews and relatable stories to teach listeners how to improve their own experience of happiness in their lives. 

    • Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel - Esther Perel is a couples therapist known for her revolutionary perspective on how to make relationships work by approaching therapy with a less traditional idea of what relationships “should” be. She’s written books such as Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs : Rethinking Infidelity and offers a number of courses on her website.

    • The Problem Solved Podcast - This is the podcast of the influencer known as TherapyJeff and his collaborator, both therapists who answer people’s questions by sharing lots of helpful information about mental health, relationships and self-care. 

    • DBT and Me - This podcast is two DBT therapists offering episodes on a variety of themes including explanation of DBT skills, interviews with experts in the field and answering listeners questions with information about how to use DBT skills to manage life issues.  

    • The Naked Mind‍ ‍- This podcast offers wisdom and support around substance, addiction and recovery. 

    • The Tara Brach Podcast - Tara Brach is a Buddhist teacher and her podcast is a collection of Dharma Talks and other teachings that she has given to communities around the world. She teaches Buddhist concepts and leads meditations.

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