Favorite Resources at this Time of Coping with Covid

Special DBT Family Skills Training for the Pandemic - Nov. 3rd

Resources for this Time of Coping with Covid
Appreciations for contributions from Nyra Hill, Tina Siragusa, Anne Mader, Martha Golden and the entire TAP Clinic.  Thanks, John

DBT Skills-based Resources

• Skills to remain active and connected while practicing social distancing!  www.tapclinicnc.com/copy-of-covid-19-policy-6
• Why I am Freaking Out and other relevant Covid-related Coaching Calls from a DBT Therapist.  www.tapclinicnc.com/copy-of-covid-19-policy-3
• DBT trainings and videos to cope when in high distress or emotional misery.  www.nowmattersnow.org/get-involved
• Managing Fear and Grief (in Ourselves and our Families) with Alan Fruzzetti, PhD and more helpful videos at www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.org/webinars/
• Charlie Swenson's DBT podcast To Hell and Back. Check out Episode 72: Italy, the US, the pandemic and DBT (part 2 of 2). I recommend starting with part 2. Note: part 1 includes graphic descriptions. 
• DBT Skills for a Pandemic, Julie Matsen, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia.
• DBT-Rutgers has a delightful new series of animated DBT skills training videos.
• From our neighboring Chatham County Schools, Christian Fisher presents DBT skills for coping with the pandemic.
• Here's how to have a household or family meeting that could really work.  First Principle: Listening is being prepared to be changed by what you hear. While not DBT per se, this method uses dialectical framing, validating, change and acceptance strategies. www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/well/family/coronavirus-quarantine-conflict-family-meeting.html

ACT Resources

• Wonderful essay by Steve Hayes, The Ordinary Corona Hero.  www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/get-out-your-mind/202003/the-ordinary-corona-hero-you
• FACE COVID by Russ Harris. Also in Spanish. 
• ACT Resources to stay grounded and connected. mailchi.mp/praxiscet/free-resources-and-training-to-help-during-covid-19?e=5395171149

 
Supportive, meaningful, on the lighter side

• All of this is present in www.saturdaynightseder.com/  
• Different World, Same Me by Michele Price, Sarah Spagnoli, & Ben Price. A story to acknowledge the feelings that children have at this time.
• The classic comedy MASH takes on the Covid Pandemic. 
• If everything around you seems dark, look again, you may be the light. - Rumi. 
• The Sun Magazine. Expansive mindfulness evoked by the written word.  For example, One Of Us: On The Social Behavior Of Humans And Other Animals, Mark W. Moffett. And wonderful quotations.

Everybody remembers the first time they were taught that part of the human race was Other. . . . It’s as though I told you that your left hand is not part of your body.  - Toni Morrison

Mindfulness-related

• Experiential Compassion Meditation.  tergar.org/covid-19-message/
• Tara Brach on Covid. youtu.be/DgZETpd9h5s
• Headspace.  www.headspace.com/work/covid-19. 
• Calm.  blog.calm.com/blog/free-resources
• Mindful awareness of how our nervous system copes with stress--Deb Dana on Polyvagal Theory (Stephen Porges).  www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f3ErVPMV5w

Additional Resources

• CBT resources for therapists and the public.  beckinstitute.org/covid-19-resources/
• Kristin Neff on Covid and Compassion.  centerformsc.org/10-self-compassion-practices-for-covid-19/
• A YouTube video by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff.  youtu.be/v76a5o5X5cQ
• Brene Brown's new podcast. brenebrown.com/podcast/introducing-unlocking-us/
• Art Therapy resources for therapists and the public.  arttherapy.org/covid-19-resources/
• What is next in my life? I am hearing from folks that these long days are prompting deep reflections on living life in a meaningful way. While aimed at young adults, I love these pages of useful questions (more than the quiz) to tune into our values.  www.thevectorimpact.com/what-should-i-do-with-my-life/

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