Self-Directed Tools & Resources

Below is a curated list of resources I often recommend to clients and DBT group members to support skill-building outside of our time together.

This is a collection of mindfulness apps, podcasts, and videos that you can use, whether you're just getting started or looking to strengthen your practice both in and outside of therapy.

Guided Meditations

• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

• UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness (short practices)

Apps

• Calm

• Headspace

• Insight Timer

• UCLA Mindful

DBT-Informed Podcasts

These are great for learning DBT concepts and how you may use them in your daily life

• DBT Weekly

• The Skillful Podcast

• DBT Peer Connections Podcast

• DBT and Me

• Your Anxiety Toolkit

DBT-Informed Instagram Accounts

@dbtkiki

@onlinedbtskills

@dbtwisdom

@nedratawwab

Gentle Movement / Yoga

• Yoga with Adriene

• Yoga by YogiApproved

Just a gentle reminder, you don’t need to use all of these resources. Start with one or two that feel manageable. DBT skills are most helpful when practiced consistently, and it’s okay to go at your own pace.

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• Smiling Mind

• Simple Habit

• Breathwrk

• Tapping Solution