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Jan 2021
49m 7s

I hate you, please don't leave me

Sara Abbott, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
About this episode
Laurie and Sara discuss their experiences in unstable relationships and how they have used dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills to try and have healthy relationships with open and effective communication. The DBT skill DEARMAN is used in examples like: when mother in laws are triggering and when people say they are leaving their girlfriends for you b ... Show More
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