Jennifer May, Ph.D.
Jennifer May, Ph.D.
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Be the RULER of Your Emotions
In this video, Dr. May presents RULER, an emotion regulation skill strategy from the book "Permission to Feel" by Marc Brackett that is an excellent compliment to DBT Emotion Regulation skills.
*This channel contains videos of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, Radically Open DBT skills, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Attachment Styles, Developmental Trauma Styles, and much more! Please check out the other videos and feel free to SUBSCRIBE.
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Creating a Coping Plan Using CARESS to Reduce Target Behaviors
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When big stressors and emotions happen, we can feel overwhelmed and struggle to cope. The outcome can be engaging in self-harm target behaviors. But if we know something difficult is coming up for us, we can think ahead and create a coping plan. One way to do this is by using a technique called CARESS, as developed by Lisa Ferentz, LSCW-C DAPA. In this video, Dr. May will thoroughly review how ...
Identifying Triggers with REACTS
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Developing a thorough understanding of the triggers that lead you to engage in target behaviors (e.g., self-harm) is an important first step toward overcoming them. In this video, Dr. May explains the REACTS model of understand triggers from Lisa Ferentz, LCSW (Relationships, Emotions, Awareness of 5 senses, Context, Thoughts, Sensations) and takes you through a detailed example. Trigger warnin...
Using The “Cycle of Self-Harm” to Understand Target Behaviors
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In addition to behavior chain analyses, another option we can use to better understand and work with target behaviors (e.g., self-injury, eating disorders, addictions) is identifying how they fit into Lisa Ferentz's "Cycle of Self-Harm." In this video, Dr. May gives a brief overview of the cycle of self-harm, compares it to behavior chain analyses, and offers an example of how it can be used. T...
Behavior Chain Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide and Example
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If you are working on understanding and treating target behaviors (e.g., self-injury, aggression, eating disorders, addictions), a behavior chain analysis is a key technique that you can help you in this process. In this video, Dr. May goes over how to use behavior chain analysis in a clear, simple, step-by-step way so that you will feel equipped to try this technique with your clients or on yo...
Managing Emotions Using Container Imagery
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If we had early experiences of trauma, chances are we are either flooded by inner experiences (e.g., thoughts, emotions, trauma, flashbacks) or unable to retrieve or remember them (e.g., due to dissociation). However, it is still possible for us to learn ways to safely contain our inner experiences so that we have choice over when it is put aside and when it is processed. This helps us to stay ...
Using "Inner Allies" as a Coping Resource
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Sometimes, the hardest part about navigating a painful emotion or stressful situation is going through it alone. Bringing to mind "inner allies," or internalized people, in our imagination can help us gain access to protection, nurturance, wisdom and comfort that was otherwise out of our reach. In this video, Dr. May provides a thorough overview of how we can use inner allies as a coping resour...
Using Safe Space Imagery
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If you have a history of trauma, invalidation, and adverse circumstances, you may not have internalized a deep sense of safety. This might be impacting your ability to feel calm, safe, connected, and at ease in your life now. However, it's not too late! In this video, Dr. May thoroughly describes one technique you can practice to retune your nervous system for safety: Safe Space Imagery. You wi...
The SCARF Model of Social Threat & Reward
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Ever wonder why you feel so triggered or threatened in social situations? In this video, Dr. May reviews David Rock's SCARF (Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness) model of social threat and reward to help explain why. Toward the end, she offers coping suggestions. Reference: Rock, D. (2008). 'SCARF: A Brain-Based Model for Collaborating With and Influencing Others,' Neuroleadership Jo...
Finding Meaning in Loss
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In this video, Dr. May discusses David Kessler's sixth stage of grief, "Finding Meaning." She provides information about what finding meaning entails and provides several examples of ways that we can find meaning after the death of a loved one. Reference: Kessler, David (2020). Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief. New York: Scribner. *This channel contains videos of Dialectical Behavior T...
Part 3 - Treatment Strategies for Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES)
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In this video, Dr. May will discuss: The importance of coordinating treatment with a neurologist/epileptologist, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. Ways to conceptualize and understand PNES and how it occurs. Key elements that can be beneficial in psychotherapy for PNES. Ways to develop a PNES response plan. Treatment outcomes and what influences them. Some excellent websites with more info: ww...
Part 2 - Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: Making and Presenting the Diagnosis
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) can be a challenge to diagnose. Many people are mistakenly thought to have epilepsy and therefore given unnecessary (and ineffective) medications and treatments. In this video, Dr. May discusses key diagnostic tools and criteria for differentiating PNES from epilepsy. She reviews some of the main differences between the two conditions. And for professio...
Part 1: Understanding Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES)
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PNES is a disorder where people experience seizure-like events in the absence of EEG changes in the brain. People with PNES are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated by family, friends, and professionals, so it is important to learn more about the condition and how it can be treated. In this video, Dr. May provides a thorough explanation of seizures, “seizure imitators” (including P...
DBT Expanded Edition - Setting a BOUNDARY
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In this video, Dr. May discusses the BOUNDARY skill, which is designed to increase our awareness of self and other and create boundaries that are comfortable and effective. This channel contains videos of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, Radically Open DBT skills, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Attachment Styles, Developmental Trauma Styles, and much more! Please check out the other vide...
DBT Expanded Edition - Use REASON to Update Your Beliefs
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Our beliefs about self, others, and the world developed while we were growing up. They helped us make sense of our world and were adaptive for us at that time. However, we may still be holding onto these beliefs even though they no longer fit our current situation. The REASON skill offers us techniques for mindfully examining our beliefs and updating them where necessary so that we can move for...
DBT Expanded Edition - Bridge Burning: A Skill for Preventing Urges from Becoming Actions
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DBT Expanded Edition - Bridge Burning: A Skill for Preventing Urges from Becoming Actions
DBT Expanded Edition - How to VALIDATE People
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DBT Expanded Edition - How to VALIDATE People
DBT Expanded Edition - Create a ROUTINE for Calmness & Stability
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DBT Expanded Edition - Create a ROUTINE for Calmness & Stability
DBT Expanded Edition - Get Your Problems SOLVED
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DBT Expanded Edition - Get Your Problems SOLVED
DBT Expanded Edition - Be Flexible & Dialectical with MIDDLE Cs
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DBT Expanded Edition - Be Flexible & Dialectical with MIDDLE Cs
Our Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #5 Pulling
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Our Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #5 Pulling
Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance - #4 Grasping
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Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance - #4 Grasping
Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #3 Reaching
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Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #3 Reaching
02 - Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #2 Pushing
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02 - Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #2 Pushing
Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #1 Yielding
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Our 5 Developmental Movements & Their Psychological Significance: #1 Yielding
05 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Love and Sexuality Style
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05 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Love and Sexuality Style
04 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Autonomy Survival Style
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04 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Autonomy Survival Style
03 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Trust Survival Style
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03 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Trust Survival Style
02 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Attunement Survival Style
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02 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Attunement Survival Style
01 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Connection Survival Style
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01 - Understanding Developmental Trauma - The Connection Survival Style

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @starlight2342
    @starlight2342 19 годин тому

    Thank you SO SO MUCH for this!! I’m sooo grateful ☺️ ❤

  • @AnaCarolina-nt4fm
    @AnaCarolina-nt4fm День тому

    The classes are great!!!! Watching in 2025 ❤

  • @bessyortega6735
    @bessyortega6735 3 дні тому

    Hi there. Thank you for your amazing videos. Is there a way to obtain the slides?

  • @DartmoorPaul
    @DartmoorPaul 4 дні тому

    Thank you Dr May. Such a useful and informative video. My therapist and I are exploring attachments styles and after a quiz he said that I mainly fell into this category, hence my interest, I am 57 and have a mother with narcissistic tendencies and I really struggle dealing with her and detaching so that I can be me. My therapist suggested I learn about attachment before i can then work on detachment and your video has been the perfect find for my understanding of this. Thank you.

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 3 дні тому

      Glad to help! Thanks for sharing your story. Best of luck with your treatment!

  • @arielrenee.369
    @arielrenee.369 4 дні тому

    This is so helpful. Thank you

  • @tbillyjoeroth
    @tbillyjoeroth 13 днів тому

    Not good. Say the last time I went to the library there was a group of kids who heckled me. So my avoidance stops me from going to the library ever again. Yeah. Problem solved? No. All I did was avoid the problem, which is not the library but the kids. And other similar situations, maybe more complex but No, avoidance is generally not considered a great way to handle conflict as it can lead to unresolved issues, damaged relationships, and increased stress in the long run; while sometimes taking a temporary step back to cool down emotions might be appropriate, consistently avoiding conflict is usually not a productive strategy

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 13 днів тому

      I’m very sorry to hear about your situation. Nobody likes to be bullied and heckled by people, and I know it can be very unpleasant. The problem solving skill involves identifying what you would like to accomplish, generating different possible solutions, and testing them out. Some degree of avoidance of toxic people or situations can certainly be part of that, but you might also want to add in things such as finding different ways to handle those kids when you see them (interpersonal effectiveness skills), coping strategies for the painful feelings you may face after a confrontation-or worrying about one (distress tolerance or emotion regulation skills), and different ways of thinking about the issue that might create less distress. If there is someone you trust, you can bounce ideas off that person and hopefully get some support in the process. I hope you situation gets better soon! 🙏🏻

  • @vickyvirdee
    @vickyvirdee 17 днів тому

    This is been so helpful in trying to get my head around this!!! Please make more videos!!!

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 14 днів тому

      Thanks! I currently have over 210 videos on my channel, so that should keep you busy for a while! I’ve been busy at work lately but when I come across a new topic worth presenting, I’ll do some new ones!

  • @princess10-55
    @princess10-55 18 днів тому

    I needed this today

  • @MrsDarcy20
    @MrsDarcy20 18 днів тому

    Just a few days ago I found your channel and it's a gem! Thank you for your precious work ❤

  • @MrsDarcy20
    @MrsDarcy20 19 днів тому

    Thank you so much! It's a big help 🙏🏻

  • @Timothy7877
    @Timothy7877 20 днів тому

    Dr May, your videos are helping so much in my RO DBT class. I just wanted to thank you personally, and say, I wish I would have found you're videos sooner. Take care.

  • @radiophantom421
    @radiophantom421 20 днів тому

    Thank you so much for your videos, Dr May! You are doing such a great favour for those who are working on their mental health around the globe (I actually live in Russia). I am finishing round 1 of the DBT modules and I am so happy I found your channel that helps me recap and learn more. The way you present the information is so on-point and friendly - it is very motivating and reassuring. Many many thanks for creating all this content and sharing it with us 🙏

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 19 днів тому

      Thanks so much! Glad to help and to know my videos have found their way to Russia! Best of luck with your treatment! 🩷🙏🏻

    • @radiophantom421
      @radiophantom421 18 днів тому

      🙏🥰

  • @reryray7072
    @reryray7072 21 день тому

    Thank you soooo much that is really sooo goood❤❤❤❤

  • @akak7015
    @akak7015 22 дні тому

    I love your videos, thank you so much for this series. This video in particular really resonated with me. Because of my trauma background my usual response is to assume rejection as confirmation of my core belief ("I am bad") I'm slowly realising though that some people just aren't healthy to be around. I love that RO-DBT addresses this because it's been such a problem area for me. I assume too much responsibility whenever there's any disconnect or conflict in friendships and relationships and think I can be over empathetic and leave myself open to being taken advantage of. It's so refreshing to actually have actionable tools to help with this beyond "have boundaries" and "toughen up". I'm so grateful. ❤️

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 22 дні тому

      Thanks for sharing your experience with this. I’m so glad to hear this skill and RO DBT have been helpful! 🩷🙏

  • @dianemcallistertarot
    @dianemcallistertarot 22 дні тому

    Very helpful. I just started a year long Dbt program. Thanks!

  • @RenukaSakhare-e3v
    @RenukaSakhare-e3v 25 днів тому

    Useful....❤

  • @amandamarch4007
    @amandamarch4007 Місяць тому

    I appreciate these videos that you have made so very much. I am in a DBT skills course and it is certainly helping me, and watching your videos has been a big part of my progress. The way you explain the different skills and your visual slides and examples are great! Many thanks to you.

  • @sheseraphim
    @sheseraphim Місяць тому

    This needs to be talked about more. Thanks for the awesome video.

  • @RuledByLight
    @RuledByLight Місяць тому

    🙏🏼

  • @TinyVolcanos
    @TinyVolcanos Місяць тому

    Thank you for putting thy effort into making these lessons. They are very well structured and helping me learn and prescribe RODBT.

  • @RenukaSakhare-e3v
    @RenukaSakhare-e3v Місяць тому

    Very helpful ❤.... Needed this!

  • @renus6015
    @renus6015 Місяць тому

    Lovely! Thank you....

  • @joedoe8558
    @joedoe8558 Місяць тому

    So would you say an enneagram type 8 is fearful avoidant or secure? I do think self is strong and secure and most people are not (not sure if this is narcissism or just a strong track record though) but if I find someone that is strong and secure I want to get close to them...Problem is not a lot of people are and either they get repelled by strength or try and drag you in into their chaos. Used to try and make people stronger but now I see why they respond like they do. Same with being inflexible if someone is right they're right because holding on to bad data is bad/weak. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

  • @joedoe8558
    @joedoe8558 Місяць тому

    Guess enneagram 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are more prone to this.

  • @javiercruz9745
    @javiercruz9745 Місяць тому

    It’s not the most common for bod. Thats actually fearful avoidant

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 Місяць тому

      It’s both. And a lot of times people have an underlying insecure style that at times presents as disorganized.

  • @MarBar198
    @MarBar198 Місяць тому

    Good Stuff!

  • @joedoe8558
    @joedoe8558 Місяць тому

    This will help me tremendously from trying and helping people with different attachment styles, it's out of my power since this is so deep. Also explains why it's so hard to find people that are mature and grown up...

  • @balsam777
    @balsam777 Місяць тому

    Excellent, it really turns things around. I felt an instant shift when I radically accepted that the severe trauma I had as an infant and child happened. My usual daily hourly thought thought has been in damaged and I've got to keep working on fixing this pain, shame, and hundreds of other issues. This changes the focus to what's happening right now and what do I do next. Then you!

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 Місяць тому

      Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes for your recovery journey. ❤️

  • @Consciencia.Psicologia
    @Consciencia.Psicologia Місяць тому

    I can't believe this doesnt have more views, such valuable information, thank you :)

  • @The_aligned_path
    @The_aligned_path Місяць тому

    Amazing video! Thank you!

  • @charlottekessler8934
    @charlottekessler8934 Місяць тому

    Thank you so much. Very grounded. Calming. Balancing and reassuring 😊

  • @Zuarelblue
    @Zuarelblue 2 місяці тому

    Doing Heart Math lead me on the journey to come across even more great content & information. Thanks Dr. May!!!!!!!

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 2 місяці тому

      Glad to hear! Welcome to my channel and thanks for your kind words! 🙏

  • @Zuarelblue
    @Zuarelblue 2 місяці тому

    I’m so happy to be on this healing journey. I started with heart math and my inner me is healing & growing everyday. I also signed up to checking view classes. This information is soothing

  • @priyabarua-k6z
    @priyabarua-k6z 2 місяці тому

    Dr. May, so generous of you to put in so much into the video, every word was precious, as i made my notes - extremely well worded, organised and very very useful. Thanks a TOnne!!

  • @cerinewton-sargunar4401
    @cerinewton-sargunar4401 2 місяці тому

    Your video & explanation is superb - I was aware of the model but this is a level of detail that has been missing from everything I've read / heard about elsewhere. I have subscribed! 🤩🙌🤓

  • @ruskolnikov7211
    @ruskolnikov7211 2 місяці тому

    I have a problem with the scenario where the boyfriend doesn’t text back And maybe you can help If I were to first, assume that my girlfriend wanted to break up, that could cause an episode. The problem is in checking the facts, the possibility of she needs a break, there’s an issue, but we could work through it,. Those are almost just as distressing. I wouldn’t buy the cell Phone. I would probably cheat on her with anyone to get back at her and it would all be over. How could I find a better check the facts?

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 2 місяці тому

      That’s a tricky and triggering situation for sure. If the facts or possible facts are so distressing that you would act out of emotional mind in response, maybe the thing to do would be to develop a coping strategy to deal with them as in a way that is in alignment with your wise mind values while reducing your distress.

    • @ruskolnikov7211
      @ruskolnikov7211 Місяць тому

      @ thank you for responding. I guess sometimes a different DBT technique can pick up where a current one is limited for a particular person.

  • @LiveHeartForward
    @LiveHeartForward 2 місяці тому

    This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you Dr. May .

  • @yjw-r8s
    @yjw-r8s 2 місяці тому

    thank you so much for this wonderful presentation It helps a lot for my speech class❤❤🎉

  • @Acquisition1913
    @Acquisition1913 2 місяці тому

    🥩💙🥩💙

  • @johnnyc8775
    @johnnyc8775 2 місяці тому

    Very well described and beautifully presented. Thank you Virginia.

  • @heatherwall9571
    @heatherwall9571 2 місяці тому

    I’m suicidal after hurting my kids emotionally. Such deep regret and remorse. How can I get past that 😢😢😢

    • @jennifermayph.d.2761
      @jennifermayph.d.2761 2 місяці тому

      That’s a hard one, and I don’t think there is an easy answer. But perhaps understanding what went wrong, working on your own healing, getting support, practicing forgiveness and self-compassion, and making a living amends by choosing to live better now and make a positive impact in other ways might help a little. But again, a difficult journey for sure. ❤️‍🩹

  • @louisaa144
    @louisaa144 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for posting this. I can’t afford therapy for my disorganized attachment, so watching videos like these are the closest I can get to healing.

  • @aks5614
    @aks5614 2 місяці тому

    Hello thank you for making this course for us. I've definitely got overcontrolled traits and It's really upsetting seeing how closed off my life has become. I'm hoping this will help and am eager to try this out. Thank you for providing this content without charge that is incredibly generous of you. I hope you understand it is appreciated.

  • @renus6015
    @renus6015 2 місяці тому

    UNDER BOUNDED - it has happened to me especially at work. I am given more work beyond my scope, taken for granted....

  • @RenukaSakhare-e3v
    @RenukaSakhare-e3v 2 місяці тому

    Thank you❤

  • @caindis-abel-dhisbrother9601
    @caindis-abel-dhisbrother9601 2 місяці тому

    me to a T

  • @RenukaSakhare-e3v
    @RenukaSakhare-e3v 2 місяці тому

    Thank you.....These DBT skills are helpful....

  • @renus6015
    @renus6015 2 місяці тому

    Thank you...

  • @renus6015
    @renus6015 2 місяці тому

    Wowww...Will try those inner allies in my life..

  • @Nightswim_
    @Nightswim_ 2 місяці тому

    Dr may, than you for this explanation, but what about help for people with more hypoarousal /freeze response/avoidance? DBT doesn’t help this ..any ideas ? Somatic work ? I’m near giving up looking for help