Recovering from Invalidation/Self-Validation - Part 2

Molly is a licensed professional counselor with the State of Kansas currently working in a dialectical behavioral therapy program. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Washburn University in Topeka, KS in 2015 and her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Illinois State University in August of 2019. Throughout college, she participated in mental health awareness and activism on Washburn’s campus chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms as well as interning with their national non-profit organization. She started her career in mental health as a youth counselor for a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Topeka before going to graduate school. In addition to her current work in DBT, she previously worked at a residential substance abuse facility in Illinois.
Validation is an essential part of all relationships - including those with ourselves. Oftentimes when we don’t get the validation we need, it can bring about a lot of pain. Validation communicates that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are understandable given our current and past experiences. Molly will discuss and present on what validation is, steps to validate, and how to recover from invalidation.