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January 2008 
 January 2008 Newsletter - Beliefs
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You may have heard me talk about rational and irrational beliefs in the past. In this newsletter I will focus on the fundamental rational/irrational belief; belief in oneself.

People try therapy for all sorts of reasons; some are mandated by an authority or partner, others have run out of options to help themselves, and still others have friends and family that have suggested professional help.

Whatever the reason, by participating in a program to help yourself, you are making the declaration that you believe in yourself and are worthy of something better.

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 Beliefs
 

In my experience, one of the fundamental beliefs people need to hold is the belief in themselves as worthy individuals. With this belief, anyone who is experiencing mental or physical pain can work to relieve themselves of this pain. Without this fundamental belief in oneself, it makes the possibilities of overcoming the pain that much more difficult.

Those who have trouble believing they are worthy must initially work on their philosophy of human worth. I like to think of it as "things happen for a reason" and I would not have been born if there was no reason for my existence.

It really doesn't matter what philosophy of life you follow; what matters is the functionality of that belief. Believing you are worthless leaves little room for growth and extinction of mental and physical pain.

The second fundamental belief that people need to hold in order to overcome their pain is the possibility of achieving success. There may be several failures on the road to success, but only in believing that success is a possibility can they overcome the setbacks.

Believing in the fundamental value of humans, and the possibility of change, sets the stage for each of us to reach goals, overcome setbacks, and achieve success.

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 Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
 

DBT was developed by Marsha M. Linehan to treat individuals with borderline personality disorder. While DBT was designed for individuals with borderline personality disorder, it is used for patients with other diagnoses as well.

Unlike cognitive therapy it incorporates mindfulness practice as a central component of the therapy.

There are two essential parts of the treatment:

1. Therapist and client discuss issues that come up during the week. Self-injurious and suicidal behaviors take first priority, followed by therapy interfering behaviors. Then there are quality of life issues and finally working towards improving one's life generally. During the individual therapy, the therapist and client work towards improving skill use. Often, skills group is discussed and obstacles to acting skillfully are addressed.

2. The group, which ordinarily meets once weekly for about 2-2.5 hours, in which clients learn to use specific skills that are broken down into 4 modules: core mindfulness skills, emotion regulation skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills and distress tolerance skills.

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 Give an Hour...
 

Give an Hour is dedicated to developing a national network of volunteers to respond to acute and chronic needs within our society.

We are currently establishing a national network of mental health professionals and reaching out to our first target population, the U.S. troops and families affected by the current military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The mental health professionals who join us are giving an hour of their time each week to provide free mental health services to military personnel and their families. Those who receive services from the Give an Hour network will be given the opportunity to give back to their own communities. Visitors can log on and enter their zipcode to locate the counselor nearest them.

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Lots of love, health, and happiness!

Sincerely,


Marcos Quinones
The Jove Institute

phone: 646.289.0533
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