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Your partner snaps at you over something small.And within seconds:"They are so selfish." "They don't appreciate anything...
05/20/2026

Your partner snaps at you over something small.

And within seconds:

"They are so selfish." "They don't appreciate anything I do." "I'm so stupid for putting up with this." "I always end up here."

That's judgment. And it happens fast.

Not just an observation... a verdict. About them, about you, about everything.

In DBT, non-judgmentally means learning to catch that moment. Not to shame yourself for it. The mind does this automatically, especially when we're hurt. But to notice the difference between what actually happened and the story that immediately followed.

What happened: your partner snapped at you.
What the mind added: a complete case for the prosecution.

The feeling underneath is real and worth tending to. The judgments just make it bigger and harder to move through.

Non-judgmentally doesn't ask you to excuse anyone. It asks you to see clearly.

When people first hear about the DBT skill of non-judgmentally, a common reaction is:"So I'm just supposed to have no fe...
05/19/2026

When people first hear about the DBT skill of non-judgmentally, a common reaction is:

"So I'm just supposed to have no feelings about it?"

Not at all.

Non-judgmentally isn't about becoming neutral or detached. Your feelings make sense. In DBT, they're information.

What non-judgmentally looks at is the evaluative layer we add on top of our emotions.

There's a difference between:
"I feel hurt" and "They are a terrible person."
"I feel scared" and "Something is definitely wrong with me."
"I feel disappointed" and "I knew this would never work out."

The first is a feeling. The second is a judgment, which is a conclusion that tends to make our emotional experience harder to tolerate, not easier.

Your feelings deserve to be felt. Non-judgmentally just asks: what are we adding on top of them?

You didn't get the promotion.That's a fact. It's painful, and the pain makes complete sense.But then the mind starts mov...
05/15/2026

You didn't get the promotion.
That's a fact. It's painful, and the pain makes complete sense.

But then the mind starts moving.
"I'm not good enough.” “I am incompetent" "This always happens to me."

Now you're not just hurting about one thing. You're carrying a verdict about yourself, about other people, about your entire future.

This is what DBT calls judgment; and learning to notice it is at the heart of the skill of non-judgmentally.

In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, non-judgmentally doesn't mean pretending things don't hurt. It means learning to separate what actually happened from the evaluative layer we add on top of it.

Facts create pain that moves through us. Judgments create pain that loops.

This is the first in a series on one of our favorite mindfulness skills at Turn the Mind. More to come.

There is a quiet power in doing just one thing.Not ten. Not half scrolling, half listening, half worrying about what com...
05/15/2026

There is a quiet power in doing just one thing.
Not ten. Not half scrolling, half listening, half worrying about what comes next. Just one.

That's the DBT skill One Mindfully. Full attention on right now. And when your mind runs off (it will), you gently bring it back. No forcing. No judging. Just returning.

Try it right now:
✦ One breath.
✦ One sensation.
✦ One moment.

You don't need calm. You don't need clarity. You just need one thing.

🔗 New blog post on the One Mindfully skill is live. Link in bio. or read it on substack by clicking this link: https://open.substack.com/pub/drlauraphd/p/dbt-one-mindfully-skill?r=mxu2s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

At Turn the Mind, we believe in providing expert care for complex challenges. Today, we’re highlighting Martha Jimenez, ...
05/14/2026

At Turn the Mind, we believe in providing expert care for complex challenges. Today, we’re highlighting Martha Jimenez, LCSW, a vital member of our clinical team.

Martha brings a deep well of knowledge to her practice, including:

✅ Specialized Training: Certified in EMDR and Somatic Experiencing, with extensive training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and DBT.
✅ Diverse Experience: A background spanning forensic, inpatient, and outpatient environments.
✅ Bilingual Care: As a native Spanish speaker, Martha provides EMDR and Somatic Experiencing in both English and Spanish, ensuring culturally responsive care for our community.

Martha specializes in working with trauma, sexual abuse, and depression, helping clients complete the biological stress cycle and build resilience.

Visit our website to read Martha’s full bio and see how her holistic approach to therapy can help you or a loved one: https://www.turnthemind.com/marthajimenez

DBT Skill: Non-JudgmentallyYour brain is a judgment machine. Good. Bad. Right. Wrong. It never stops.But here's what the...
05/07/2026

DBT Skill: Non-Judgmentally

Your brain is a judgment machine. Good. Bad. Right. Wrong. It never stops.
But here's what the research shows: the more you judge, the stronger your emotions get. Less judgment = calmer nervous system. It really is that simple.
How to practice it:

`) Observe the facts -- just what actually happened
2) Describe without evaluating (no good/bad, right/wrong)
3) Notice when a judgment sneaks in, and return to step 1
4) Don't judge yourself for judging. That's just how minds work.

This isn't about being passive or pretending nothing matters. It's about seeing clearly so you can respond instead of react.

05/04/2026

When people are overwhelmed, they often try to solve everything at once. That usually backfires.

A simple DBT skill: One Mindfully.

Instead of tackling the whole problem, anchor to one immediate experience:
• One breath
• One sentence
• One task
• One sensation

This shifts the brain out of threat scanning and into present-moment awareness.
It's small. But it changes how people move through stress, conflict, and decision-making.

One Mindfully. One thing in the moment.

Spotlight on one of our DBT and trauma specialists: Melissa Green-Jackson, LPC.Melissa brings a rare combination to trau...
05/01/2026

Spotlight on one of our DBT and trauma specialists: Melissa Green-Jackson, LPC.

Melissa brings a rare combination to trauma work. She is deeply grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy while also trained in EMDR and somatic approaches, allowing her to help clients both stabilize and process, not just one or the other.

Her work often focuses on:
• Complex trauma and PTSD
• Suicidality and self-harm
• Intense emotions and emotional dysregulation
• Depression and anxiety that haven’t responded to traditional therapy
• Clients who feel numb, shut down, or overwhelmed

Melissa’s style is structured, steady, and compassionate. She helps clients build real-world DBT skills first, then carefully move into trauma processing when the nervous system is ready. This pacing is especially important for clients who have felt flooded, retraumatized, or stuck in past therapies.

Her background includes experience across inpatient, outpatient, and high-acuity settings, where she worked with individuals navigating significant emotional pain and complex clinical presentations. That experience shows up in her calm presence, strong clinical judgment, and ability to hold both crisis stabilization and long-term healing.

Learn more about Melissa: https://www.turnthemind.com/melissa-bio

04/29/2026

If you've been following along this month, thank you. 🙏

We know ketamine therapy isn't a dinner table topic (yet). We know some of you shared these posts quietly. Some of you screenshotted them. Some of you sent them to a friend who needed to see it.

That's exactly why we put this out there.

If you or someone you love has been struggling, with depression, trauma, anxiety, and the usual approaches haven't been enough, we want you to know there are options. You haven't exhausted everything.

And when you're ready to explore them, you won't be handed off to a call center or a waiting room full of strangers. You'll be working with two small, dedicated teams who chose this work on purpose, and chose each other on purpose too.

We're here. KetaRevive is here. And we're ready when you are.

📲 DM us, or hit the link in bio to schedule a free consultation.

You've talked about it. You understand it. And still — something in your body hasn't caught up.That's not a failure of i...
04/27/2026

You've talked about it. You understand it. And still — something in your body hasn't caught up.

That's not a failure of insight. It's how trauma works.

Traditional talk therapy approaches healing from the "top down" — thoughts shape feelings, feelings shape the body. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy adds a second pathway: working from the "bottom up," using awareness of sensation, posture, breath and movement to release what's stored in the body.

For complex trauma, PTSD, attachment injuries, and stress that lives beneath words, this combination can move things that talking alone sometimes can't.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is now offered at Turn the Mind. Link in bio.

04/27/2026

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