RO DBT

The Appetite 94: Getting Emotional: Using RO DBT Skills Self-inquiry During the Coronavirus  How have you experienced unwanted energy and emotion during the coronavirus pandemic? The Appetite crew is getting vulnerable and answering this question, using the Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy or RO DBT skills including self-inquiry. Opal Co-Founder Read more…

The Appetite 81: Rethinking Resolutions: Self-Inquiry as Self-Improvement Are you sick of making New Year’s resolutions you don’t keep? Instead of goal setting, try commuting to self-exploration! As an alternative to resolutions, Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS leads The Appetitecrew in the journaling process of “self-inquiry,” a Radically Open DBT concept in Read more…

The Appetite Episode #18: Emotion and Learning: The Self-Inquiry Process in Radically Open DBT An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Would you engage yourself differently if you assumed that all the emotions you experienced had something to teach you? Today, Opal: Food+Body Wisdom’s Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS, and Carter Umhau, MA, Read more…

The Appetite Episode #05: Radically Open Forgiveness An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast As a person explores their appetite for life, forgiveness is worth considering. Opal founders Julie Church, RDN, CEDS, CD, Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, –along with host and Opal therapist Carter Umhau, LMHCA–discuss what Read more…

The Appetite Episode #02: Introduction to Radically Open DBT An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast In the first of three episodes introducing Opal’s core tenets, Dr. Lexi Giblin leads our discussion about the evidence-based treatment Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT). RO DBT is a new therapy approach that was Read more…