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di·a·lec·tic
dīəˈlektik/ noun
The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions...
The dictionary defines dialectic as “the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions.” In DBT, the dialectic refers to sets of opposites, and recognizes opposites can exist at the same time. When we learn radical acceptance, or withdrawing good/bad judgments, we can move toward accepting that not only do opposites exist at the same time, but neither is inherently right or wrong...
This may be an unpopular way to begin a blog entry on vicarious trauma in the human services, but I have developed a very large distaste for the concept of self-care. It is not that I don’t believe in the need for public servants in the human services to bring intention to their daily practices so as to provide space for self-regulation, healing, joy, and to cope with the rigors of a very emotionally and psychologically taxing chosen profession. My distaste for the term self-care is that the phrase itself has become so overused that we often confuse talking about self-care with actually engaging in the practice of self-care...
While scrolling through my Facebook feed I came across a meme about officers who stood up against nefarious and abusive activities in their own departments themselves becoming targeted and fired; a whistleblower's worst nightmare...
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” This quote is most often incorrectly attributed to Albert Einstein, in what must have been an early effort to assign credibility to the ridiculous cliché...that designation absolutely shouldn’t assigned to any other human being exclusively for exhibiting repetitive behavior. We’ve all heard the quote carelessly bandied about during meetings, conversations, and worst of all during trainings...
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