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The Lighter Side of TransformationSM From
the desk of ISSUE 26 May/June 2016
CONTENTS
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WELCOME
BACK! Since I opened my private practice in
Westford, MA back in January
2014, I have been fully absorbed in
the incubator phase of growing this practice.
There were many steep learning curves, including the mastery of health
insurance, medical billing, clinical
regulations, and compliance with HIPAA
(Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide
privacy standards). Truly, upon
going into private practice, I entered a new universe full of opportunity and
danger. It was exciting, exhilarating, and sometimes a bit frightening. I could
not have gotten through this without my Army of Angels, that is, first my prayer
partners, then my mentors, and the
National Association of Social Work
(NASW) Private Practice Special Interest Group. The old adage is so true, "It's the TEAM WORK that makes the
DREAM WORK." Thank you
all! So there was very little time for extra
creative activities, including writing this newsletter, television shows,
poetry slams. Some of you wrote to me
and asked about this newsletter, and I was touched to hear that you missed
it! Sweet, and sad, because I was
humbled by my limitations of time and energy. During this time, however, I did write and publish a few clinical
articles for the NASW FOCUS journal, and was interviewed in a few
publications as well. Click HERE to see my
recent publications.
Fast forward to today...now that I'm
in a more rhythmic flow here, and have "mastered" the business of
the clinical private practice model, I am getting back to this newsletter and
sharing more good information publicly. Behavioral Health: During this incubator phase I have
been doing post-graduate research on Dialectical Behavior Therapy
("DBT"), which is a psycho-education program that has been
empirically verified by rigorous science to reap the most successful results
for improving emotional health and wellness.
I hope to live long enough to see this
DBT curriculum taught in elementary schools someday, as I believe it would
transform our world as we know it. I had the privilege of studying with
Dr. Marsha Linehan herself, who consolidated and
developed this system of Emotional Regulation, Mindfulness, Interpersonal
Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance.
Wessan with Dr. Marsha Linehan, Eastham, MA.
(July 2015) To that end, I have been facilitating a weekly DBT
Skills Group for Women since November 11, 2015. Our group has witnessed some amazing
turnarounds, shifts, transformations and releases of negative programming
over the year. The DBT group has three 14 week
trimesters per year. In each section I
cover DBT Mindfulness plus one other module.
The group is limited to 10 participants, and we have an open
enrollment period three times a year.
If you or someone you know is interested in this work, they can
contact me for the details. There is also a free periodic
"Discover DBT!" evening a few times a year to provide an overview
of this work to the community. The
evening begins with a meditation to access Wise Mind, and then is followed by
a review of the main principles of DBT.
DBT offers pathways to Wise Mind, where you feel more peaceful, useful and successful. The next community events are May 19 and June 22, 2016, in Westford,
MA. Click HERE
for details and to register. Yes, I'm excited to be returning to
this creative medium -- I do love to write, explore and share what's
happening in my little orbit in the Lisa Lab of Life, most definitely an
adventure in psychospiritual healing and
recovery! I look forward to seeing you again or
hearing from you via email, phone or social media. It's all good! With warm blessings Lisa Wessan
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