Sheri Van Dijk > Quotes

“If you’re living in the present...you only have to deal with what’s actually going on in that moment.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping Teens Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, an

“In other words, when an emotionally vulnerable child is born into a family where others don’t share this trait, it’s difficult for the rest of the family to understand, and this in itself can cause invalidation as parents become frustrated with the child and don’t know how to help.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy

“A chart review (Herman, 1986) found that 67 percent of twelve psychiatric outpatients with BPD had a history of abuse in childhood or adolescence. And a qualitative study (Bryer, Nelson, Miller, & Krol, 1987) found that 86 percent of fourteen hospitalized patients with BPD had experienced sexual abuse before the age of sixteen.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy

“again and again, to the present moment.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life