{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Mental Health","slug":"inside-mental-health-432530","podcast_index_feed_id":432530,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RED2429845607","website_url":"http://psychcentral.com/show","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ba92720a-93ce-11eb-8c31-13ab0e12c00c/image/987bdf0d45c3c36bbfc2c1028e7068ca.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Healthline Media","episode_count":484,"summary":"Award-winning weekly podcast that approaches psychology and mental health in an accessible way. Listen as our host Gabe Howard speaks candidly with experts, celebrities, and other notables to break down complex topics into simpler terms. Listen now and share widely.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-mental-health-432530"},"episode":{"title":"Punk Rock Meets Therapy: Understanding Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)","slug":"punk-rock-meets-therapy-understanding-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt","published_at":"2025-10-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-mental-health-432530/punk-rock-meets-therapy-understanding-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-mental-health-432530","url":"https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-punk-rock-meets-therapy-understanding-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RVOHE3315774071.mp3?updated=1759512081","summary":"How are punk rock and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) related? More than you think. In this episode, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. J.J. Kelly — the “punk rock doc” — joins the conversation to break down DBT with raw honesty, humor, and zero fluff. Far from a gimmick, DBT is an evidence-based therapy that blends mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people regulate emotions, improve relationships, and move through life’s inevitable pain without making things worse. DBT isn’t just for young people or people with borderline personality disorder — it’s a practical skill set that anyone can use, from corporate execs to teens, from those struggling with bipolar disorder to anyone wanting stronger emotional intelligence. Listener takeaways include: why DBT isn’t a fad but a powerful, science-backed approach how to use the four DBT modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness how validation, radical acceptance, and even anger can become tools for connection and growth Whether you’re curious about mental health treatments, skeptical of “newer” therapies, or just intrigued by the mashup of punk rock and psychology, this episode will leave you rethinking what emotional resilience really means. Cold Open Transcript: Gabe Howard: Behavioral therapy kind of makes sense. But what is DBT? Dr. J.J. Kelly: It's basically Zen mindfulness meets cognitive behavior therapy. Gabe Howard: And how do those two things merge? Dr. J.J. Kelly: Oh, beautifully. The mindfulness skills and the distress tolerance skills are the Zen stuff. And then the CBT is emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness skills. The assertiveness training, how to ask for things, how to say no in accordance with your values in the…","meta_description":"How are punk rock and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) related? More than you think. In this episode, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. J…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1875,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-mental-health-432530/episodes/punk-rock-meets-therapy-understanding-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-mental-health-432530/punk-rock-meets-therapy-understanding-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}