Acceptance and Anxiety: What It Really Looks Like
Marcus Rodriguez
March 7, 2026
Acceptance does not always mean feeling calm. Sometimes it means noticing anxiety, making space for it, and planning with compassion.
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Waiting to Drink Alcohol: How Restraint Became Freedom
Marcus Rodriguez
December 30, 2025
A personal reflection on family history, addiction, and how waiting to drink alcohol became an unexpected path to freedom and wellness.
Primary and Secondary Emotions: A DBT Guide
Marcus Rodriguez
December 17, 2025
Primary and secondary emotions can look like “sadness turning into anger” in seconds. Here’s how DBT helps you slow it down and regulate.
Parenting Anxious Young Adults in an Algorithmic Age
Timothy Hicks
November 21, 2025
Young adults today aren’t acting out—they’re overwhelmed. Here’s how anxiety, anger, and avoidance protect them from deeper helplessness, and what parents can do to help.
Meeting Clients Where They Are At: How Stretching Limits Helps DBT Therapists and Clients
Timothy Hicks
July 4, 2025
Sometimes DBT means stretching your own limits. Dr. Marcus Rodriguez shares a surprising therapy session with a middle school client—and her bearded dragon—illustrating how meeting clients where they are at makes treatment tolerable and effective.
Mindful Walking – How DBT Mindfulness Can Help with Anxiety, Judgments, and Staying Present
Carolyn Williams
July 1, 2025
A simple DBT mindfulness practice—mindful walking—can reduce anxiety, quiet judgments, and train present-moment awareness. Here’s the how-to we used with PUSD teachers.
Culture, Clinical Complexity, and DBT Trainings in Shenzhen, China
Carolyn Williams
March 27, 2025
Dr. Rodriguez and Julia Xiao-Rodriguez return to Shenzhen for DBT training—exploring culture, clinical complexity, and innovative approaches to care.
DBT Intensive Training at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Carolyn Williams
December 9, 2024
Dr. Marcus Rodriguez co-led a 4-day DBT intensive training at UCLA Resnick, supporting clinicians and strengthening mental health care delivery.
Expert Strategies for Strengthening Parent-Teen Relationships
Timothy Hicks, MSW, CADC-II
July 22, 2024
Practical, compassionate strategies from Dr. Marcus Rodriguez on fostering healthier parent-teen relationships—communication that works, when to step back, and how to repair after conflict.
Women and Mental Health: An Interview For Girls’ Voices Now
Carolyn Williams
July 18, 2024
YFI’s Founder, Marcus Rodriguez, PhD, spoke with Girls’ Voices Now filmmakers about how criticism—in media, at home, and at school—affects girls’ confidence and mental health. Here are the stats and takeaways.
Acceptance and Anxiety: What It Really Looks Like
March 7, 2026
Acceptance does not always mean feeling calm. Sometimes it means noticing anxiety, making space for it, and planning with compassion.
Waiting to Drink Alcohol: How Restraint Became Freedom
December 30, 2025
A personal reflection on family history, addiction, and how waiting to drink alcohol became an unexpected path to freedom and wellness.
Primary and Secondary Emotions: A DBT Guide
December 17, 2025
Primary and secondary emotions can look like “sadness turning into anger” in seconds. Here’s how DBT helps you slow it down and regulate.
Parenting Anxious Young Adults in an Algorithmic Age
November 21, 2025
Young adults today aren’t acting out—they’re overwhelmed. Here’s how anxiety, anger, and avoidance protect them from deeper helplessness, and what parents can do to help.
Meeting Clients Where They Are At: How Stretching Limits Helps DBT Therapists and Clients
July 4, 2025
Sometimes DBT means stretching your own limits. Dr. Marcus Rodriguez shares a surprising therapy session with a middle school client—and her bearded dragon—illustrating how meeting clients where they are at makes treatment tolerable and effective.
Mindful Walking – How DBT Mindfulness Can Help with Anxiety, Judgments, and Staying Present
July 1, 2025
A simple DBT mindfulness practice—mindful walking—can reduce anxiety, quiet judgments, and train present-moment awareness. Here’s the how-to we used with PUSD teachers.
Culture, Clinical Complexity, and DBT Trainings in Shenzhen, China
March 27, 2025
Dr. Rodriguez and Julia Xiao-Rodriguez return to Shenzhen for DBT training—exploring culture, clinical complexity, and innovative approaches to care.
DBT Intensive Training at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
December 9, 2024
Dr. Marcus Rodriguez co-led a 4-day DBT intensive training at UCLA Resnick, supporting clinicians and strengthening mental health care delivery.
Expert Strategies for Strengthening Parent-Teen Relationships
July 22, 2024
Practical, compassionate strategies from Dr. Marcus Rodriguez on fostering healthier parent-teen relationships—communication that works, when to step back, and how to repair after conflict.
Women and Mental Health: An Interview For Girls’ Voices Now
July 18, 2024
YFI’s Founder, Marcus Rodriguez, PhD, spoke with Girls’ Voices Now filmmakers about how criticism—in media, at home, and at school—affects girls’ confidence and mental health. Here are the stats and takeaways.
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