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Self-Soothing With The 5 Senses | DBT Stress Relief Skills

Name: Self-Soothing With The 5 Senses | DBT Stress Relief Skills
Uploaded: 2025-05-20T07:03:39.233Z
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Channel: Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW
Description: This guided practice is a powerful distress tolerance skill from the DBT framework—to help you ground yourself in the present moment. Whether you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected, engaging sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch can bring you back to center and support you through intense emotions.

by Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW

Rated

4.6

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

235

This guided practice is a powerful distress tolerance skill from the DBT framework—to help you ground yourself in the present moment. Whether you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected, engaging sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch can bring you back to center and support you through intense emotions.

Stress Relief Dbt Self Soothing Grounding Sensory Experience Present Moment Anxiety Emotional Regulation Grounding Technique Sight Awareness Sound Awareness Smell Awareness Taste Awareness Touch Awareness Present Moment Focus

Meet your Teacher

Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW

Chicago, IL, USA

Meet your Teacher

Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW

Chicago, IL, USA

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