From 13-Year Old Immigrant to DBT Therapist: Diana Ramirez's Story

About this episode

Diana Ramirez shares her journey from being an unaccompanied minor immigrant to becoming a DBT therapist, discussing the skills that helped her along the way.

Michelle is joined by therapist Diana Ramirez who shares her incredible story of coming to the United States from Honduras when she was 13 as an unaccompanied minor. Having no idea what DBT was, she can look back now at her past and see how she was using DBT skills along the way to help her overcome the obstacles she was facing. She shares DBT skills that can be useful for other immigrants and talks about how she uses DBT personally for herself and professionally with her clients. TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 12:06 to 12:41 and 15:17-16:34. Want to learn more about Diana? Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/psychologydailycare/ (@psychologydailycare). Support the show Want to get 15% off of ALL Guilford Press titles? Use this link (code is DBTME at checkout): https://www.guilford.com/dbtme If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT peer support group, you can sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dbt-discussion-group-tickets-518237601617 Check out our Etsy shop for DBT-inspired items and our journaling workbook (only $7.50!): https://www.etsy.com/shop/dbtandme Our book, "DBT for Everyone" is available! Order your copy on…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Henderson

Guest: Diana Ramirez

Topics covered

• immigration
• DBT skills
• mental health
• personal story
• therapy

Keywords

• DBT
• immigrant story
• mental health
• therapy
• Diana Ramirez

Sponsors

Guilford Press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guilford Press, Etsy, Amazon, Facebook

Places: Honduras, United States

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