College Is Fine, Everything's Fine - #36 Sadie Sutton Tells You How to Put DBT to Good Use on Campus

#36 Sadie Sutton Tells You How to Put DBT to Good Use on Campus

10/17/23 • 40 min

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Sadie Sutton, intrepid mental health advocate and host of the She Persisted podcast, also happens to be a college student at UPenn. But it took guts, hard work in therapy, and a lot of support to get to where she is today. Now she freely shares the skills she learned from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), both how to use DBT skills when you’re struggling, as well as bite-sized tips for how to handle just about any roadblock that can happen in a typical college semester.

Her work is truly inspirational and we guarantee you will leave this episode feeling hopeful *and* more confident when facing a challenge.

In this episode we dive into the following topics with Sadie:

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and some of Sadie’s favorite skills
How Sadie uses her wise mind to make intentional, effective choices in college
The How and Why Sadie started her podcast She Persisted
Her Journey through various forms of mental health treatment and what she has learned
Tips for generalizing DBT skills to a college environment

Resources:

Sadie’s Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she-persisted-your-teen-mental-health-resource/id1463051730

https://shepersistedpodcast.com/

Learn about DBT and find a DBT provider

https://behavioraltech.org/

3East McLean Hospital

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/treatment/3east

Want to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you.

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Music is Deadbeats by Rex Banner

Her work is truly inspirational and we guarantee you will leave this episode feeling hopeful *and* more confident when facing a challenge.

In this episode we dive into the following topics with Sadie:

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and some of Sadie’s favorite skills
How Sadie uses her wise mind to make intentional, effective choices in college
The How and Why Sadie started her podcast She Persisted
Her Journey through various forms of mental health treatment and what she has learned
Tips for generalizing DBT skills to a college environment

Resources:

Sadie’s Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she-persisted-your-teen-mental-health-resource/id1463051730

https://shepersistedpodcast.com/

Learn about DBT and find a DBT provider

https://behavioraltech.org/

3East McLean Hospital

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/treatment/3east

Want to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you.

Insta: @collegeisfinepodcast
Tik Tok: @collegeisfinepodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music is Deadbeats by Rex Banner

Previous Episode

#35 Back to Life, Back to Reality

We’re back for our “second semester” of this podcast! Lots of transition on our end. Sarah moved to a new town and Liz is mourning the loss of her fun-girl summer. And we know that getting back into the habit of “college” is a transition, too. Even if you were counting down the days to get back on campus, switching from home to school can be stressful. We wanted to share our top 3 tips (and a bonus tip) for getting back into the swing of things:

In this episode you’ll hear ways to:

Check your balance - Too much time with friends? Not enough? Hear ways to get back on track.
Get ahead while you can - Don’t do what Sarah did. Procrastination is a fun-killer. Now’s the time to set yourself up for a successful semester.
Give yourself a social gut check - Each year of college has a different “vibe” with friends. We talk about ways to check in on how your friendships are impacting you, and what you can do to make a shift if you need one.

And since we just can’t help ourselves, we wanted to share our P.O.I.S.E. skill. While it’s not specific to transitions, it’s just too helpful not to share right away.

We noticed that this episode references a lot of earlier shows that might be helpful, particularly if we skimmed over something that you wanted to know more about. Here are episodes that go into more detail about the skills we cover:

Episode 1: Beginner’s Mind

Episodes 2-3: Finding Balance in the Extremes

Episodes 4-6: Navigating Social Relationships/Social Anxiety (particularly helpful for freshman)

Episodes 22-23: Managing Sleep in College

And if you just *need* to hear the song Sarah sang on the episode, here you go:

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ELuWpsuVCRBnOR9ZAZKDp?si=70185901dcd9462e

Want to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you.

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Tik Tok: @collegeisfinepodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music is Deadbeats by Rex Banner

Next Episode

#37 Walk With Me: Dr. Matthew Kane Shares a Message of Perseverance

In this week’s episode, we tackle the incredibly important topic of race on campus. We were so lucky to have author and psychologist Dr. Matthew Kane guide us through this conversation with such a level of depth, warmth and intelligence. Yes, Sarah and Dr. Kane discuss his book Walk with Me, which highlights stories of black men navigating the COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Just as importantly, Dr. Kane shares why their stories are equally important today, helping us understand why we need to pay more attention to the experiences of people of color in collage.

You’ll hear Dr. Kane

Talk about the superpower of transitioning a negative to a positive,
Encourage people of color to take the “superpower cape” off when needed,
Discuss the importance of building your support team,
Tell us how people he’s spoken to have found power in education and creativity,
Give us a glimpse of how he finds solace during dark times (Hint: It involves James Brown. Hop to minute 21, you won’t regret it)

A thread through all of our episodes is finding balance, and today’s show is no exception. To quote our guest, “We're reminding ourselves that we have the abilities to do these great things, and it is not an expectation that we have to do these great things.

Walk With Me: Stories of Black Men’s Resilience and Well-being Through Twin Pandemics https://a.co/d/hRMGV36
Where you can find Dr. Matthew Kane:
@findingexhale
www.findingexhale.com

Psychologist at Doylestown Psychological Services https://www.dtownpsych.com/

Want to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you.

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Email: [email protected]
Music is Deadbeats by Rex Banner

College Is Fine, Everything's Fine - #36 Sadie Sutton Tells You How to Put DBT to Good Use on Campus

Transcript

all right, so. Some of you probably already know Sadie and some of you might not. So we'll do the introduction, but sure. Her BioD early is gonna speak for itself. So we have Sadie Sutton, who is a 19 year old psychology student at the University of Pennsylvania. And after receiving a year and a half of intensive treatment, beginning at 13 years old and fully recovering from severe depression and anxiety, she was inspired to share her story with fellow teens going through their own personal gr