Dr. Kirby Reutter

Dr. Kirby Reutter I am a licensed psychologist in both Ohio and Texas.

I specialize in working with traumatized youth, providing psychological evaluations for international adoptions, and offering professional trainings throughout the country. **For information on PESI events: https://www.pesi.com/speaker/details/01292630

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09/22/2026

We all have our "moments." And sometimes our impulsive reactions make them even worse! In this video, you will learn 7 highly effective strategies to "IMPROVE the moment"...even the worst ones!

Dr. Kirby Reutter has new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

09/08/2026

Due to the well known mind-body connection, one of the best ways to tip your mood...is to first TIPP something in your body. TIPP stands for temperature, intense physical activity, paced breathing, and paired muscle relaxation.

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

08/25/2026

Due to the well known mind-body connection, one of the best ways to shift your mood...is to first shift something in your body. Why not start with a smile?

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

08/11/2026

One way to change unhelpful thoughts is to work the TOM: Thought, Opposite, Middle. Watch this brief clip and see if you can identify your own unhelpful thought, come up with an outrageous opposite, and then find a happy median that is probably more realistic than either extreme.

Dr. Kirby Reutter has new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

07/28/2026

We often wonder why the person at the gas station got so mad at us for apparently no reason...But did you ever stop to think that they may be battling an issue you cannot see? Dr. Kirby explains.

Dr. Kirby Reutter new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!
https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.



07/14/2026

Interpersonal effectiveness is the art and science of dealing with other people...communication, conflict, and all that jazz. But here's the secret to interpersonal effectiveness: We can't possibly deal with other people's thoughts, feelings, triggers, and reactions...until we first learn how to manage our own!

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

06/30/2026

Point for point, learning to care for your emotions is really no different than learning to care for a garden of flowers. Does a garden sometimes need pest control? So do your emotions! In this segment, we finish the 10-step plan for dealing with the pests of life: Problems!

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

06/16/2026

The secret to emotion regulation is learning to care for your emotions the same way you would nurture a garden of flowers. If this segment, you will learn pest control!

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook!

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new Blog post.On this blog entry, Psychologist Dr. Kirby Reutter explains the extremes caused...
06/04/2026

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new Blog post.

On this blog entry, Psychologist Dr. Kirby Reutter explains the extremes caused by trauma, as well as the middle path between those major extremes.

This blog entry is called Mindfulness for Trauma: Part five.

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/blog/mindfulness-for-trauma-part-5

06/02/2026

The key to emotion regulation is learning to relate to your emotions the same way you would treat a garden of flowers. For example, would it make any sense to control, coerce, manipulate, humiliate, or guilt trip a garden of flowers? How about yell at them? Ignore them? Bury them?? Of course not! Emotions, like flowers, need a different approach.

Dr. Kirby Reutter has a brand new book, "Healing with Trauma-Focused DBT: A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to Manage Intense Emotions and Reclaim Your Life," is now available in paperback as well as audiobook.

Click to buy your copy today!

https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/books

For more information on this topic, as well as those interested in earning CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.

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