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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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
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.
Introduction to Emotional Regulation by Psychologist Dr. Kirby Reutter.
DBT can be intimating with all it's jargon. So let's cut to the chase: DBT is all about harnessing the power of mindfulness to bring stability to our thoughts, emotions, and reactions, and relationships.
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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.
If the temperature suddenly dropped from 85 degrees to 35 degrees, would you notice the difference? We can literally decrease our emotional intensity that much simply by shifting our thinking more to the middle. Just ask TOM!
Dr. Reutter's 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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.
05/14/2026
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 four.
https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/blog/mindfulness-for-trauma-part-4
The TOM exercise helps us to quickly shift our thinking by identifying the middle ground between a maladaptive thought and it's opposite extreme. But what if the original thought still feels true? Click to find out!
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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.
DBT is all about finding a middle path between the extremes. TOM is a simple acronym to help people quickly shift their problematic thoughts. How so? Click and see!
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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.
04/30/2026
Dr. Kirby Reutter has a new Blog.
On this blog entry, 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 three.
https://www.drkirbyreutter.com/blog/mindfulness-for-trauma-part-3
Remember the three-step dance with TOM? Thought - Opposite - Middle is a surprisingly simple yet effective way of shifting your thinking away from the extremes.
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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.
One of the most effective ways to change your thoughts...is to dance with them! Today you'll learn a 3-step dance called TOM. Let's see some moves!
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, and for those wishing to earn CEU's, visit drkirbyreuter.com.