NorthStar Therapy

12/22/2025

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to all. May this be a bright and joyful season for you.

Please Note: The NorthStar offices and services are closed from Monday, December 22nd, through Monday, January 5th.

12/17/2025

Wichita DBT at NorthStar offers Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for Adult ADHD, teaching our clients about neurobiological pathways underlying ADHD, and how to mitigate with mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance, to name a few.

You're invited to learn more from our Substack, here, with free and paid subscription options.

START now to overcome procrastination. :-)

12/17/2025

Behavior is communication when students don’t yet have the words for what they’re experiencing.

When a student shuts down after feedback, disengages during group work, or reacts strongly to a small change, it’s easy to label the behavior. It’s harder, and more effective to ask what the behavior might be telling us.

DBT invites educators to slow down and look beneath the reaction.

Is the student overwhelmed?
Interpreting the situation as threatening or personal?
Lacking the skills to tolerate discomfort in that moment?

When we view behavior through a skills-based lens, our response shifts. Instead of correction, we move toward understanding. Instead of escalation, we create space for regulation.

That’s where skills like Checking the Facts, STOP, and Wise Mind become normal tools that help students react mindfully in real time and not as interventions after a crisis.

When we listen to the story behavior is telling, we’re better equipped to support students in learning new ways to cope, communicate, and recover.

2026 open enrollment trainings are now open→ link in bio.

12/17/2025

12/02/2025

11/22/2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

NorthStar offices are closed through the Thanksgiving Holidays and will reopen on Monday, December 1st.

We wish all of our friends, family, and page followers a joyful holiday. May you all be loved and well-fed.

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

A few shots from this year's CHADD - Children & Adults with ADHD conference.

11/11/2025

Please accept our gratitude, men and women of the US Armed Forces.

11/04/2025

Scott & Mariah writing on Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind.

Learning to Be WISE with DBT