I am so excited that you have taken the time to be curious about DBT and what it can do for you!
If you have read the bit about myself, you will know that I have had my own struggles. I completed a 1 year DBT program created by the amazing Dr. Marsha Linehan and I've decided to create this blog to not only keep up my own skills, but to also provide support to others who have completed the program, for those waiting to begin the program, and for others who may not know what DBT is all about.
So lets begin!
What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy?
DBT includes four sets of behavioral skills.
Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment
Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it
Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to ask for what you want and say no while maintaining self-respect and relationships with others
Emotion Regulation: how to change emotions that you want to change
There is increasing evidence that DBT skills training alone is a promising intervention for a wide variety of both clinical and nonclinical populations and across settings.
In this video, Marsha Linehan, PhD, ABPP, describes the amazing changes she’s seen in people who have received DBT and gotten out of hell.
If you have read the bit about myself, you will know that I have had my own struggles. I completed a 1 year DBT program created by the amazing Dr. Marsha Linehan and I've decided to create this blog to not only keep up my own skills, but to also provide support to others who have completed the program, for those waiting to begin the program, and for others who may not know what DBT is all about.
So lets begin!
What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy?
DBT includes four sets of behavioral skills.
Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment
Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it
Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to ask for what you want and say no while maintaining self-respect and relationships with others
Emotion Regulation: how to change emotions that you want to change
There is increasing evidence that DBT skills training alone is a promising intervention for a wide variety of both clinical and nonclinical populations and across settings.
In this video, Marsha Linehan, PhD, ABPP, describes the amazing changes she’s seen in people who have received DBT and gotten out of hell.