DBT Therapy has been proven to help those who struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder, anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. This therapy teaches skills like mindfulness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to help individuals gain control and improve their relationships.

Managing Anger With the Help of DBT Therapy

Have you found your anger to get in the way of a healthy life? Anger is a natural emotion. However, in excess and when expressed inappropriately it has its consequences. There are many ways to effecti...

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Undertaking DBT Therapy for Substance Misuse

Do you feel you have a substance misuse issue? Enter dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help! Marsha Linehan developed DBT therapy to treat mental health disorders, specifically borderline personal...

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Working Through Grief With DBT Therapy

Are you finding it hard to deal with grief? If that is the case, then you may be able to cope with it through dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). If you were unaware, DBT therapy is part of cognitive ...

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How to Increase Distress Tolerance With DBT Skills

When faced with a negative situation or crisis, your body tends to develop a flight or fight response. This is a chemical reaction that prepares your body to tolerate the situation. This crisis can va...

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How DBT Therapy Works to Change Problematic Behaviors

How does dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT therapy, work? DBT provides both grounding and coping skills to deal with external and internal conflicts. DBT helps people be content in the present mome...

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The Differences Between CBT and DBT Therapies

Have you heard about both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and wonder what the differences are? If that is the case, then you are at the right article to re...

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The Use of Mindfulness in DBT Therapy

Did you know that DBT therapy includes a mindfulness component? This is one of four core pieces of DBT. The other three are interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance. M...

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Using DBT Therapy to Heal from Trauma

Did you know that dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can help people with a trauma history? If you have trouble dealing with unfortunate events that happened to you, then you may have unresolved traum...

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DBT Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

Are you diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), or think you may have it? Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven to be especially useful for that very condition. Marsha Linehan, P...

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Learning to Distract Yourself through DBT Therapy

Did you know that dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) teaches people to distract themselves from their stressors? Distraction has proven to be a useful skill for many people. Here we will discuss the A...

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The Use of DBT Therapy for Depression

Did you know that DBT therapy can be useful for depression? Although formed in the 1970s to treat borderline personality disorder symptoms, it's been found to treat depression as well. Tens of million...

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How can DBT Help OCD?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a complex mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide, characterized by persistent, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behavior...

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Nurturing Awareness: The Role of Mindfulness in DBT

Mindfulness, a practice rooted in Buddhist meditation, has found its way into modern psychotherapy, particularly in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).  DBT is a comprehensive cognitive-behaviora...

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How DBT Can Help You Cope with Trauma

Today we're exploring a transformative therapeutic approach called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its role in helping individuals cope with trauma. Trauma can leave deep and lasting scars, but...

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How DBT Helps with Distress Tolerance Skill

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that was originally developed to treat individuals with borderline personality disorder.  It has since been adapted to...

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