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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...