DBT (Dialectal Behaviour Therapy) was developed by Marsha Linehan is extremely effective in aiding people with overwhelming emotions, common with people who have Borderline Personality Disorder, or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.
“DBT teaches four critically important skills that can both reduce the size of the emotional waves and help you keep your balance when these emotions overwhelm you”.
- Distress Tolerance builds resiliency
- Mindfulness allows you to experience the present and to overcome negativity
- Emotion Regulation teaches you how to observe and modulate emotions without reacting in maladaptive ways
- Interpersonal Effectiveness allows you to express your needs, set limits and negotiate solutions to problems without destroying relationships and treating others with respect.
I am, slowly, working my way through “The Dialectal Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook” written by Matthew Mckay PH.D, Jeffrey C. Wood PSY.D and Jeffrey Brantley MD. I will be posting about my journey through this workbook as I end each chapter 🙂 xxx
The Warrior Within 