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What is DBT?

Prosper Health Collective

DBT is a modified version of cognitive behavioural therapy that was specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely. DBT teaches individuals how to avoid conflict, be more organised, restrain impulses, delay gratification, and tolerate distress. DBT often involves individual therapy as well as a skills group program.

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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

As a DBT therapist, I specialize in treating these folks, who come to me desperate for help with changing their suicidal behaviors and dysregulated emotions. The most well-researched is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is what I practice. Fact: Many people with BPD recover. Find her online at [link]

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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

As a DBT therapist, I specialize in treating these folks, who come to me desperate for help with changing their suicidal behaviors and dysregulated emotions. The most well-researched is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is what I practice. Fact: Many people with BPD recover. Find her online at [link]

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What can we learn from cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Until recently, no such summary existed for cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a widely used treatment for emotion dysregulation. DBT is principle-based and behavioral, and involves the teaching of skills in four modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

We evaluated evidence as to whether interventions based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a well-studied intervention designed to reduce destructive behavior by enhancing ability to regulate emotions, may reduce externalizing symptoms among adolescents. 057) following removal of an outlier. Target Article Jakubovic, R.

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Five Ways I Build Mental Wellness

My Brains Not Broken

There are several types of talk therapy, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) and so many more. Yes, there is sitting in a room with a therapist, or on a Zoom call with a mental health professional; but therapy is so much more than that.

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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

Social workers use mindfulness for clients with ADHD Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) are evidence-based treatments that focus on cognition and the mind-body connection. Bertin explains that social workers use elements of DBT that seem to be especially effective in helping clients with ADHD.

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