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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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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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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

Photo by Matthew Waring Signs, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment When confronted with intense emotions, some teens may turn to self-harm , such as cutting, as a means of coping. Familiarize yourself with this self-harming behavior so you'll know what to do when your teenager engages in it. What Is Teen Cutting?

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). cognitive inflexibility) may use the same strategy again and again to approach a problem, even when that strategy is ineffective or harmful.

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Antisocial Behavior and Drug Addiction

Gateway Foundation

People with ASPD may have little concern for the harm that can be brought to their bodies, believing that the rules do not apply to them. The dysfunction might lead to individuals developing an impulsive lifestyle and experimenting with substances but render the brain unable to process or respond to the drug’s harmful effects.

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What You Need to Heal

Abuse Survivor

It’s not all about self soothing though, change is difficult. More on that later… Self Awareness. Self awareness that I am a person that is suffering and being able to see myself in this way has helped me to have more compassion. I also had the benefit of a day program where they taught me about DBT skills.

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I’m Depressed. Now what? (free writing)

Abuse Survivor

Friendships are supposed to enhance your life not harm you. To help myself with this depression that’s trying to take hold I’ve done the DBT skill “Opposite action” by getting out of bed anyway, washing my hair, changing my clothes. I will trust myself. I don’t deserve to be in pain. I made it stop.