DBT

Skills-based behavioral therapy

DBT stands for dialectical behavior therapy, a type of psychotherapy originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder but now applied to various mental health conditions.

The approach combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices, teaching skills in four main areas: emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness.

Her therapist recommended DBT to help manage intense emotions.

The term dialectical refers to balancing acceptance with change.

therapy

dialectical

Relating to logical debate

emotion regulation · validation · wise mind · radical acceptance · group therapy · individual therapy · biosocial · modules · coping · self-harm

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analytics

Systematic examination of datasets

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therapeutic approach

DBTpsychoanalysis

Treatment via unconscious exploration

Freudian analysis · free association · talk therapy · dream analysis

treatment philosophy

DBTaversion therapy

Treatment pairing unwanted behavior with discomfort

passive listening

response to emotional distress

DBTinvalidation

Act of nullifying

self-harm · emotional dysregulation · acting out · substance abuse · denial

Family

doubt, doubtful, doubtfully, undoubted, doubter, doubting, dubiety

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