Theoretical aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Theoretical aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) originally developed to treat persons with a history of chronic suicidal behavior who meet criteria for borderline
personality disorder (M Linehan, 1993). According to Marsha Linehan, Standard DBT includes multiple modes of treatment, including weekly individual therapy, weekly group skills training, and as-needed phone coaching to address skill and motivational problems common in people diagnosed with BPD. Further, meeting of the DBT therapists is mandatory to stay on track for providing care. In this video, I will be discussing theory of DBT.
The original manualized DBT program consists of four group skills training modules
a) Group skill training of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance modules,
b) individual counseling,
c) telephone crisis coaching, and
d) a therapist consultation team
The DBT components became popular because it address skills deficits (via group skills training modules and phone coaching), in addition to issues related to motivation for change through individual therapy.
Typically, DBT skills training aims to teach skills to reduce dysfunctional behavior and facilitate the adoption of new behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns through (but not exclusively delivered in) a group format(Linehan, 1993).
Four modules address skills deficits associated with BPD:
(a) core mindfulness skills center on ways to strategically deploy attentional control;
(b) emotion regulation skills teach clients to identify and influence emotions elicited by the
environment;
(c) interpersonal effectiveness skills help clients to learn to respond effectively to
interpersonal demands and conflicts; and
(d) distress tolerance skills teach clients to identify crisis situations and experience strong negative emotions while inhibiting dysfunctional behaviors that could serve to make the situation worse (Linehan, 1993)

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Professor, I found your explanation of DBT theory very clear and comprehensive. If only I could afford or even find such therapy where I live. I am a mostly functioning borderline, I do meditation and practice mindfulness, but I still flip (black or white, only occasionally turning a bad day into a better one, have 'privileged narcissistic' episodes of rage and ride an emotional roller coaster from heavenly bliss to the depths of sorrow and guilt for the inhumanity of man. Guilt because I have found that we are all moving and observing splinters of the Great Spirit, 'all one'. I was fortunate in meeting a free therapist who used EMDR and it worked miraculously on eliminating my deepest 7 trauma that plagued me with debilitating bouts of cPTSD, what a blessing. He also taught how to self administer the EMDR procedure giving me a powerful tool. So, in spite of being a lonely old fool, I have hope, mostly love life and the World we get to play on. And I play with a really loving wonder dog. Life is such a blessing. I will study and practice DBT the best I can alone.

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