Wise Men Say Only Fools Rush In
As I have mentioned before, when Dr. Marsha Linehan created DBT as a therapeutic technique, she designed it so the concept of mindfulness serves as the foundation of DBT. The reason for this is that it sets the stage for many of the other concepts, techniques, and coping strategies that DBT teaches. This leads me […]
Step by Step: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
In my previous post, I mentioned a type of therapeutic style called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (affectionately called DBT for short, so let’s go with that). But what exactly is it? Well, brevity isn’t exactly my strong suit, so let’s start at the beginning. DBT was first brought into the realm of mainstream therapy in the […]