Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

How can Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Help?

Research indicates that DBT can be effective in helping people who have difficulty coping with their emotions or distress and/or struggle to find stability (within themselves and within their relationships). Some people, through no fault of there own, might be temperamentally predisposed to experience strong emotions (just like some people feel the cold more than others or are more sensitive to smells) and if we have this sort of temperament we might have experienced criticism or invalidation which has not helped us learn to regulate or cope with our feelings. We may have also experienced difficult or traumatic life events that leave us vulnerable to emotions like fear, sadness, despair, hopelessness and anger.

DBT is a skills based behavioural treatment that can give people techniques to regulate their emotions and reduce self destructive patterns of behaviour.