Dialectical behavior therapy skills (DBT skills) offer tips for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, The Middle Path, and interpersonal effectiveness. DEAR MAN is a subskill of interpersonal effectiveness. You can…
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Walking the Middle Path is a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill developed especially for teens and their parents. This skill helps to bridge communication between parents and teens to maintain…
Mindfulness is the foundational skill of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Mindfulness is an intentional meditation that helps you to feel more calm, re-engage your prefrontal cortex, live in the present…
Our emotions are always encouraging us to take action. Sometimes, this action would be beneficial to our situation. In other circumstances, the action wouldn’t make sense. Opposite action is a…
The DBT skill called ABC PLEASE is used to increase emotional resilience and decrease vulnerability to future unpleasant emotions. By accumulating positive experiences, building your skills and talents, and thinking…
Emotions don’t exist only to make you feel happy or miserable in their appropriate turns—keeping you on your toes so you never get too comfortable. Each emotion you’ve ever felt…
Emotion regulation is a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill to help us understand the function of emotions, the action urge that accompanies each emotion, and whether to heed or oppose…
We all experience crises in our lives. Sometimes these crises are big, like a divorce, a death, or a layoff. Sometimes these crises are small, like traffic, a long line…
A relationship is like a tall, leafy tree. A tree requires a system of healthy roots to nourish and anchor the tree. As the roots grow, the tree also grows…
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a therapeutic model for treating mental health issues. Since its development approximately 30 years ago1, DBT has become a recognized therapeutic approach for helping individuals learn…
