Realizing that some people needed a different kind of emotional support and skills training, Linehan created dialectical behavioral therapy. In DBT, dialectical means two opposing ideas can be ...

For someone who is struggling to understand what is happening internally (thoughts, feelings, sensations, and impulses) while also working to accept a current situation, it can be exhausting both ...

DBT was originally developed to help people with thoughts of suicide manage overwhelming distress. DBT teaches you to replace unhelpful behaviors with skills like mindfulness and distress tolerance.

Mindfulness training is an important part of DBT. In addition to keeping patients present-focused, it slows down emotional reactivity, affording people time to summon healthy coping skills in the ...