What Is DBT, and Who Is it For?

HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• What is DBT, and Who is it For?
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: Accepting Bipolar 2 Diagnosis and Myself
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

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What is DBT, and Who is it For?

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is a specific approach to mental health therapy. DBT can be confusing; the term itself is sometimes hard to understand, and it's not always clear who benefits most from this approach. Here's a brief look at what DBT is and who it's for.

DBT comes from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). DBT emphasizes thoughts, emotions, and behaviors (Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Video). The term "dialectical" refers to the fact that people understand concepts in relationship to their opposites. Just as we know summer in the context of winter, we know depression in relation to happiness and ourselves in the context of others. With DBT, people learn to manage strong emotions by coming to understand their opposites.

There are certain aspects of this therapeutic approach that are important to know. DBT:

• Reduces black-or-white thinking
• Helps people reduce time spent in crisis
• Teaches acceptance, mindfulness, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation
• Allows people to develop and use what is called wise mind

With its emphasis on emotional regulation, DBT was originally designed to help people with borderline personality disorder. However, because its skills are so useful in helping people live a life of wellness, DBT is used with many different people with many different mental health conditions.

Related Articles Dealing with DBT

• How Radical Acceptance Can Help Your Self-Esteem
• A DBT Skill to Feel Motivated and Confident
• Communicate with Confidence Using DBT Skills
• Reasons for Suicide: When Your Brain Lies to You

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: If you’ve had practice with DBT, what was it like for you? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Mental Health Issues and Donald Trump
• Dissociation Because of the Pain of Bipolar Disorder
• Don’t Stigmatize Emotional Reactions to the US Election
• Phone Applications (Apps) and Their Effect on Mental Health
• A Plan to Get Out of Bed Despite Anxiety
• Extreme Self-Care to Help Cope with Post-Election Depression
• 3 Common Triggers for Panic Attacks
• Psychopaths Versus Those Who Experience Psychosis

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

Accepting Bipolar 2 Diagnosis and Myself

How do you come to accept a diagnosis of bipolar 2? When I walked out of the mental hospital, a week shy of my 20th birthday, I didn’t know what direction my life would take. It has been a rollercoaster ride that I am in better control of today.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. I Hate the Mentally Ill – My Ex was Bipolar and She was Evil
2. Bipolar Disorder and Drinking
3. Admitting a Child to Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: A Parent’s Perspective

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"I will breathe. I will think of solutions, I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe. And it will be okay. Because I don't quit". ~ Shayne McClendon

Read more anxiety quotes quotes.

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