Special topics in counseling psychology.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment originally developed by Marsha Linehan (1993) to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). In addition to being the treatment of choice for this vulnerable population, DBT has shown effectiveness in treating a wide range of other disorders such as substance use and eating disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This course serves as a preliminary introduction to the principles and theories underlying DBT, to assessment of clients’ problematic behaviors, and to the four main behavioral skill sets in DBT: emotion regulation, core mindfulness, distress tolerance and acceptance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment originally developed by Marsha Linehan (1993) to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). In addition to being the treatment of choice for this vulnerable population, DBT has shown effectiveness in treating a wide range of other disorders such as substance use and eating disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This course serves as a preliminary introduction to the principles and theories underlying DBT, to assessment of clients’ problematic behaviors, and to the four main behavioral skill sets in DBT: emotion regulation, core mindfulness, distress tolerance and acceptance, and interpersonal effectiveness.