Category: About DBT
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Overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed by Marsha Linehan in the late 1980’s and was originally developed for chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, there is strong evidence to support the effectiveness of DBT with various presenting issues. DBT is an evidence based therapy with a few underlying assumptions: you struggle…