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Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it.

Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment.

The function of DBT Skills is to help enhance a client’s capabilities. There are four skills taught in DBT: DBT assumes that clients are doing the best they can, AND they need to learn new behaviors in all relevant contexts. While these behaviors might provide temporary relief, they often are not effective in the long-term. Problematic behaviors evolve as a way to cope with a situation or attempt to solve a problem. This lets the therapist consult to the patient about what to do, and the therapist will only intervene on the client’s behalf when absolutely necessary. The therapist applies the same dialectical, validation, and problem-solving strategies in order to teach the client to be his or her own case manager. 2) Structure the Environment with Case Management in Individual Therapy – Case management strategies help the client manage his or her own life, such as their physical and social environments. In the standard DBT model, individual therapy takes place once a week for as long as the client is in therapy, and it runs concurrently with DBT skills training.

1) Enhance Motivation with Individual Therapy – DBT individual therapy is focused on enhancing client motivation and helping clients to apply the skills to specific challenges and events in their lives. Clients are able to understand their problem behaviors and learn how to manage situations more effectively, while the therapist maintains a posture grounded in compassionate assumptions about clients.Individual psychotherapy is a mode that serves two functions within DBT. Techniques for achieving change are balanced by techniques of acceptance problem solving is rooted in validation confrontation is blended with understanding. The techniques also are underpinned by a philosophy that recommends a balanced, flexible and systematic approach. The techniques used in DBT are extensive and varied, addressing essentially every aspect of therapy. Individual therapy is structured in stages, and a hierarchy of targets is defined at each stage. In addition to client groups, DBT principles and skills (specifically the Middle Path and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills) are taught in a multifamily group format each week. The group therapy modules include skills training in: Coaching is done throughout the entire treatment process to help clients apply what they learn to daily, real-world situations.

The treatment is comprised of coaching and therapist consultation, as well as individual and group therapy. The treatment itself is founded in a bio-social theory: that certain severe emotional disorders are a consequence of the biology of an emotionally vulnerable individual transacting with certain social or environmental circumstances that are “invalidating.” We’re also pleased to serve as a model for other treatment programs looking to employ the practices of DBT for their adolescent clients. Studies now demonstrate DBT’s effectiveness for treating youth with dual-diagnosis (mental health and substance abuse) needs. While it has been successful in treating adults, The Center was a pioneer in developing DBT therapy specifically for adolescents. Research findings suggest that DBT is successful in reducing acting-out behavior, self-injury, and inpatient treatment time. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an innovative treatment method developed specifically to treat challenging clients in a way that preserves the morale of the therapist and the client.