Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment: Ending Self-Harmful Behaviors through DBT
April 26, 2012 at 10:35 am in BPD Symptoms, Treatment & Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides people with Borderline Personality Disorder the skills needed to help them better regulate their emotions so they no longer feel compelled to engage in self-harmful behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Everyday Life: Acceptance and Change
April 17, 2012 at 8:25 am in Treatment & Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is considered the best available course of treatment for people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), but the lessons learned in DBT can be applied in your everyday life.
BPD Treatment: DBT in Practice
March 26, 2012 at 6:43 pm in Treatment & Therapy
“Dialectics is all about improvisation, flexibility, movement, and change,” but this must be done while still remaining true to the core principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), according to Dr. Charles Swenson.
How DBT Helps Prevent Aggressive Behavior
March 6, 2012 at 4:52 pm in BPD Symptoms, Related Conditions, Treatment & Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy seeks to teach people with aggressive tendencies to employ mindfulness techniques in order to prevent aggressive behavior. Through DBT, they learn to tolerate uncomfortable emotions by sitting with them before acting on them.
Ways to Increase Mindfulness
March 10, 2011 at 2:42 pm in Related Conditions, Treatment & Therapy
Mindfulness is one of the skills learned through Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a treatment modality developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). While the techniques have proven successful in helping to target and manage BPD symptoms, they are also worthwhile to anyone who has difficulty living in the moment.
How Does Dialectical Behavior Therapy Work for BPD?
February 2, 2011 at 11:37 am in Treatment & Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a unique and highly structured form of therapy that was developed specifically to treat people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). DBT incorporates four primary forms of BPD treatment: individual DBT therapy, group DBT skills training, telephone contact with a DBT therapist, and a DBT consultation group.
BPD Symptoms: Will I Outgrow Them?
August 20, 2010 at 5:39 pm in BPD Symptoms, Treatment & Therapy
If you are suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), you may experience a lessening of symptoms associated with the disorder as you get older. But don’t let this fool you into thinking that you can merely “grow out of” BPD. Although there is sometimes a reduction of Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms as a person ages, it is dangerous to assume that you can just wait out the disorder and hope to get better.
3 Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms DBT Effectively Treats
August 3, 2010 at 5:06 pm in BPD Symptoms, Treatment & Therapy
When it comes to treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), therapists most often turn to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT was developed as a way to help people with the disorder better manage their BPD symptoms.


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