Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
How DBT Works
There are four main components of skills group training.
Mindfulness skills: Helping the person to remain in the present and focus on what is happening right now that is causing problems in living.
Distress tolerance skills: Learning how to put up with the emotions that hurt but cannot be changed. It helps the teen see that there are situations we find ourselves in that we do not like, but cannot change. However, in the midst of that, you can learn to tolerate the emotional outcome.
Emotion regulation skills: Learning how to change emotions so that the emotions we like will linger longer than the emotions we do not like.
Interpersonal skills: Learning how to get needs met in interpersonal relationships without compromising our self respect or the other person’s rights.