Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Joseph Gary, M.D., Geneva Massiello Osteen, M.D., Elizabeth Winter, M.D.

DESCRIPTION

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of psychotherapy based on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
- It was developed to treat patients with borderline personality disorder.
- It is now used transdiagnostically for chronic emotion dysregulation and recurrent suicidality.
- DBT teaches mindfulness strategies as well as dialectical reasoning, which is the process of synthesizing two opposing beliefs, thoughts, or feelings.

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