Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) (Collection: Mental Health )

DBT is a form of Cognitive Behavioral psychotherapy developed by Psychologist Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Linehan has made her career working with Borderline Personality Disordered patients. Such patients frequently alternate between very different mental/emotional states (e.g., anger vs. dependency). Linehan addressed these opposite presentations by using a dialectical approach wherein anger might be worked on for a while, followed by dependency issues, followed again by anger, etc. This approach better fits the particular alternating presentations of BPD patients than do some other approaches. DBT has been *very* well studied and is currently regarded as the premier form of psychotherapy for BPD and self-harming individuals. Also, DBT is now used for impulse control problems in general. Read more about DBT here.

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