Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Session

DBT is a form of verbal therapy. It is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) but is adapted specifically for people who experience intense emotions.

DBT is designed to help you:

• Accept and comprehend your difficult emotions
• Learn how to deal with them
• Develop the ability to make positive life changes
• 'Dialectical' means attempting to comprehend how two seemingly contradictory propositions can both be true. Accepting yourself and altering your behavior, for instance, may feel contradictory. However, DBT teaches that it is possible to achieve both goals simultaneously.