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SO WHAT IS DBT? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is about learning tools and skills to empower you to be as effective as you can be in your life. These tools and skills can be used nearly every day, in most situations, and in a variety of relationships. It is about defining for yourself what a life worth living looks like. DBT covers the following four content areas: MINDFULNESS: Learning how to truly be in the here and now DISTRESS TOLERANCE: Handling a crisis without making it worse for yourself EMOTIONAL REGULATION: Learning how to experience and express emotions effectively INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS: Learning how to effectively ask for what you want, need, and deserve and say no to what you don’t want, don’t need, don’t deserve Dialectical Behavioral Therapy di · a · lec · tic adjective, also dialectical 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of logical argumentation. 9. noun, the juxtaposition or interaction of conflicting ideas, forces, etc. What are dialectics? Dialectics are things that seem to be in conflict and yet they are both real and true. Dialectics are the art of holding two or more things in balance that are in conflict, contrary, or mismatched and yet they are both real or true. Being Dialectical is seeing the reality is black, white, AND a lot of shades of gray. It is about synthesizing things that seem to be in opposition. Dialectics are the kernel of truth in each person’s argument or dialogue. Being dialectical is about balancing self and others, giving and getting, needs and wants, work and play, winning and losing. Some of the ineffective dialectics that we can see in real life include: Wanting to be thin while overeating, Wanting to loved and cared about while pushing people away, Wanting financial stability while overspending Wanting to manage mental health symptoms and using alcohol or other drugs or not taking medications as recommended, Wanting to avoid trouble while breaking rules or committing crimes,

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SO WHAT IS DBT?

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is about learning tools and skills to empower you to be as effective as you can be in your life. These tools and skills can be used nearly every day, in most situations, and in a variety of relationships. It is about defining for yourself what a life worth living looks like. DBT covers the following four content areas: MINDFULNESS: Learning how to truly be in the here and now DISTRESS TOLERANCE: Handling a crisis without making it worse for yourself EMOTIONAL REGULATION: Learning how to experience and express emotions effectively INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS: Learning how to effectively ask for what you want, need, and deserve and say no to what you don’t want, don’t need, don’t deserve

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

di·a· lec· t ic adjective, also dia lectical

1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.

9. noun, the juxtaposition or interaction of conflicting ideas, forces, etc.

What are dialectics? Dialectics are things that seem to be in conflict and yet they are both real and true. Dialectics are the art of holding two or more things in balance that are in conflict, contrary, or mismatched and yet they are both real or true. Being Dialectical is seeing the reality is black, white, AND a lot of shades of gray. It is about synthesizing things that seem to be in opposition. Dialectics are the kernel of truth in each person’s argument or dialogue. Being dialectical is about balancing self and others, giving and getting, needs and wants, work and play, winning and losing. Some of the ineffective dialectics that we can see in real life include:

• Wanting to be thin while overeating, • Wanting to loved and cared about while

pushing people away, • Wanting financial stability while

overspending • Wanting to manage mental health

symptoms and using alcohol or other drugs or not taking medications as recommended,

• Wanting to avoid trouble while breaking rules or committing crimes,