When Mornings are (Really) Difficult
How Does the DBT Works Admissions Process Work?
Finding Your “Life Worth Living”
Life can feel overwhelming, especially when the negatives seem to outweigh the positives. For some, this imbalance leads to despair or hopelessness, making it hard to imagine a future that feels worthwhile. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), we believe that every life is meaningful and everyone can have a life that they experience as worth living. This blog post introduces the idea of building a “life worth living” and provide suggestions to help you start identifying your own life worth living goals.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
DBT is a comprehensive treatment for people who struggle to manage their highly sensitive emotions. DBT integrates change-based strategies (e.g., problem solving, skills training, behaviorism, exposure, behavioral activation) with acceptance based strategies (e.g., warmth, acceptance, support, validation, mindfulness). DBT includes individual therapy, skills training (usually in a group format), 24/7 phone coaching, and support for the therapist in a DBT consultation team. To learn more about DBT, visit Behavioral Tech or check out our resources page.
How Do I Know if DBT is for Me (or My Loved One)?
DBT is a treatment for emotion dysregulation. “Emotion dysregulation” refers to emotions that are out-of-control. How do emotions get to be out-of-control? Typically this results from either quick changes in emotion (i.e., from happy to intensely angry to intensely sad, back to happy again) – or a lasting negative emotional state, such as depression (Rathus & Miller, 2014). Both of these types of emotional experiences can lead to emotions being “in the driver’s seat” (i.e., determining the person’s actions), without much consideration for other things, such as long-term goals, problem solving, or potential down sides of acting on the emotions.