Tag: dbt
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10 Key Lessons I Learned As A Therapist From My DBT Supervisors
This year I have been working full-time as a psychology resident at a specialized healthcare setting for mental health. It has been a challenging but certainly rewarding journey. One of the rotations I am working in is the Borderline Personality Disorder clinic. The recommended treatment for BPD is dialectical behaviour therapy – a form of…
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Ways To Increase Distress Tolerance In Emotion Regulation
What is distress tolerance and why is it important? Distress tolerance is referred to as “the perceived capacity to withstand negative emotional and/or other aversive states, such as physical discomfort” (Leyro et al., 2010). Simply put, distress tolerance is our ability to handle negative experiences in a way that is consistent with our goals. Distress…
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