Cultivating Emotional Resilience
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a specialized branch of cognitive behavioral therapy that emphasizes the regulation of emotions and healthier coping skills. Clients at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center are realizing tremendous benefits by participating in this treatment.
Building a Life Worth Living
Our licensed therapists will work with you to define treatment goals and get you where you need to be. We can help you create a life worth living without engaging in destructive thoughts and behaviors. Learn more about dialectical behavior therapy at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center and see how we can help you get on the road to a healthy, joyful life.
WHAT IS DBT?
Dialectical behavioral therapy was developed in the late 1980s to treat chronically suicidal people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Since then, ample research has demonstrated that DBT is effective in treating a wide range of other disorders, including:
HOW DBT WORKS?
In dialectical behavior therapy, clients learn new skills to manage their emotions and decrease conflict in their relationships. DBT does this by focusing on four key areas:
MINDFULNESS
Therapists teach mindfulness skills to help clients learn how to take stock of their current situation and be aware of their emotions. When you learn how to be present in the moment and accept what youโre feeling, you can better manage your response to conflict.
Distress tolerance
Learning distress tolerance skills increases a clientโs ability to handle negative emotions in a healthy way. When you recognize that you canโt always control a situationโbut you can control how you react to itโ you are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors in an attempt to escape the negativity.
Emotion regulation
Emotion regulation teaches strategies to manage and change negative emotions that are causing problems. When you can reduce your vulnerability to emotional suffering, you are no longer controlled by your unhealthy responses to such suffering.
Interpersonal effectiveness
Interpersonal effectiveness skills help clients communicate with others in assertive, healthy ways that maintain self-respect and benefit relationships. When you know how to communicate in a thoughtful and deliberate manner, you are less likely to react impulsively to conflict.
IS DBT EFFECTIVE?
Yes, it is. Due to its emphasis on regulating emotions and adopting healthier coping skills, DBT is increasingly being used as part of a comprehensive treatment program for a variety of mental health disorders. Numerous organizations back this up, including:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration includes DBT on its National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices The National Center for Biotechnology Information calls it โa well-established treatment for individuals with multiple and severe psychosocial disorders.โ A study published in Psychiatric Times found that DBT significantly decreases suicide attempts, depression and substance use.
Benefits of DBT
The benefits of DBT at Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center Scottsdale Providence incorporates DBT as part of our comprehensive treatment program to help clients struggling with drug addiction, alcoholism, trauma and other mental illness.
Our counselors are using DBT to:
- Anxiety
- Addiction
- Depression
- Reduce self-harming behavior
- Lessen symptoms related to trauma
- Build long-lasting and sustainable self-respect
- Improve interpersonal relationships with loved ones
Transform your life with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Cultivate emotional resilience and build a life worth living without destructive thoughts and behaviors. Our licensed therapists will guide you towards goals for lasting well-being. Discover the benefits of DBTโstart your journey to a healthy, joyful life
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