Borderline Personality Disorder

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Starting in June 2020, Mandarin Counseling will offer a comprehensive DBT treatment program that will include group skills training along with our current individual and consultation sessions that are already in place.

Please contact our office for more information.

Treatment of people with borderline personalilty disorder is a marathon, not a sprint.

DBT is first and foremost based on the theory that states that borderline personality disorder develops out of, and is maintained by, an ongoing transaction between emotional vulnerability and dysregulation within the individual, and an experience of invalidation from the environment. As developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., DBT has been found to provide hope to individuals.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. Its main goals are to teach us to live in the present momemt, better cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships with others. The theory behind DBT is that some people are prone to react in a more intense and out of the ordinary manner in certain emotional situations, primarily those found in romantic, family relationships and friendships. Some people's emotional levels in such situations can increase far more quickly than the average person's, attain a higher level of emotional stimulation,

Borderline Personality Disorder

DBT

Anxiety

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