week 8-Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Related to Positive Social Change?

Because DBT was developed for individuals with borderline personality
disorder, it has certain assumptions about the client built into its
treatment approach. First, it assumes that the client may have poor
coping mechanisms and emotion regulation, as well as an unstable sense
of self and how to create and maintain healthy relationships with
others. It also assumes that clients may see suicide as a valid
problem-solving technique for these issues. To address them, DBT takes a
multifaceted approach that usually includes individual and group
therapy, as well as team communication and collaboration among all
treatment providers for a client.

Within treatment, DBT has a very specific and structured set of skill
sequences, grouped into four areas. Two areas, mindfulness and distress
tolerance strategies, are acceptance skills. The other two, emotion
regulation and interpersonal effectiveness techniques, are change
skills. Mindfulness techniques teach the client to observe, experience,
and accept emotions nonjudgmentally. This is the area that is most
closely related to third wave CBT. Distress tolerance techniques allow
clients to remain calm and in control when distressing situations occur,
rather than spiraling into destructive or impulsive behavior. The goal,
again, is to nonjudgmentally accept the negative situation and find
ways to deal with its pain or discomfort. Emotion regulation skills are
goal-oriented and seek to identify emotions and manage or address any
that are difficult or inappropriate. Finally, interpersonal
effectiveness skills train clients in effective ways to interact with
others so that they may maintain healthy relationships across different
facets of their lives (personal, professional, etc.). This skill area is
also related to behavioral therapy techniques.

Just as you did last week with ACT, for this Discussion, you consider
the basic tenets of DBT and evaluate its relationship to social change.

To prepare:

  • Read the articles and review the media related to Dialectical
    Behavior Therapy in this week’s Learning Resources. Consider how or
    whether any parts of this approach resonate professionally with you.
  • Consider whether DBT is related to social change.

With these thoughts in mind:

Write a 1-2 page by explaining whether you agree with
Linehan’s belief that DBT can be related to positive social change, and
why. What tenets of DBT support your position? Be specific and provide
examples to support your argument.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific
references to the Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and
citations.

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