Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured program of psychotherapy with a strong educational component designed to provide skills for managing intense emotions and negotiating social ...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed at the University of Washington by Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. DBT was originally developed to treat interpersonal chaos, intense emotional swings, ...
At the Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), our goal is to better understand the difficulties that people have in regulating or managing their emotions. Emotion regulation is what we all do to ...
Unlike traditional CBT, which focuses primarily on changing negative thought patterns, DBT emphasizes validating emotions and promoting emotional regulation. The therapy is designed to be more ...