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DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder

DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder

Hear from DBT trainer Clive Robins how Dialectical Behavioral Therapy can help treat Borderline Personality Disorder and how to prioritize treatment targets.

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Given the strong link between BPD and trauma, I was wondering if DBT is helpful in dealing with trauma?
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What do people with BPD think of DBT?
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How can DBT help when the issues resulting from BPD are so disruptive that therapy is unable to focus on the underlying maintaining factors (e.g. trauma and self-worth issues)?
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What tips can you give to help with clients who are not practising or utilising strategies to help regulate their emotions?
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Is there a specific order in which DBT skills should be taught and practised with clients with BPD?
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When BPD occurs in combination with other diagnoses that each flare up frequently, how do you prioritise? And how do you stay focused on one area at a time with so many issues occurring?
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Can DBT help a person overcome BPD or simply learn to manage it more effectively?
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Why is DBT the commonly recommended therapy approach for BPD?
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How does DBT treat BPD that is co-occurring with eating disorders?
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What steps does DBT outline to approach therapy interfering behaviours?
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Though I am a therapist, I would like to join a DBT group as a client and learn the skills training. Is this available?
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Teenager 16y with suspected BPD, how can she be in contact with a DBT expert online? What is your advice?
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