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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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