DBT was originally developed to help people with thoughts of suicide manage overwhelming distress. DBT teaches you to replace unhelpful behaviors with skills like mindfulness and distress tolerance.

While some emotional issues and disorders can be treated with a variety of approaches and practices, certain mental health symptoms may benefit most from a highly specialized type of treatment.

DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to ...

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