DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder

[lauriecolson]

my caseworker told me she thought i would be a good candidate for dialectical behavioural therapy, but that it will involve alot of work. i really want to learn to pervcieve things and react differently to situations. has anyone had any success with this therapy?

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I have not used it personally but I do know a young woman who seems to have benefitted significantly from this approach. It is said to be the treatment of choice for borderline personlaity disorder.

 

[lauriecolson]

thanks. i'm going to try it, it seems hard for me lately to do anything that doesn't have an immediate reward, hopefully this will help.

 

[Twilight_Zephyr]

The last therapist I saw told me to look into DBT.

I moved and have not yet found a new therapist. I going to wait until my insurance kicks in. But I plan on finding one that practices this...as I think it would be the most helpful for me. I still do not know a lot about it though. I don't really stick to therapy, but I'm going to try this next time.

Just wondering if anyone has done DBT or not.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

There is another approach which is receiving attention as perhaps more effective than DBT - see [GOOGLE]Schema Therapy (Google)[/GOOGLE].

 

[Tigger]

I have been in DBT therapy for almost a year and my family and friends say I am a different person in a good way. I too can see the improvement. All I can say is go for it!