People with borderline personality disorder struggle with pervasive emotion regulation. They are often unable to identify their feelings, lack the skills to manage their emotions, and may develop problematic behaviours — such as self-harm, suicidal thoughts and substance abuse — to help them cope.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was developed to help such people understand the relationship between emotions, thoughts and behaviours, based on the idea that changing one element also changes the others. DBT differs from other psychotherapy treatments in many ways: it looks at the patient holistically, using a custom approach that meets their treatment needs and assesses how an individual’s mental health impacts their problem and vice versa.
This course covers everything you need to know about DBT. It defines DBT and how it works to treat various issues related to mental disorders, covers its components and what is often involved in treatment, discusses the various DBT treatment modules and their focus, and outlines the benefits of the therapy.
- The meaning of DBT and how it works
- The difference between DBT and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- The components of DBT
- The treatment modules
- The mental health issues that DBT can treat
- The benefits of DBT in treating complex mental disorders
This one-module course runs for 0.75 hours. It is part of our Care courses and wider CPD Courses collection.
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