Building My Life Worth Living
Kat shares their story of recovery with the help of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT helped her build her life worth living.
Is Your Child Self-Harming? Here’s What to Do
It can be scary to find out your child is self-harming. Here are ways to manage that situation effectively.
Introducing the New & Improved DBTSelfHelp.com
You may notice some major changes here at DBTSelfHelp.com. No, you're not lost. We're the same site, the same free Dialectical Behavior Therapy resource, but with an all-new look. Our site was created in 2001 by Lisa Dietz, a DBT graduate. This is the first major site...
Effectively Use Skills by Brent Menninger
Today’s focus is on being effective. Rather than emphasizing the end result, concentrate on conducting yourself effectively, which focuses on the most productive process, your choice to use skillful means. What works, in this sense, is a focus on continually developing skills and connecting to reality.
Learning DBT Takes Time by Lisa Dietz
This article was originally published on DBTSelfHelp.com as part of the series "Well Said." Many of us are too hard on ourselves when we struggle through our first Dialectical Behavior Therapy experience and feel like we just can't do it. I have personally been...
Intermediate Coping Strategies by Lisa Dietz
The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills are good, healthy ways to be effective. But I have found some other things, particular to myself, that are useful especially when I’m feeling rebellious or willful about using skills. Sometimes, I just can’t think clearly enough to use the skills. These are behaviors that I have found to be effective – keep me safe – but not what you would want to think of as a skill. That’s why I call them “intermediate.”