It is a very logical thinking, "this is how things are' sort of therapy where we stick with the facts, throw in the emotions & come up with what the best solution is & these are the skills we need to get through the rough times when things aren't going ok in life.

But that is really how when we are healthy life is lived. I have to say that our DBT group leader is awesome....She is Italian.....& has a very cute way with the american language....sometimes it takes me awhile to figure out what she was saying. She has lived through some very bad things in her own life....so she relates to applying DBT to her life as well as helping us apply it to ours. Having been a very logical person & having had an engineering career.....this fits into the way I have thought much of my life.....& makes more sense to me than all the other years of therapy where I just sat there & talked without any feedback or concepts to help me rethink the ways my thinking had gone off base. Never realized just how judgmental I have been of my life all along being a very type A personality & a perfectionist coming from a family that was anything but, it was my only way of knowing how to succeed in life & make sure I didn't end up in the same place as my parents but life doesn't always work the way WE plan & it takes some major thinking changes to be able to accept & deal with that.....which is why DBT has been the best possible therapy technique I have encountered. Our group isn't like group therapy either....it's like a college class which also suits my needs perfectly.

My individual psychologist is also very good....have been seeing her form2 1/2 years now....& getting to know her & the different way she was from my previous 13 years experiences took some time....but it fit with the DBT which she suggested & she blends in my individual therapy with the DBT of the group.....so it all makes sense....logically which for me is good because I struggle with even recognizing emotions & figuring out what to do with them other than stuff them.