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Originally Posted by stopdog
"Among other things, DBT teaches that there are five options for solving any problem: 1. Solve the problem (change the situation); 2. Fell better about the problem (change or regulate your emotional response); 3. Tolerate the problem; 4. Stay unhappy; or 5. Make things worse. Once you've decided on how you want to deal with the problem, DBT offers a variety of skills to achieve your goal."
I find this sort of thing to be incredibly condescending from those therapist guys- of course these are the choices one has. Who does not know that - and I never find having the obvious stated to be useful for me.
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I would see it as condescending, except I didn't know these were my choices...and I'm not a stupid girl...just someone who thought things "just happened" and that I had no control over anything. These are things that maybe most folks "get" from an early age but I didn't. So, having it spelled out it an easy way was very empowering for me.
I deal with some pretty complex things in my day to day life...for my "internal" stuff, I need it simplified a lot. So, having DBT explain these skills that, in an ideal world I would have been taught as a child, is very helpful.