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Originally Posted by TeaFruit
Thank you for your reply I really appreciate it.
Well...in my experience being in the DBT group. First we had two therapist psychologist. One of them left and then this socail worker who was trained to do DBT came in. Then the other psychologist left too. So for a while it was socail worker who was trained in DBT and a student therapist. Suddenly we then had a new psychologist come in they were there for a while...maybe couple of months. Then they decided to leave too because they were going to get involved in another group therapy.
So now it's just the socail worker who trained in DBT and the student therapist.
There was at one point during class that maybe 3 of the clients got up in different times, to answer there phone and leave the room. I heard the socail worker saying "I dont have control of them room"
The person who got upset by the voices in the other room and refuse to cover up his marks he works with the socail worker outside of DBT group. I know this cause they discussed at end of group therapy what time to make the appointment.
So yeah, I dont know if I answered your question correctly but that's what happened in my DBT group so far.
I mean I dont know if thats even normal for DBT group to behave that way. I dont know if constant change of therapist in a group is good for clients since we experience sensitivity to rejection.
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I see now, after your clarifications, that the situation is more complicated than I thought.
I have read here on several occasions how there is still a lack of professionals well-trained on DBT. I guess these people who lead the groups want to do their job as well as possible but sure they also find their own struggles with people who are upon them. I mean their bosses or supervisors.
I understand very well how you are feeling and the struggles you see with going on with the therapy and your fears that it could mean a worsening for you.
I would like to be able to tell you something that could give you a light but I never did DBT, neither I did therapy in a group.
All I can tell you is that when I see a therapy is not working in a moment for me, bc of external or even internal circumstances, I take a break. And another thing that I can tell you is that I heard and read from some psychiatrists that DBT even when it’s working very well in many cases, it’s a whole program based on techniques and skills and as it’s very expensive bc it’s a whole program is used especially in extreme cases when the life of the person is in danger.
You can be taught these techniques with other therapists, and there are even also other kind of therapies that are giving great results. Scheme therapy, mentalizing, CBT and others. I read some posts where people talk about these therapies. I know mainly, the classic, CBT and I was lucky that my psychologists knew DBT techniques.
Take it as a stone in the way.