[haleylaurel]

hey everyone,

i'm in an intensive outpatient program for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on this?

DBT was pretty useless for my bipolar symptoms, I got nothing out of the program, and many of the concepts I already knew. But it is useful for those with co-morbid BPD, those that need to practice emotional regulation, distress tolerance and those that dont know about mindfulness.

[TheatreKid]

DBT was useless for me as well. I don't have BPD, and CBT worked a lot better for me.

Hmm. Both CBT and DBT have been helpful for me...sometimes.

[Sad&Bipolar]

I have been experiencing a lot of annoying anxiety, and someone suggested DBT for anxiety. I have a DBT workbook and will ask my T about helping me with it, if he feels it will help me. I am always open to try new things.

I hope you will find the training makes things better for you.

[Tawnya20]

Originally Posted by haleylaurel

hey everyone,

i'm in an intensive outpatient program for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on this?

I went through the intensive OP program for DBT the end of last year. Very helpful to me, but I still have to manage my highs and lows using the tools they taught. I found it very helpful, especially mindfulness. I wish they had spent more time on mindfulness and taught more on it. Save your notes so you can go back to them. Also, through this process my psychiatrist was able to diagnose me correctly. In comparison, I also found CBT to be effective.

[Resident Bipolar]

I enjoyed DBT. At the time I didn't find it useful but I've noticed myself using it in my daily life now. You don't really notice yourself using it at the time but I look back and realise that without CBT and DBT I would have reacted differently.

[wildflowerchild25]

The DBT program I went through was completely useless because when I was manic and borderline psychotic they treated me like I was being manipulative and attention seeking. I told my therapist something was controlling my thoughts and telling me to kill myself and she just said "think Of your life worth living goal". That would have been fine if I didn't think someone was trying to get me to die.

However some of the distress tolerance skills have been helpful in the throes of depression when my mind is (usually) clear and I have impulse control. When I'm manic/mixed it's all over because I can't control my impulses.

Definitely give it a fair trial because you might find something useful.

[bkblgma]

I haven't heard of any of these type of treatments my doctor hasn't made any suggestions to go to therapy. How do you find out about these sessions?

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[haleylaurel]

thank you all for your input.
i really enjoy going to my group as they're really supportive and are having a lot of the same thoughts as me, so it makes me feel less isolated, more understood.

to bkblgma, i was referred by my school psychologist when i withdrew from classes this semester.

[Nightside of Eden]

I found DBT very helpful for controlling anxiety, but useless for depression. It was slightly helpful with paranoia, but not a big change. I ended up dropping out of the group and doing it from the workbook on my own because all the self-harming issues in the group were only being triggering and depressing.