[Blueberrybook]

I've seen people mention DBT as a means of therapy. I Googled it, but the website I went to was long and complicated.

How does DBT differ from CBT?

[Wild Coyote]

I am not very good with words today. My apologies.

Here's a link: What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)? – Behavioral Tech

Please forgive me if it's the link to which you were referring in your post above.


WC

DBT is amazing. It teaches you very specific skills on how to manage and cope with your emotions. I've learned how to change behaviors. I've developed self esteem. Its changed my life.

[Moose72]

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

There is homework every session (once a week). Its not easy but its done in a group. Helps you think differently about things.

Originally Posted by Moose72

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

There is homework every session (once a week). Its not easy but its done in a group. Helps you think differently about things.

I wanted to add that it can be done one on one. I'm not a group therapy person, so I see my therapist alone and thus we tackle my specific problems.

Originally Posted by LostMyMuchness

DBT is amazing. It teaches you very specific skills on how to manage and cope with your emotions. I've learned how to change behaviors. I've developed self esteem. Its changed my life.

That’s good to know. I’ve been meaning to try it for months.

As others have said it's a type of therapy. It's centered a lot on mindfulness. I learned a few specific skills while IP like opposite action. I think it's helpful.

[yellow_fleurs]

I was about to send a link, then realized Wild Coyote already sent the same one. I think the video on that webpage summarizes things well. I believe there is a growing body of research that it is helpful for both bipolar disorder and eating disorder recovery. It includes a focus on mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation. It includes both group and individual therapy I believe, so it would hopefully provide you with a lot of support. I am looking into it myself.

[MistressStayc]

This might be an odd question but does anyone know if DBT is something appropriate for and used for children in therapy?

Sorry to hijack the thread but I am unfamiliar with DBT as well. Thanks for posting this question.

[yellow_fleurs]

I know it is used for adolescents, but I am not sure how young. I don't know if it would be used for young children, because it might not be appropriate for their developmental level, but I could imagine some components of it still being useful.

[Blueberrybook]

DBT is a type of CBT, am I understanding correctly? It sounds like something I should look into, but today I am focused on getting that therapy scheduled. This therapist does say she uses CBT, which was the type of therapy I needed to get past (mostly) my eating disorder. I say mostly because I don’t know if I can ever rid myself of all the thoughts (you can imagine New Year’s is a horrible time for people with an ED, more fat loss ads than usual on the TV, the car radio,magazines...well I don’t know if it is even possible to pick up a woman’s magazine any time of year that does not have 1 article or more on weight loss and exercise unless it is a recipe magazine, all the New Year’s Resolutions posted all over Facebook, everyone posting excercise and weight loss updates, some with pictures. Then, a month or so later, those posts tend to become nearly 0 until the next New Year. So yeah, even when normal weight and recovered in eating, those ED thoughts will still be lurking. Such as I will think I need to make a weight loss resolution for the new year. Mostly, it’s little thoughts here and there, things you have to just put out of you mind and consciously not act on them. That is the most progress I made in terms of ED therapy, but overall, better than a lot of others with EDs and fortunately with less permanent damage to my body other than osteopenia. Of course, there are times you have fewer of those intrusive thoughts, but they do tend to resurface with weight loss (in my case an unintentional weight loss of 10 lb. in 6 days for the hospital course of treatment for a perforated ulcer). And as an added irony, some part of that ulcer surgery was very similar to getting a gastric sleeve according to the gastro doc. Then, you add in my over exercise, also a coping mechanism that works to a point then fails me. And stress, stress, stress, and more stress.