DBT Pros and Cons?

Pros/Cons for attending a partial hospitalization DBT program instead of going to school this semester?

I'm headed to the facility now for my second assessment, to start on Monday... but I'm having doubts. I think I'd rather be in school, and hold off on this until December when school lets out. then I can go through the month of dec and jan. But I KEEP putting it off, over and over. (I really don't want to go.)

But I'm trying to figure out what would offer the most containment for me emotionally...I feel like DBT might be triggering at a time when I already feel triggered (that being there might give me "permission" to fall all the way apart,) bc I won't have any expectation to be functional, I'll just be a mental patient.

Vs if I'm in school, bc I have to be functional to be there, and with that expectation, maybe I'll be able to meet it.... or maybe I'll just crash and burn very publicly in from of my Peers and Professors.

I don't know what the right choice is.

School seems to keep you stable. Why give that up?

If you feel DBT is going to give you permission to fall apart than it is not appropriate to take it at this time. Does the group setting and hospital environment affect you? If so maybe you can try doing DBT with a therapist (one-on-one).

I don't know how php might affect me bc I haven't tried it yet, and I can't find a therapist. The php said they had referrals and they have them to me today: 80 percent don't take my insurance and the others are an hour away from me.

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DBT is a good program. It teaches you distress tolerance, containment, emotional regulation, and mindfulness. Those are actually some good skills that might help you with whatever you are dealing with now. I would try and take it.

It depends on what you're struggling with. DBT is really helpful with behaviours like if you act impulsively or lose your temper a lot. I don't, and my SH is more of an OCD thing so I didn't get as much out of it. I did it twice.

I am taking time off grad school but there was no way I could have done it right now. How capable are you of succeeding at school right now?

I have all A's so far. But I've only taken 6 classes.

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