Understanding the PLEASE Skill from DBT
Understanding the PLEASE Skill from DBT In Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), patients learn to regulate emotions in order to live more balanced lives. One of the many tools that DBT provides is the PLEASE skill. With this skill, patients learn to take care of the body’s most basic physical needs. When these needs are taken care of, people are better able to make healthy…
Dialectic Behavioral Therapy
Dialectic Behavioral Therapy: What Is It and Does It Work? Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that is particularly effective for people with certain mental health conditions. Although developed to help people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), this form of therapy has been modified to help people with many other disorders as well. Typically, DBT consists of one-on-one…