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The DBT Blog
Welcome to The DBT Blog, your trusted resource for all things Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Here, we explore practical tips, insights, and expert advice on managing emotional regulation, improving relationships, and building mindfulness skills through DBT. Whether you’re new to DBT or seeking deeper knowledge, our articles are designed to empower you on your mental health journey. Stay informed with the latest in DBT techniques, success stories, and tools to help you thrive in life’s challenges.
Radical Acceptance: Finding Peace in What Is
There are moments that feel unbearable—losses, health scares, old hurts, everyday frustrations. It’s normal to resist. But fighting reality often just keeps us stuck in pain. Radical acceptance (a DBT skill) is the gentle practice of stopping that fight so you can use...
A Day on the Water: Practicing DBT Skills While Paddle boarding in the Mountains
There’s something about being on a paddleboard, surrounded by alpine peaks and glassy water, that naturally invites mindfulness. But as a DBT therapist, I find that outdoor adventures like this are also a beautiful opportunity to actively practice the skills I teach...
Behaviourism with Heart: The Evolution of a Misunderstood Approach
Behaviourism in therapy has long carried a reputation for being rigid, impersonal, or overly mechanistic. Critics have dismissed it as lacking compassion or depth, especially when compared to approaches that foreground thoughts, feelings, or insight. While early...
Why DBT Certification Through the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Matters
Why It Matters That Your DBT Program Is DBT-Certified If you or a loved one is struggling with intense emotions, self-harming behaviors, or mental health challenges like borderline personality disorder, you may have heard about Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT....
From our Clients’ Perspective, Suicide is Not the Problem – It is the Solution: A DBT Therapist’s Viewpoint to Treating Suicidal Ideation
Many clinicians will be able to share a story similar to this one – you start seeing a new client, and as the therapeutic alliance becomes stronger they disclose to you that they have some very detailed suicidal thoughts, including an idea of how they might die by...
Why it is Sometimes Best to Pump the Brakes on Starting Trauma Treatment
When I talk to people who are interested in starting therapy at Inner Solutions™, a common remark that I hear from those who have endured traumatic events is that they say that they tried participating in trauma treatment, and it made their distress worse. From there,...