Paulette K. Trueblood
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Learning the skills to regulate emotions related to anxiety, anger and depression. Specifically: 1. Mindful Living: Involves learning to live more fully in the present rather than dwelling in the past or worrying about the future. 2. Distress Tolerance: Involves tolerating and accepting crisis situations and then finding ways to be as effective as possible. 3. Emotional Regulation: Involves managing intense emotion that can interfere with functioning effectively in life. 4. Interpersonal Effectiveness: Involves improving communication, assertiveness, and problem solving. DBT is collaborative. Patients are asked to be actively involved in the treatment by giving their input, doing homework, practicing skills.