Vulnerability Factors and Solution Analysis in DBT

Psychē, PLLC Vanderbilt University

The client’s ongoing circumstances, such as academic workload, relationship dynamics, and unhelpful advisers, are ongoing factors that may contribute to future incidents of self-harm.
In order to regain control and empowerment, the therapist and client explore alternative DBT skills.
Encourage the client to commit to removing self-harm as an option, consider long-term consequences, and engage in solution analysis to identify alternative approaches.