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From Philosophy to Therapy: Dialectics in DBT
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- Dialectics integrates opposing viewpoints to gain a more comprehensive perspective and is central to DBT.
- The term dialectics originated with Socrates and was later developed by Hegel, who described the process of human knowledge evolving through the synthesis of conflicting theories.
- Marsha Linehan incorporated dialectics into DBT to help clients navigate life’s complexities and contradictions by fostering flexible thinking and reconciling opposites.
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