Treatment Intervention
The first stage of treatment is stabilization. Maria needs specific skills and resources to be able to self-regulate, especially with respect to her panic attack symptoms, before starting any trauma work.
DBT Interventions for PTSD: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Dialectical Thinking, and Interpersonal Effectiveness
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- Trauma-focused DBT is intended to stabilize the client’s symptoms, which is the first phase of trauma treatment in this particular case.
- DBT has five major skill sets: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, dialectical thinking, and interpersonal effectiveness.
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