DBT: Beyond the CBT Foundations
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Key Points
- We attribute our emotions and behaviors to specific circumstances.
- CBT claims that our emotions and behaviors result from our thoughts or beliefs.
- The main goal of CBT is to correct thinking errors.
- There are limitations to CBT for trauma work.
- While we can use our thoughts to mediate our emotions, our emotions also strongly mediate our thoughts.
- Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect each other at all times.
- While CBT focuses mainly on changing thoughts and behaviors, DBT has many more points of intervention.
- CBT encourages an adversarial relationship with thoughts, whereas TF-DBT recommends becoming more aware and accepting of them.
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DBT for Trauma Online Training
Learn how to support clients struggling with trauma and complex trauma without reliance on traditional exposure methods.
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