Four Tips for DBT Therapists About TIBs
Key Points
- Therapist barriers to addressing TIB may be fears of making the patient worse, a desire to maintain a certain image, training in different psychotherapy models, a high tolerance for discomfort and ignoring or invalidating their feelings.
- If you wait for a good time to address TIB, you will never do it.
- The discomfort in the short term may pay off with preserving the relationship or even the patient’s life in the long term.
