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Invalidation and Emotional Dysregulation in DBT’s Biosocial Model
Key Points
- Biosocial model: High degree of emotional sensitivity + invalidation over time = extreme behaviors (borderline personality disorder).
- DBT therapists work to keep invalidation to a minimum while recognizing that validating 100% of the time is not possible or advised.
- Therapist’s TIBs are examples of invalidation.
