What Are Dialectics in DBT?
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- Dialectics refers to the process of bringing together opposites and being able to view things from multiple perspectives.
- Socrates coined the term dialectics.
- Hegel articulated the sequence of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
- Healing from mental illness requires a restoration of dialectical processes, or finding the middle path between extremes.
