Trauma Survivors Blog

The DEAR MAN skill is part of Interpersonal Effectiveness in DBT. Its goal is to help you communicate your needs or wants in a way that is clear, respectful, and more likely to get a positive outcome.

Effectiveness is related to both Radical Acceptance and Wise Mind. Radical Acceptance and Non-Judgmentalness skills help us approach...

This DBT concept is often misunderstood. If in DBT you're advised to encounter a situation non-judgmentally, it doesn't mean that you...

Something that comes up a lot in BPD, but also a number of other disorders, is impulse control and urges. It can be so hard to not give...

This post will talk about the Pros/Cons skill. This is a distress tolerance skill. This skill is useful to help you to resist the urge...