Treating Addiction with DBT
Janna Price2018-09-17T21:10:01-07:00Treating Addiction with DBT DBT is a form of therapy that helps individuals struggling with addiction and substance abuse develop skills that help them recover and move forward. Short for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT is a modality used to treat various mental illnesses and disorders. This form of therapy has been particularly useful when treating addiction and substance abuse. Although it was originally intended to treat personality disorders and severe suicidal thoughts, DBT has expanded and can help just about anyone under intense stress. Treatment centers and addiction mental health professionals are increasingly using DBT more because its core tenets possess the [...]