RE: Psychology Addict # 51 | Self-Harm – An Overview Through the Biopsychosocial Lens
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Well done. Very informative and an interesting read. Great article overall (as always).
There is a specific therapeutic model for people who self injure. It's called dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT). It was developed specifically to treat individuals with borderline personality disorder. It's similar to CBT (in some ways) but also different in many others. It is meant to be done in a group therapy setting and specifically teaches individuals skills for coping with emotional distress without self harming. It has multiple stages of treatment as well with the first one specifically focusing on self injurious behavior and developing safety plans and alternative coping strategies. It's actually a pretty interesting model. It brings in a mindfulness element as well which is pretty cool and "behavioral chains" (I think they are called).
Anyway, thought you might be interested in that as well :)
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Hey @leaky20
Thank you so very much for adding this invaluable piece of information to our discussion. I did came across DBT through my readings about self-harm. Of, course I am interested in it! So, I truly appreciate you taking the time to inform us what it is all about as well as to compare and contrast it with CBT :)
I was unaware of its mindfulness component, though. I am definitely going to look into this!
Thank you once again leaky20 😊❤