My personal mental health journey started with psychodynamic therapy, focused on acceptance. Some excellent therapists helped me understand why I was so emotional and suicidal. My pain was validated. They helped me understand I had good reasons for being so sensitive. DBT offers ...
Robert Landy(1993), a pioneer in the field of drama therapy, encourages clinicians to view "role" as a psychological construct that represents different aspects of the self. Drama therapists believe that each individual is composed of a system of roles, orrole repertoire, that they act f...
As acceptance was incorporated into treatment, a dialectical philosophy emerged where therapists needed to balance and unite acceptance and validation with interventions that promoted change. Linehan’s work resulted in a comprehensive behavioral treatment program for patients with borderline personality ...
One way to help clients practice Willingness is to support them in identifying moments of Willfulness, or the moments when they are resisting reality. In my experience, I have found that when I ask clients to provide me with examples of Willfulness, however, I am usually met with crickets....