Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for Borderline Personality Disorder

emotional dysregulation interpersonal dysregulation behavioural dysregulation cognitive dysregulation self dysregulation An ability to draw on knowledge of the biopsychosocial model that underpins DBT (which assumes that a biological vulnerability in the client transacts with an invalidating environment, and that through successive transactions the client’s dysfunctional behaviours emerge as an inevitable consequence of their experiences) An ability to draw on knowledge of the dialectical dilemmas frequently observed in BPD (e.g. where a client moves from extremes of emotional expression to a position where they act as if no emotional expression is permissible)