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IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking at the pillars, modes, and functions of DBT

Getting a handle on the DBT theoretical framework

Stepping through DBT’s stages of treatment

Considering core DBT skills

Seeing the mechanics of DBT

Using DBT to treat specific conditions

Entering the world of DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) is entering into a world that focuses on the philosophical process of dialectics, while also attending to the psychological process of behaviorism and change. Imagine entering into a therapy that tells you that everything is composed of opposites, that these opposites are all true, that everything changes except for change itself, and that the way out of suffering is to start by accepting that all of these things are true. This chapter introduces the basics.