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To be effective in the work they do, therapists delivering DBT treatment must stay motivated to work with patients, particularly those patients whose behaviors they find challenging. Many therapists find the work with patients who have BPD and related conditions to be very rewarding, while at the same time, their patients’ intense emotions and at times self-endangering behaviors can lead to therapist burnout and despair.

Therapists who provide DBT are required to sit on a consultation team, which is a group of other DBT therapists who meet on a weekly basis to help each other by using the same techniques that they use with their patients. Therapist burnout is essential to deal with and is applied by using consultation with the therapist, problem-solving, validation, and ongoing training and skill-building, as well as encouragement to persist in applying compassionate care. The typical consultation team meets once per week for one to two hours. We talk about consultation teams in more detail later in this chapter.