CITATION: Chapman, A.L., Turner, B.J. & Dixon-Gordon, K.L. (2011). To integrate or not to integrate dialectical behavior #therapy with other therapy approaches?. Clinical Social Work Journal, 39, 170–179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-010-0283-4.

ABSTRACT: With mounting evidence for its efficacy in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (#BPD) and related problems and increasing dissemination nationally and internationally, front line clinicians in practice settings are increasingly aware of dialectical behavior therapy (#DBT). Indeed, it is likely that this treatment is reaching individuals who practice from a variety of theoretical frameworks, such as psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, or some combination thereof. Therefore, this paper considers the ways in which DBT is an #integrative approach, as well as the issues that may arise in the integration of DBT with other theoretical frameworks or with practices spawned by these alternative frameworks. We recommend that therapists practicing DBT adhere to the behavioral and dialectical theoretical foundations of the approach, in order to provide #therapy that is effective, coherent, and consistent.

TO INTEGRATE OR NOT TO INTEGRATE DBT

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