Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
DBT uses a CBT approach to psychotherapy. It emphasizes the psychosocial aspects of treatment (draws the relationship between a persons fears and how they relate to others in a social setting). The treatment seeks to identify individual strengths and help clients build on those strengths so they can feel better about themselves and their life. Additionally DBT helps identify thoughts, beliefs, and assumptions that make life harder “I am stupid and people think I’m incompetent” and help them learn different ways of thinking about a situation to improve overall quality of life: “I don’t need to be perfect to be respected at work”. This treatment requires homework and a commitment to wanting to improve both your personal and professional life.
Solution Focused Therapy
Solution-focused (SF) therapy is a goal-oriented collaborative approach to psychotherapy. Change is achieved through direct observation of clients' responses to a series of precisely constructed questions.The therapist focuses on addressing what the client wants to achieve without exploring the history of the problem(s) they’ve had in the past. Some first responders find this kind of therapy helps them cope with challenges they face on a day to day basis, if they are not ready to address the impact of a traumatic event. Everything has a time and place and this therapy can help individuals get through a difficult time in their lives without waking the proverbial bear.
Talk Therapy is probably the oldest form of therapy we know. Many clients report a weight being lifted off their shoulders by the mere gesture of someone “bearing witness” to their thoughts and feelings in an empathic and supportive environment. The role of the clinician is to be that witness and perhaps add insight to the situation for clarity and perspective.