No,I am going to be doing DBT therapy alone as well. I go to a day treatment program and they do not do DBT therapy there and my therapist does not know much about it either. So you are not alone. I am here for you.take care.

I am new here. Twilight Star you are not alone. My therapist suggested I find an online support group to discuss or practice the DBT skills I am learning from the book she's suggested for me. We are just getting started working through the exercises. I think she is half-heartedly getting me involved in this and half-heartedly promoting it. She really would like to see me to the local DBT program but I currently have no income and no insurance so it would be a hardship. I have recently been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in addition to other issues. I hope this group can be of help to me. I hope I can help others.

hi Twilight Star,
i am beginning DBT alone with my therapist also. i came here looking for others who are working on the skills. my therapist has never worked with dbt before so we are learning about it together. there are no dbt gtoups or trained therapists where i live.

Hi guys. Ive only just started DBT. Im really lucky because its with a very experienced DBT therapist. Id like to just stay with her but im suppose to start in a group sometime. I really dont want to, because im crap in groups and meeting new people. Im starting to think im lucky though in having the opportunity.

There are some good books out there though. The Linehan one, and the Brantley, Wood and Mckay one are really good.

I just bought the Workbook and have been stuck in the first chapter for a couple of weeks. My dilemma: being "aggressive" is good in business and sports. Is it bad in DBT? I'm playing devil's advocate, but have you wondered whether the authors are right? Don't they have a dark side, and what do they do with it?

Im not sure that any emotion is good or bad in dbt. I know that dbt itself has been empirically validated with a lot of evidence of its efficacy though. I think also that the authors have been through a lot of emotional trauma themselves, which i think is why DBT has such a compassionate feel about it.

Hi I just realized that you were replying to my question. I guess I'm struggling with my own tendency to be very passive, so I feel like my "aggressive" urges keep me involved with other people instead of just withdrawing or being quiet

Hey thats a good insight! So its a matter of learning how to relate to people without needing the aggression there to motivate you to interact? Does your book have a section on interpersonal skills effectiveness. If it is a DBT book it should have. What book do you have btw?

I'm doing it alone for now...got this website from a psychologist from another website called JustAnswer who recommended it to me...

Hi I did DBT for 4 months a year back. Mindfulness, the core of DBT, really helps me through the difficult times in particular. I had therapy in group and individual sessions.

I was lucky for awhile and had a group but now I'm on my own with my therapist, not only dealing with DBT but also bipolar .

TwilightStar, you are not the only one doing DBT therapy alone. My therapist and I are just learning as where I live DBT is not funded. However I and he are confident that it will and does help manage my diagnosis of borderline. I've only been doing it for a few weeks but am already finding it helpful. Please let me know how you are doing as I'd love to know. My therapist has suggested joining an online support group like this forum and also investing in a tablet so I can download a DBT application to circumvent the group process. Take care and keep in touch.

Whoops what a numpty I am. Totally new to an online forum, don't have a computer of my own and didn't check the dates of the posts. Hope there is someone out there who can connect with. I live in New Zealand. Anyone doing dbt with diagnosis of bpd with therapist alone be grateful if would please contact me via this website. Perhaps we could swap notes or something.

I did the group and it was ok but i am doing it again with just my therapist