A step-by-step guide to healing your body and mind.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has been helping people stabilize their lives and interpersonal relationships for over 25 years.
The effectiveness of DBT has been proven through numerous published studies, and hundreds of thousands of people around the world who have participated in DBT treatment groups have experienced life-changing therapeutic effects.

And DBT continues to evolve today.
The core techniques are being used to treat more than just borderline personality disorder, which was DBT's original treatment.
Additionally, DBT has been shown to be effective in treating anxiety, depression, shame, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse relapse prevention, anger and aggression, interpersonal problems, and a variety of other issues.
Furthermore, the treatment area is expanding to include treatment for couples and adolescents.

DBT treatment procedures have also continued to evolve.
Many researchers and clinicians, including ourselves, have enhanced existing protocols by supplementing them with new and effective emotion regulation methods.
These additions include values ​​clarification, defusion, problem solving, exposure-based cognitive rehearsal, cue-regulated relaxation, compassion, meditation, new mindfulness techniques, physiological coping skills for regulating intense emotions, and interpersonal negotiation skills. Dr. Marsha Linehan, the founder of DBT, published the DBT Skills Training Manual (2015), which includes new DBT techniques she and other researchers have developed over the past 25 years.

The greatest strength of this book lies in its ability to help many people facing suffering find their own way to recovery, both physically and mentally, and ultimately to gain new insights and solutions to the many challenges life presents.
I sincerely hope that many readers will find this book, a guide to self-growth and change, as well as a practical guide to wisdom, to find courage, discover new opportunities, and tap into the healing power within them to move toward a better life.