DBT Techniques

Meredith Meyer is a DBT-LBC certified clinician with over a decade of experience in teaching DBT skills to individuals, leaders, couples and families. This category will highlight techniques pulled directly from DBT.

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The STOP Skill: The Power of the Noble Pause

In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the STOP skill lives in the Distress Tolerance module — a set of tools designed to help us buy time in the moments we’re most likely to act impulsively or reactively, so we don't make things worse. It’s a skill for when your emotional temperature spikes and your thinking brain goes offline.

Meredith Meyer

Nov 34 min read

Accurate Expression: A DBT Strategy for Stronger Relationships

a small but mighty intervention to help improve our relationships

Meredith Meyer

Sep 232 min read

Frequently asked Dialectical Behavior Therapy Questions

Frequently asked Dialectical Behavior Therapy Questions answered. Can DBT help with relationships? What about non-bpd? How do DBT therapists operate? And, what is a dialect??