Posted by emmanuel98 on January 19, 2012, at 18:31:45
In reply to Re: Suicidal but not depressed - whats going on? » icubaby, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2012, at 22:34:34
Eastern philosphy is good. It really informs DBT with many of the same ideas -- acceptance, sitting with feelings, etc. My DBT therapist is also kind of a Buddhist and goes on meditation retreats. My sister, who is into Buddhism, tells me that Marsh Linehan was strongly impacted by Buddhist teaching and that that's where the whole DBT notion of radical acceptance comes from.
My p-doc is classically trained dynamic therapist, but he has great respect for DBT and told me he's often thought about taking courses to learn the techniques, but decided he was too old, too close to retirement.
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