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Building a Life Worth Living During a Pandemic and Beyond: Adaptations of Comprehensive DBT to COVID-19()

Our team at the Jefferson Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine has recently been challenged to find a synthesis between the need to adapt to circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time retaining the spirit and essential components of comprehensive DBT. This fine...

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Autor principal: O'Hayer, C. Virginia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8488180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629836
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.12.005
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Sumario:Our team at the Jefferson Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine has recently been challenged to find a synthesis between the need to adapt to circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time retaining the spirit and essential components of comprehensive DBT. This fine balance between unwavering centeredness and compassionate flexibility is central to DBT (Linehan, 1993), and has proven essential during these times of uncertainty. This short article highlights challenges and innovations faced by our DBT Team, Skills Group, individual DBT sessions, phone coaching, and also our community at large, as we strive to help our patients and team members build a life worth living during and following a pandemic.