DBT!!
I have always been interested in learning more about DBT. I often use or refer to DBT skills so it was helpful to get a better picture of the mechanism of change and other components of DBT. I found the Crowell article to be especially interesting. The authors point out BPD can look significantly different in different individuals, making it difficult to study in addition to the general complexity of the disorder. One thought I had while reading about Linehan's biosocial theory was about the invalidating environment. Crowell and authors define an invalidating environment as one that is "[intolerant] toward the expression of private emotional experiences." Who defines if the environment is invalidating? It goes back to the idea of ontology- do the parents or does the environment have to be a certain way or can the child interpret the environment as invalidating? I know the two usually go hand in hand, but I just wondered if the environment has to be consistently invalidat...
