DBT and TF-CBT UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Dialectic Behav- An evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder, also used for
ior Therapy (DBT) eating disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, substance use disor-
ders, self-harming adolescents, anger/aggressive behavior, and other personality
disorders.
2. Trauma-Focused An evidence-based approach for traumatized children and adolescents, targeting
Cognitive-Behav- specific trauma-related symptoms and improving emotional regulation.
ioral Therapy
(TF-CBT)
3. Validation Creating a context of validation rather than blaming the patient, essential in DBT
to increase emotional and behavioral regulation.
4. Behavioral Encouraging the client to change maladaptive behaviors, a key aspect of DBT to
Change improve emotional and behavioral regulation.
5. Dialectical World The foundational worldview of DBT, involving finding a balance between or syn-
View thesis of two polar opposites, such as thoughts, emotions, or behaviors.
6. Wholeness A systemic worldview seeking to understand all parts as segments of a larger, more
complex whole, a foundational assumption of DBT.
7. Polarity The systemic notion that all systems, including our interior world, are comprised
of opposite tensions, a foundational assumption of DBT.
8. Continuous The assumption of a never-ending process of change, described as thesis-antithe-
Change sis-synthesis, similar to the assumption held by solution-focused counseling.
9. Dialectic Failure In DBT, borderline personality disorder is viewed as a failure of a person to effec-
tively resolve the dialectic tensions that characterize the human mind, relationships,
and life.
10. Thesis-Antithe-
sis-Synthesis
1. Dialectic Behav- An evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder, also used for
ior Therapy (DBT) eating disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, substance use disor-
ders, self-harming adolescents, anger/aggressive behavior, and other personality
disorders.
2. Trauma-Focused An evidence-based approach for traumatized children and adolescents, targeting
Cognitive-Behav- specific trauma-related symptoms and improving emotional regulation.
ioral Therapy
(TF-CBT)
3. Validation Creating a context of validation rather than blaming the patient, essential in DBT
to increase emotional and behavioral regulation.
4. Behavioral Encouraging the client to change maladaptive behaviors, a key aspect of DBT to
Change improve emotional and behavioral regulation.
5. Dialectical World The foundational worldview of DBT, involving finding a balance between or syn-
View thesis of two polar opposites, such as thoughts, emotions, or behaviors.
6. Wholeness A systemic worldview seeking to understand all parts as segments of a larger, more
complex whole, a foundational assumption of DBT.
7. Polarity The systemic notion that all systems, including our interior world, are comprised
of opposite tensions, a foundational assumption of DBT.
8. Continuous The assumption of a never-ending process of change, described as thesis-antithe-
Change sis-synthesis, similar to the assumption held by solution-focused counseling.
9. Dialectic Failure In DBT, borderline personality disorder is viewed as a failure of a person to effec-
tively resolve the dialectic tensions that characterize the human mind, relationships,
and life.
10. Thesis-Antithe-
sis-Synthesis
