There are some self-help strategies in DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) that I used to manage my grief. Now I want to be clear that while I used these skills, I didn’t know at the time that they were actual DBT skills but looking back, I can now identify how I used them in my grief process. I’m going to tell you what those are, and how I used them to help myself through the devastating loss of my son, Charles, to suicide.
DBT was developed by Dr. Marsha M. Linehan, an American psychologist. This methodology can apply to situations beyond … Read more...