Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XGR4XT8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was previously a professor at the University of Exeter and Duke University Medical Center.. He is the founder of radically open dialectical behavior therapy. Lynch, PhD, is a professor of clinical psychology and the director at the Center for Innovation in Mental Health at the University of Southampton. About the AuthorThomas R. Lynch has received numerous awards and special recognitions from organizations such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Scientific American Mind, The American Psychological Association (APA), and many more
He was previously a professor at the University of Exeter and Duke University Medical Center.. Thomas R. Lynch has received numerous awards and special recognitions from organizations such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Scientific American Mind, The American Psychological Association (APA), a
And yet—perhaps due to the high value our society places on the capacity to delay gratification and inhibit public displays of destructive emotions and impulses—problems linked with OC have received little attention or been misunderstood. OC has been linked to social isolation, aloof and distant relationships, cognitive rigidity, risk aversion, a strong need for structure, inhibited emotional expression, and hyper-perfectionism. Based on over twenty years of research, radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO-DBT) is a breakthrough, transdiagnostic approach for helping people suffering from extremely difficult-to-treat emotional overcontrol (OC) disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and treatment-resistant depression. RO-DBT addresses each of these important factors, and is the first treatment in the world to prioritize social-signaling as the primary mechanism of change based on a transdiagnostic, neuroregulatory model linking the communicative function of human emotions to the establishment of social connectedness and well-being. Written by the founder