Featured in Psychology Today: “Struggling to Achieve Your Goals? Try Validation

Caroline Fleck is a clinical psychologist with expertise in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a treatment for borderline personality disorder. According to Fleck, DBT was the first behavioral therapy to balance an emphasis on change with one on acceptance. “The underlying message in DBT is, ‘You’re doing the best you can, and you need to do better.’ DBT therapists learn validation skills to help them communicate acceptance, which paradoxically motivates clients to change,” she explained.

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