
17 Sep Exposure for Anxiety and PTSD
Posted at 01:28h in Uncategorized
I am DBT therapist, and find it highly effective for the the populations which it is evidence-based for treating. If an individual with BPD has a co-occurring anxiety disorder, then an evidenced based exposure treatment must be used in addition to DBT. Also, for anxiety disorders, including OCD related disorder alone, I would use an evidence-based exposure treatment.
Here is an older article discussing exposure therapy and why a lot of therapists don’t use it: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/anxiety/exposure-therapy-anxiety-disorders
18% of therapists have been trained in Prolonged Exposure for PTSD and 12% for other anxiety disorders. Marsha Linehan discusses in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch…