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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) |
Mindfulness based Interventions |
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
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Developed by Marsha Linehan, DBT combines Cognitive Behaviour ideas with those from Eastern meditative philosophy. It is particularly effective with helping people who experience very strong emotions and tend to cope by hurting themselves, for example by cutting, swallowing pills, or behaving in risky ways. |
Mindfulness is the practice of focusing attention and awareness. It is based on concepts in Buddhist meditation practice, but widely used by people regardless of any religious connections. It has been found to be particularly useful in helping with pain, stress, depression, eating problems and addictions. |
ACT seeks not to change our thoughts as a pure CBT approach would, but to simply notice them and accept them. ACT uses mindfulness and acceptance techniques to help people learn to make room for painful feelings without being defeated by them. |
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Schema Focused Therapy |
Compassion Focused Therapy |
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Schema Focused Therapy has been developed by Dr. Jeffrey Young. It brings together elements from cognitive therapy, behaviour therapy, object relations, Gestalt therapy and more recently mindfulness techniques. It has been particularly useful in helping with personality difficulties and long standing depression. |
Compassion Focused Therapy has been developed by Paul Gilbert to help people who
experience high levels of shame and self- |