postr/StutterApril 4, 2025

Does Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT) aids stuttering recovery??

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Does Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT) aids stuttering recovery?? I recently came across Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) although it seems to be used across people with Borderline personality disorders, it seems promising for stuttering recovery- atleast for people who faced trauma because of it and have other mental health issues like anxiety, depression etc rooted from their stutter (which I assume most of us do at one point or another). Although DBT is a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), it seems promising for me because it have the “action” part. Most CBT I did stops at “cognitive restructuring” which works like this, Most people don't think I'm a not skilful just because I stutter & its all in my mind OKAY… now what?!? atleast the therapy I did never went beyond understanding myself. On the other hand, DBT had actionable steps like handling emotions, Distress tolerance, working on interpersonal relationships. I can't find any reasearch on Stuttering and DBT online. If anyone did it through private therapy, please share your experience.

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional

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Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentTherapy Experiences