DBT Dialectics Worksheet

DBT Dialectics Worksheet Overview

You may have heard of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), but what does “dialectical” actually mean? Dialectical thinking is seeing the truth of two opposite things simultaneously, and it’s the foundation of DBT. This handout will introduce you to principles, metaphors, and examples to help you understand dialectics and how they apply to our psychological lives.

In this handout, we’ll review:

• The basic principles of dialectics
• A metaphor to understand dialectics
• Multiple psychological examples of dialectics
• The four pillars of the dialectical mindset