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This chapter describes an approach to art therapy which incorporates key components from the DBT of Linehan. The dialectic itself has been incorporated into the art therapy in different ways. It is inherent to the process of visualising what is being felt or thought and is evident in the methods adopted and the polarities they involve. Art therapy based on DBT is about learning to express and regulate emotions and achieving a more stable self-image, working on interpersonal skills and on distress tolerance. Seeing as experience is central in art therapy, they can better assimilate the theory underlying DBT than during other forms of therapy. This is the added value of art therapy in a treatment programme for borderline personality disorders.
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Haeyen, S. (2018). Working to Connect Art Therapy on the Basis of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Clients Diagnosed with a Borderline Disorder. In: Art Therapy and Emotion Regulation Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96773-8_3
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