Online Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Based on over twenty years of research, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT is a breakthrough, transdiagnostic approach for helping people suffering from extremely difficult-to-treat symptoms of emotional overcontrol, OC disorders, such as:
anorexia nervosa
obsessive-compulsive disorder
OCD
treatment-resistant depression.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT is a transdiagnostic approach is a mental health framework that focuses on shared underlying cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes; for example rumination or avoidance behaviours across different disorders, rather than focusing on specific, separate diagnostic categories. As a transdiagnostic approach Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT treats common mechanisms causing distress, allowing for more flexible, personalized interventions

Canada Online Therapy offers Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT from the teachings of founder of RO DBT, Thomas Lynch, the core theories of Lynch's RO DBT Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy. We provide a framework for implementing Lynch's Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT, RO DBT in individual therapy in our individualized care.

While traditional Dialectical Behavioral Therapy DBT has shown tremendous success in treating people with emotion dysregulation, there have been few resources available for treating those with overcontrol disorders. OC has been linked to social isolation, aloof and distant relationships, cognitive rigidity, risk aversion, a strong need for structure, inhibited emotional expression, and hyper-perfectionism. 

And yet, perhaps due to the high value our society places on the capacity to delay gratification and inhibit public displays of destructive emotions and impulses, problems linked with overcontrol OC have received little attention or been misunderstood. Indeed, people with overcontrol OC are often considered highly successful by others, even as they suffer silently and alone.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT is based on the premise that psychological well-being involves the confluence of three factors: receptivity, flexibility, and social-connectedness. 

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT addresses each of these important factors, and is the first treatment in the world to prioritize social-signaling as the primary mechanism of change based on a transdiagnostic, neuroregulatory model linking the communicative function of human emotions to the establishment of social connectedness and well-being. As such, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT, RO DBT is an invaluable resource for treating an array of disorders that center around overcontrol and a lack of social connectedness such as:

anorexia nervosa
chronic depression
postpartum depression
treatment-resistant anxiety disorders
autism spectrum disorders.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, RO DBT also treats personality disorders such as:

avoidant
dependent
obsessive-compulsive
paranoid personality disorder.

Yes you can do DBT and CBT at the same time. At Canada Online Therapy we integrate modalities to maximize your individual differences. Yes, it is not only possible but increasingly common to engage in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT at the same time. Because DBT evolved from CBT, these two modalities are highly complementary and often integrated to provide a more comprehensive approach to mental health. Benefits of an Integrated Approach: Comprehensive Care, Treats complex issues such as trauma or personality disorders, by combining cognitive restructuring with emotional resilience. At Canada Online Therapy, integrating these modalities allows for a personalized approach, leveraging the strengths of both CBT and DBT to treat concerns as depression, anxiety, and emotional regulation to make for accessible, individualized care.