ABSTRACT
Although DBT therapists employ many traditional cognitive restructuring procedures, the core principles of the treatment lead therapists to utilize a different range of interventions to change a client's thinking. DBT includes traditional cognitive restructuring strategies such as identifying automatic assumptions, looking for evidence, challenging core beliefs and generating alternative interpretations. When trying to shape more effective thinking, however, the therapy also considers interventions such as contingency management and mindfulness. In applying the range of interventions, therapists attend to cognitive processes, as well as cognitive content.
