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In one study, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy-Mindfulness (DBTM) training was added to general psychiatric treatment to test its effectiveness. A module on mindfulness was developed to help clients achieve the \u201cwise mind,\u201d and focused on two sets of skills\u2014the \u201cwhat\u201d skills and the \u201chow\u201d skills (Soler et al., 2012). Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (or DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that is mainly used to treat individuals with borderline personality disorders. There is also evidence that group mindfulness meditation therapy is as effective as individual CBT (Sundquist et al., 2015). In a global climate with few clinical psychologists in relation to the need for them, and in a time when individual therapy time is limited and expensive, the proven efficacy of group-based therapy is great news. Before jumping into the \u201cdoing\u201d part of cognitive restructuring, it\u2019s important for clients to understand what cognitive distortions are, and how powerful they are in influencing one\u2019s mood.<\/p>\n
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