DBT Made Simple Quotes

“A chart review (Herman, 1986) found that 67 percent of twelve psychiatric outpatients with BPD had a history of abuse in childhood or adolescence. And a qualitative study (Bryer, Nelson, Miller, & Krol, 1987) found that 86 percent of fourteen hospitalized patients with BPD had experienced sexual abuse before the age of sixteen.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy

“In other words, when an emotionally vulnerable child is born into a family where others don’t share this trait, it’s difficult for the rest of the family to understand, and this in itself can cause invalidation as parents become frustrated with the child and don’t know how to help.”
― Sheri Van Dijk, DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy