Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is an evidence-based treatment that was developed by psychologist Tom Lynch, PhD and his colleagues.

Not only do I believe in the effectiveness of this treatment, but there also are years of research studies to back up its efficacy. Well, it’s actually over 20 years old, but in the psychology world, it’s considered new. I am going to tell you about a relatively new approach called RO-DBT. My hope is that, in telling you about this new therapy, I might be able to help you get your journey going a bit sooner. Once you are ready for the help, you just want to get going with the journey. It’s hard enough to acknowledge that you need help in the first place. Give me a break! It’s hard enough to have crippling anxiety, as just one example, without having to search through hundreds of self-help books and therapists around town who can actually help you get better.

“Just read this book” and boom, you will have lifelong happiness and bliss. If you are in therapy, have been in therapy, or are considering therapy, then you know that there are a million different types of therapies out there, many of which proclaim to be the best approach of them all. Abby Brown, Cityscape Counseling’s RODBT Clinical Lead Tom Lynch defines self-control as: “the ability to inhibit competing urges, impulses, behaviors, or desires and delay gratification in order to pursue future goals”.īy: Dr. On the other hand, for those of us who tend towards the more overcontrolled side of the spectrum, we generally have a higher sensitivity to threat, are risk aversive, tend to withdraw more and exhibit excessive self-control.įor reference: Dr. For those of us who tend towards the undercontrolled side of the spectrum, we may be overall more spontaneous and outgoing. Where each of us lies on this spectrum depends partially on our genetics, environmental upbringing and learned coping mechanisms. Most of us are not 100% undercontrolled or overcontrolled, but rather tend to fall somewhere along the spectrum or even in the middle. The Undercontrol (UC) - Overcontrol Spectrum(OC) See more about DBT here.īefore we dive into exactly what RODBT is and how you can benefit, please take this quick quiz below to see if incorporating RODBT into your treatment with us at our Chicago practice would help you! We will email you your results!

If you have difficulty managing impulses and find yourself engaging in maladaptive coping such as self-injury, substance abuse and other compulsive behaviors, then you would likely benefit more from traditional DBT where you will have the opportunity to learn skills to better tolerate distress and regulate your emotions. This treatment will not be effective if you are prone to being more “under-controlled”. Some examples of overcontrol include perfectionism, rigidity, excessive rule following & frugality, as well as internalizing emotions and showing extreme emotional restraint. RODBT was created to help individuals with a specific range of symptoms and personality traits that fall under the umbrella of “overcontrol”. Abby Brown who has received training directly from Dr. RODBT at Cityscape Counseling is led by Dr. Cityscape Counseling is excited to be one of the first practices in Chicago to offer RODBT, a “newer” evidence-based treatment for diagnoses such as treatment resistant depression, chronic anxiety, eating disorders and those struggling with extreme perfectionism and excessive self-control.

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