Couples DBT

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Distress tolerance

2 pieces tagged Distress tolerance.

  1. Two figures seated on a bench, the light between them soft, neither looking at the other but clearly together.

    Radical acceptance in marriage: the skill that sounds like giving up, and isn't

    A clinician's look at radical acceptance — what DBT means by it, why couples get it wrong, and how to accept what's true without resigning to it.
  2. A couple mid-argument, one partner stepping back, one hand on the counter — a pause inside the escalation.

    TIPP skills for fights that spiral: how to actually cool down when your body is already in it

    A walk-through of DBT's TIPP — temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, paired muscle relaxation — for arguments that escalate faster than thought.