Karyn Hall - What is RO DBT A Brief Introduction

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for people who suffer from emotional and behavior over-control and require interventions designed to relax rigid or inflexible control. Learn the basic differences between overcontrolled and undercontrolled coping styles, why loneliness is so important to address in treatment and yet difficult for many to overcome, and some of the basic principles of RO DBT.
Dr. Karyn Hall is the director and founder of the Dialectical Behavior Therapies Center and DBTWise in Houston, Texas. DBTWise is a training company for psychotherapists. She is the second RO DBT supervisor in the States, and is certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification in DBT. Dr. Hall blogs for Psychology Today and is the author of Mindfulness Exercises for DBT Therapists, SAVVY, and The Emotionally Sensitive Person. She is the co-author of The Power of Validation and a co-author of The Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders: From Overcontrol and Loneliness to Recovery and Connection which will be published in May 2022.