The Polish Association for Dialectical  Behavior Therapy (PTDBT) was founded in December 2016 by a group of specialists who see a great need to promote methods based on scientific evidence into psychotherapy in Poland.

Currently, our association gathers specialists, psychologists, psychotherapists, pedagogues and psychiatrists who want to help and improve in helping people with emotion dysregulation, suffering from a borderline personality disorder (BPD, Borderline), engaging in dangerous behaviors and taking suicide attempts. Our association is also open to patients, family members and close relatives to people with borderline personality disorder.

The most important goals of PTDBT are the popularization of effective psychological treatments with an emphasis on Dialectical  Behavior Therapy (DBT). We are organizing self-study groups for therapists, consultation teams and we hope to organize advanced DBT  trainings in Poland in cooperation with specialists from abroad. Another area of ​​our interest is a development of knowledge and skills among families and relatives to BPD patients through the Family Connections ™ program. We know how important prevention is and therefore we are involved in the adaptation of diagnostic tools, through participation in Global Alliance for Prevention and Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder (GAP). We hope that thanks to our activities DBT will be available in Poland to people who suffer from borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation.

More information about our activities in these 4 basic areas can be found below:

We know how important it is to create a favorable environment for development for people with emotion dysregulation and borderline personality disorder (BPD). That’s why we want to support parents and relatives to BPD patients in developing their skills so that they can better support their relatives and take care of their own well-being. Therefore, in cooperation with the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD), we are launching the implementation of Family Connections ™ (FC ™) in Poland. FC ™ is a 12-week free program, in which families and relatives of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), emotion dysregulation or experiencing crises, receive the necessary knowledge, skills and support. We also want to share knowledge with family members and relatives of people with BPD, that’s why you can find useful information on our site, links to movies and radio podcastas. We plan to translate more films and publications.

We are aware that effective help is very important, that’s why we adapt reliable diagnostic tools and we would like to study the  effectiveness of DBT. For this reason, our association cooperates with „International Association for Prevention and Early Intervention for People with Borderline Personality Disorder”. We have started work on the Polish adaptation of BPD diagnostic tools for adolescents: AIDA and LOPFQ12-18 (in cooperation with specialists from the University of Basel). We also hope to examine the effectiveness of  Family Connections ™ program for families.