Poland

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 the 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 emotional dysregulation.