DBT Center of NJ

05/22/2026

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05/21/2026

There’s a growing conversation in healthcare around “deprescribing”, the careful review of medications to determine what is necessary, helpful, and evidence-based.

This matters in mental health. Many people with BPD or chronic emotional dysregulation end up on multiple medications at once and long term: one for anxiety, another for sleep, another for mood swings, another for side effects, another for fatigue or weight gain caused by the medications.

Sometimes medications are lifesaving and appropriate.
And sometimes people are being heavily medicated with severe side effects, unable to taper off safely, while the core problems remain untreated:

• emotional vulnerability
• trauma responses
• fear of abandonment
• shame
• impulsive coping
• unstable relationships
• difficulty regulating emotions under stress

DBT was never designed to “medicate away” human suffering. It was designed to build skills:

• emotion regulation
• distress tolerance
• mindfulness
• interpersonal effectiveness
• building a life worth living

Medication can support treatment, especially with co-occurring conditions like major depression, bipolar disorder, and PTSD.

But medication alone cannot teach coping skills, relationship skills, identity development, or emotional resilience.

The bigger question isn’t
"Are medications good or bad?” It’s: "Is this treatment actually helping this person function, grow, and build a meaningful life?”

That conversation deserves nuance, individualized care, and careful clinical judgment, not shame, stigma, or one-size-fits-all approaches.

05/21/2026

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05/15/2026

Shaming "attention seeking" makes things worse.
The term “attention seeking” doesn’t actually tell us much.

We often hear “they just want attention” and our responce is "Great, go test that theory."

However, the solution is not that simple. Families often say attention is never enough.
So yes, the behaviors may create attention. But attention is usually not the end of the story, it’s the beginning.

So instead of stopping at the label or judgment, we have to ask: what’s the function of the behavior? Is the person trying to feel loved, seen, safe, connected, regulated, reassured?

Once we understand the actual need underneath, we can respond to the need instead of just reacting to the behavior.

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05/13/2026

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05/13/2026

Many mental health professionals were never trained in metabolic psychiatry, leaving patients searching for answers about the connection between metabolism and mental illness. Learn how topics such as mitochondrial function, insulin resistance, nutrition, and metabolic health are increasingly discus...

05/13/2026

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05/07/2026

Covid-19 Update: Please note as of March 16th 2020 all sessions will be provided through TeleMentalHealth on a HIPAA compliant platform. Please contact your insurance company in order to understand how this will effect your reimbursement.

05/07/2026

Why Choose Empirically Based Psychotherapy?

1. Proven Results:
DBT, CBT, MBT, ERP, ACT, PE and EMDR have been shown in controlled studies to reduce symptoms effectively, especially for conditions like anxiety, OCD, depression, BPD, PTSD, and suicidality.

2. Replicability:
Structured protocols, can be delivered consistently.

3. Accountability:
They are measurable and monitorable.

4. Ethical Responsibility:
Highest efficacy, especially for serious or life-threatening issues.

05/05/2026

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Happy Birthday Marsha!

Your development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the work you’ve led over many years have had a profound impact on individuals and clinicians around the world.

With gratitude for your lasting impact and contributions to the field of mental health.

— The Behavioral Tech Institute Team