
HAPPY BPD MONTH: DBT Wise Mind
From Bold Beautiful Borderline by Sara Abbott, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
May 15, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the DBT skill of Wise Mind, emphasizing the balance between emotional understanding and logical thinking.
Happy BPD month ya'll! Each week I'm reviewing a DBT skill as a bonus episode and this week it's DBT Wise Mind. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), “wise mind” is the state where your emotional understanding and logical thinking work together. DBT describes three “states of mind”: Emotion mind: driven mainly by feelings, urges, or moods Example: “I’m furious, so I’m quitting immediately.”Reasonable mind: driven mainly by logic, facts, and analysis Example: “Statistically, staying is safer ...
People in this episode
Host: Sara Abbott
Topics covered
- BPD
- DBT
- mental health
- emotional understanding
- logical thinking
Keywords
- BPD month
- DBT skills
- wise mind
- emotion mind
- reasonable mind
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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