Many people think about their lives as something that just happens to them instead of something that they can control themselves. They drift through life reacting to the actions of others instead of taking steps on their own behalf. Such people are like rudderless boats on the ocean, completely at the mercy of the tides to take them wherever they will.
If you're new to Dialectical Behavior Therapy, commonly known as DBT, and interested in trying to learn it on your own, you will find a good deal of valuable resources here. We've structured most of the material in the Learning Center section as lessons with discussions, tools, exercises and practice assignments to make self-learning as easy as possible.