Esta categoría se refiere a todos los comportamientos del paciente que presionan o cruzan los límites personales del terapeuta

Observing limits constitutes a special case of contingency management involving the application of problem- solving strategies to client behaviors that threaten or cross a therapist’s personal limits. Such behaviors interfere with the therapist’s ability or willingness to conduct the therapy, and thus constitute a special type of therapy-interfering behavior. Therapists must take responsibility for monitoring their own personal limits, and clearly communicate to their clients which behaviors are tolerable and which are not. Therapists who do not do this will eventually burn out, terminate therapy, or otherwise harm clients. DBT favors natural over arbitrary limits. Thus limits will vary between therapists and within the same therapist over time and circumstances. Limits should also be presented as for the good of a therapist or treatment agency, not for the good of a client. The effect of this is that while clients may argue about what is in their own best interests, they do not have ultimate say over what is good for their therapists. Also, for adolescents this approach is often refreshing, compared to hearing parents’ requests of them as being “for their own good.”

DBT (Terapia Dialéctico Comportamental) www.grupoact.com.ar