Adaptation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Online Modality for Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder: Experience in a Private Institution in Lima, Peru

Valdivieso-Jiménez G.; Vásquez-Dextre E.; Rojas-Portocarrero W. · Revista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria (2025) · DOI: 10.4067/s0717-92272025000300237

Resumen

Online psychotherapeutic intervention modalities, with the recent pandemic, have become increasingly more frequent. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a specific therapeutic program for people with Borderline Personality Disorder), which has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing self-harming behaviors, improving treatment adherence and global functioning. The objective of this article is to describe the experience of adapting Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in virtual care in the world and in an institution in Lima, Peru, and through three representative cases, share the advantages and disadvantages of the virtual modality. The authors conclude that there is currently no evidence to support the effectiveness of virtual Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, in-person care continues to be the most effective option and studies are required to evaluate and generate virtual care protocols in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur