As radically open dialectical behavior therapy was built upon traditional dialectical behavior therapy, the two share several similarities. These include:
- Both use behavioral principles
- Both use dialectical philosophy

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Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT) is a more recent form of evidence based treatment that parallels traditional DBT but targets disorders characterized by excessive control, including anorexia nervosa, obsessive compulsive disorder, and perfectionism. 

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

About RO DBT. Radically Open. (n.d.). https://www.radicallyopen.net/about-ro-dbt/. 

About RO DBT

Collins, H. (2021, March 1). How is ro-dbt different from dbt? New Harbinger Publications, Inc. https://www.newharbinger.com/blog/professional/how-is-ro-dbt-different-from-dbt/?platform=hootsuite. 

How is RO-DBT different from DBT?

Similarities between Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Genetic and biological precursors mediating emotional perception and regulation. 

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Populations that benefit from radically open dialectical behavior therapy include: 
- Patients with anorexia nervosa and other restrictive eating disorders
- Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder
- Patients who struggle with perfectionism
- Adults with autism spectrum disorders

Populations that Benefit from Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Some of the goals of radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT) that differ from traditional dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) include:
- Encourage independence of action and opinion, emphasize self-enquiry and self-discovery
- Primary therapeutic focus is external: social-signaling, openness, and social connectedness skills
- Teach clients to increase openness, flexible responding, enhance social connectedness, and vulnerable expression of emotion
- Emphasize self-enquiry and self-discovery rather than impulse control
- Target bio-temperament with specific skills via activation of neural substrates

Goals of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

- Developed for overcontrolled clients with cluster A and C personality styles
- Used to treat avoidant, obsessive compulsive, paranoid and schizoid personality disorders, but also chronic depression and anorexia nervosa
- Used for clients with avoidant attachment styles
- Core problems of clients include social signaling deficits, low openness, and aloofness

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