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Recent Examples of dialectical
Pay attention to what treatment specialty your therapist provides: Some offer specific approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy or dialectical behavior therapy.
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Bryan Cochran, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
The clinic provides dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, a form of talk therapy that aids in emotional regulation, for local youth and their families.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
Liberalism has evolved in a dialectical fashion as people’s concerns have changed.
—Alan S. Kahan, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The most common form of treatment is talk therapy, experts said, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
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Bryan Cochran, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
The clinic provides dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, a form of talk therapy that aids in emotional regulation, for local youth and their families.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
Liberalism has evolved in a dialectical fashion as people’s concerns have changed.
—Alan S. Kahan, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The most common form of treatment is talk therapy, experts said, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialectical
Adjective
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New programming strands include Director in Focus honoring Māori filmmaker Mike Jonathan, Pacific Film Showcase, and Okinawa Panorama, spotlighting regional cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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For example, the Pan-American Health Organization, WHO’s regional office for the Americas, is based in Washington, D.C.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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And Telegram itself uses standard crypto algorithms developed and certified by US government agencies, just in nonstandard ways.—
Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
27 Jan. 2021
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Despite these guidelines, healthcare providers still take measurements in nonstandard positions — with the arm resting on a patient’s lap or hanging at their side, according to study authors.—
Don Rauf,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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To push the colloquial gold envelope even further, Swift added a chain belt.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
3 Jan. 2025
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From 1948 to 1972, Waugh served as an Army paratrooper and Green Beret, the colloquial name for Special Forces soldiers.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
18 Dec. 2024
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Tennis is a difficult business; only a tiny sample size of its athletes achieve enough to become part of the vernacular.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024
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Glass-block walls nod to the Big Apple vernacular while a mural by Shantell Martin invokes the local legacy of street art.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Dialectical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialectical. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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