One of the core principles of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is the idea of basic assumptions. These are the beliefs that therapists hold about their clients and themselves when they engage in DBT.

The basic assumptions are:

The Basic Assumptions that therapist approach clients with when doing DBT is that:

1. all people are doing the best they can

2. That people want to improve

3. All people need to do better than they are, and try harder to be more motivated to change

4. People may not have caused all their problems but all people have to solve them anyway.

5. New behavior must be learned in all relevant contexts

6. All behaviors are caused

7. Figuring out and changing the cause of behavior is much more effective than trying to change by being judgmental and trying to blame others.

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