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DBT - Learn about the therapy that saved Selena Gomez

At the age of 23, singer Selena Gomez has an estimated fortune of over $ 45 million, built since the beginning of her career when working for Disney.
She is currently the person with more Instagram followers, 113 million - “I was always very vulnerable with my fans. Sometimes I say things I shouldn't, but I feel I need to be honest with them. ”

“As soon as I became the most followed person on Instagram, I kind of freaked out. It had consumed me so much. I slept and woke up from it, I was addicted and it felt like I was seeing things I didn't want to see, like, I was putting things in my head that I didn't want to think about. I always ended up feeling terrible when I looked at Instagram. That's why I was kind of out of breath, almost a ghost. ”

Last year, Selena interrupted the Revival tour, with 30 shows to go, and was admitted to a rehab clinic in Tennessee, USA. "I cried on stage more often than I can count ... Tours are very lonely for me. My self-esteem was terrible. I was depressed, anxious. I started having panic attacks just before going onstage, or soon after." get out of it, "Selena revealed to Vogue Americana, April 17 issue.

The singer spent three months in a rehab clinic, where she ran out of cell phone and underwent individual therapy and skill training group - "You have no idea how good it was to be with only six real girls, guys normal that I didn't give a shit who I was, who were just fighting for their lives ".

Dialectic Behavior Therapy was the treatment with the most positive results for Selena during her hospitalization. The singer goes on treatment after her rehab.
"It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it was also the best thing I've ever done ... DBT has completely changed my life."

CEFI has a team that specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which since January 2015 has been providing care to patients in individual psychotherapy and since August 2015 has provided Skills training for adults.
In 2016, it started with training for parents and relatives of people with emotional dysregulation.
This year innovates once again, bringing to the community, DBT-based skills training for teens.
Interested? Schedule an interview at 51 3346.1525.
Text: Psychiatrist Cláudia Muñoz