Full Description
In a convenient large-size format with permission to photocopy, this book provides all the handouts and assignments for six brand-new DBT skills modules focused on what comes next in recovery for people who have stabilized in DBT. These essential skills modules fill the gap for the client who is stable yet not living a fulfilling life. The DBT Next Steps skills modules include Perfectionism versus Reinforcement, Establishing and Reevaluating Relationships, Time Management, Managing Emotions Effectively, Succeeding after DBT, and Applications of Mindfulness. Developed by preeminent experts, DBT Next Steps guides clients to take concrete steps for success in work or school, relationships, and self-sufficiency. Note: The ebook edition of this title contains fillable versions of the 65 reproducible tools.
Contents
Preface
I. DBT Next Steps Overview
- Skills-Training Syllabus
- DBT Next Steps Skills Group Participation Guidelines
- Practice Professional Behavior in DBT Next Steps
- DBT-ACES Requirements toward the Recovery Goals
- DBT Next Steps Check-In Long Form with Instructions
- DBT Next Steps Check-In Short Form
- Examples of Effective Behaviors and Ways to Prevent Avoidance
II. DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Handouts
Perfectionism versus Reinforcement
- Week 1: Perfectionism versus High Achievement
- Week 1 Assignment: Exploring High Achievement over Perfectionism
- Week 2: Another Middle Road Option: Being Average
- Week 2 Assignment: Practicing Alternatives to Being a Perfectionist
- Week 3: The Basics of Reinforcement
- Week 3 Assignment: Practicing Reinforcement
- Week 4: Untraining or Making It Stop!
- Week 4 Assignment: Untraining Behavior
Establishing and Re-Evaluating Relationships
- Week 1: Developing Accurate and Ideal Maps of My Community
- Week 1 Assignment: Complete Maps Now and Ideal
- Week 2: Diving Into New Relationships
- Week 2 Assignment: Do One Thing Every Day toward New Relationships
- Week 3: Re-Establishing Existing Relationships
- Week 3 Assignment: Accurate Assessment of Two Relationships
- Week 4: Variations on GIVE: Casual Conversation and Creating Distance
- Week 4 Assignment: Casual Conversation and Creating Distance
Time Management
- Week 1: Assessment of Time versus Values and Ambitions
- Week 1 Assignment Assessment of Time versus Values and Ambitions
- Week 2: Developing an Ideal Time Map
- Week 2 Assignment: Ideal Time Map
- Week 3: Moving from the Ideal Time Map to a Trial Time Map
- Week 3 Assignment: Trial Time Map
- Week 4: Moving from the Trial Time Map to Your Schedule
- Week 4 Assignment: Moving from the Trial Time Map to Your Schedule
Managing Emotions Effectively
- Week 1: Assessment of Reducing Vulnerability Skills
- Week 1 Assignment: Assessment of Reducing Vulnerability Skills
- Week 2: Regulating Yourself When You Need It
- Week 2 Assignment: Regulating Yourself When You Need It
- Week 3: Identifying and Managing Irritability
- Week 3 Assignment: Identifying and Managing Irritability
- Week 4: Managing Anxiety with the Body and the Mind
- Week 4 Assignment: Managing Anxiety with the Body and the Mind
Succeeding after DBT
- Week 1: Practice DBT 24/7
- Week 1 Assignment: Practice DBT 24/7
- Week 2: Therapy-Interfering Behaviors
- Week 2 Assignment: Therapy-Interfering Behaviors
- Week 3: Your Future and Therapy
- Week 3 Assignment: Your Future and Therapy
- Week 4: Practice Making Non-DBT Treatment Work
- Week 4 Assignment: Practice Making Non-DBT Treatment Work
Applications of Mindfulness
- Week 1: Daily Mindful Practice and Mindfulness to Control Attention
- Week 1 Assignment: Mindfulness to Control Attention
- Week 2: Opening and Refocusing the Mind
- Week 2 Assignment: Opening and Refocusing the Mind
- Week 3: Using the Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety
- Week 3 Assignment: Using the Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety
- Week 4: Mindfulness as a Doorway Opening to Skillful Behavior
- Week 4 Assignment: Mindfulness as a Doorway Opening to Skillful Behavior
Appendices
- Appendix 1. SDBT Diary Card
- Appendix 2. DBT Next Steps Diary Card
- Appendix 3. Overview of the Role of the Life Ambition in DBT Next Steps
- Appendix 4. Community Map Example
- Appendix 5. Ideal Time Map Example
References
Index
