Full Description
The definitive skills training manual embraced by Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) practitioners worldwide is now in a revised edition, reflecting important shifts in language, technology, and daily life. All skills, guidelines, and examples have been retained from the bestselling second edition, with updates throughout to enhance usability and inclusivity. In a convenient 8 1/2" x 11 format, the book provides complete instructions for orienting clients to DBT, structuring group sessions, troubleshooting common problems, and tailoring skills training curricula for different settings and populations. It offers detailed teaching notes for the full range of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills, and describes how to use the associated handouts and worksheets. Handouts and worksheets are not included in this book; they can be found in the related volume, available separately: DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Revised Edition.
Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
How to Use This Book
I. An Introduction to DBT Skills Training
1. Rationale for Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training
2. Planning to Conduct DBT Skills Training
3. Structuring Skills Training Sessions
4. Skills Training Treatment Targets and Procedures
5. Application of Fundamental DBT Strategies in Behavioral Skills Training
Part I Appendices
II. Teaching Notes for DBT Skills Modules
6. General Skills: Orientation and Analyzing Behavior
7. Mindfulness Skills
8. Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
9. Emotion Regulation Skills
10. Distress Tolerance Skills
Index
