Full Description
Crafted by skillful DBT experts, this unique guide provides state-of-the-art concepts and strategies for more inclusive, effective practice with socioculturally diverse clients. The authors show how recognition and validation of clients' cultural identities and experiences of marginalization mesh perfectly with DBT principles such as dialectics, humility, beginner's mind, and a therapeutic relationship between equals. Guidance is provided for understanding and assessing clients' intersecting identities, tailoring the Diary Card and other interventions to overcome sociocultural gaps, and applying diversity concepts in both individual sessions and DBT team. The book also invites clinicians to self-reflect on how their own worldview and assumptions affect their DBT delivery. Helpful features include case illustrations, Clinician Pro Tips, and reproducible/downloadable forms.
Contents
Foreword, Pamela A. Hays
Preface
1. A Diversity of Diversity
2. Biosocial Theory and Cultural Assessment
3. DBT Assumptions from an Anti-Oppressive Lens
4. Toward a Culturally Proficient and Humble DBT Team
5. Cultural and Diversity Dialectics
6. Validation toward Addressing Racialized Stress
7. Implicit Bias and the Power of Reciprocal Communication
8. Case Management: Assessing the Power of the Client’s Environment
9. The DBT Diary Card: Diversity Considerations
10. Concluding Thoughts
Resources
References
Index
