DBT Skills Training. Handouts and Worksheets

Description

Featuring more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and those who treat them. All of the handouts and worksheets discussed in Marsha M. Linehan's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, are provided, together with brief introductions to each module written expressly for clients. Originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT has been demonstrated effective in treatment of a wide range of psychological and emotional problems. No single skills training program will include all of the handouts and worksheets in this book; clients get quick, easy access to the tools recommended to meet their particular needs. The 8½" x 11" format and spiral binding facilitate photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print additional copies of the handouts and worksheets.

Author

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders.

Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior.

She is a Zen master and teaches mindfulness and contemplative practices via workshops and retreats for health care providers.

Contents

Introduction to This Book

General Skills: Orientation and Analyzing Behavior

General Handouts

*Orientation Handouts

*Handouts for Analyzing Behavior

General Worksheets

*Orientation Worksheet

*Worksheets for Analyzing Behavior

Mindfulness Skills

Mindfulness Handouts

*Handouts for Goals and Definitions

*Handouts for Core Mindfulness Skills

*Handouts for Other Perspectives on Mindfulness Skills

Mindfulness Worksheets

*Worksheets for Core Mindfulness Skills

*Worksheets for Other Perspectives on Mindfulness Skills

Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts

*Handouts for Goals and Factors That Interfere

*Handouts for Obtaining Objectives Skillfully

*Handouts for Building Relationships and Ending Destructive Ones

*Handouts for Walking the Middle Path

Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheets

*Worksheets for Goals and Factors That Interfere

*Worksheets for Obtaining Objectives Skillfully

*Worksheets for Building Relationships and Ending Destructive Ones

*Worksheets for Walking the Middle Path

Emotion Regulation Skills

Emotion Regulation Handouts

*Handouts for Understanding and Naming Emotions

*Handouts for Changing Emotional Responses

*Handouts for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind

*Handouts for Managing Really Difficult Emotions

Emotion Regulation Worksheets

*Worksheets for Understanding and Naming Emotions

*Worksheets for Changing Emotional Responses

*Worksheets for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind

*Worksheets for Managing Really Difficult Emotions

Distress Tolerance Skills

Distress Tolerance Handouts

*Handouts for Crisis Survival Skills

*Handouts for Reality Acceptance Skills

*Handouts for Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction

Distress Tolerance Worksheets

*Worksheets for Crisis Survival Skills

*Worksheets for Reality Acceptance Skills

*Worksheets for Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction