Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

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DBT is based upon the work of Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. who developed this treatment for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, see Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha M. Linehan ISBN 0898620341.

• Core Mindfulness Skills
  • Observe
  • Describe
  • Participate
  • Non-Judgmentally
  • One-Mindfully
  • Effectively
  • Wise Mind

• Emotion Regulation Skills
  • Identifying and labeling emotions
  • Understanding the function of emotions
  • Identifying obstacles to changing emotions
  • Reducing vulnerability to “emotion mind”
  • Increasing positive emotional events
  • Increasing mindfulness to current emotions
  • Taking opposite action
  • Applying distress tolerance techniques

• Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
  • Attending to Relationships
  • Balancing Priorities vs. Demands in Life and Relationships
  • Options for Intensity of Asking or Saying No, and Factors to Consider in Deciding
  • Objective Effectiveness
  • Relationship Effectiveness
  • Self-Respect Effectiveness

• Distress Tolerance Skills
  • Distracting
  • Self-soothing
  • Improving the moment
  • Thinking of pros and cons.
  • Radical Acceptance
  • Turning the mind toward acceptance
  • Willingness versus Willfulness.