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 8 1/2″ 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. Mental health professionals, see also the author’s DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, which provides complete instructions for teaching the skills. Also available: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder , the authoritative presentation of DBT, and Linehan’s instructive skills training videos for clients– Crisis Survival Skills: Part One, Crisis Survival Skills: Part Two, From Suffering to Freedom, This One Moment , and Opposite Action . Table of 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
