Self-directed DBT Skills
A 3-month DBT Workbook to Regulate Intense Emotions and Create Lasting Change With Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Zeitgeist · Print & ebook · March 7, 2023
Regulate intense emotions, change problematic behaviors, and build fulfilling relationships with this self-directed DBT skills program.
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- Who it’s for
- Beginners seeking a self-guided DBT skills program
- Themes
- Mindfulness and distress tolerance, Emotional regulation, Interpersonal effectiveness
- Pacing
- Steady
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Regulate intense emotions, change problematic behaviors, and build fulfilling relationships with this self-directed DBT skills program. Created by psychologist Marsha M. Linehan, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based approach for managing difficult emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. In this practical guide and workbook, you will develop skills in four key areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
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While traditional DBT programs take 6 to 12 months to complete and require weekly individual therapy, weekly group skills training, and regular phone coaching, Self-Directed DBT Skills distills the DBT skills into a 3-month program that anyone can access and implement on their own. Using this roadmap filled with actionable exercises, you’ll build a strong foundation for emotional well-being and create lasting change. - Beginner-friendly DBT fundamentals that prepare you to move through a 3-month program so you can learn DBT skills without a DBT therapist - 3-month timeline with progressive skill-building to add new skills to your DBT toolbox with weekly chapters that take 15 to 30 minutes to read - Step-by-step exercises by DBT-Linehan-board-certified psychologists who have helped hundreds of clients build meaningful lives through DBT - Downloadable worksheets and bonus materials like a DBT Skills Cheat Sheet to reinforce skills and help you apply them to your daily life
Who it’s for
- Beginners seeking a self-guided DBT skills program
- Readers wanting weekly chapters of 15–30 minutes
Where it sits
| Dialectical Behavior Therapy | 99% |
|---|---|
| Managing Emotions | 56% |
| Mental Health | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bipolar Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Therapy
- Authors
- Kiki Fehling, PhD, Elliot Weiner, PhD
- Publisher
- Zeitgeist
- Published
- March 7, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mindfulness and distress tolerance · Emotional regulation · Interpersonal effectiveness
- Reading lane
- Bipolar Disorder