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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Wellness Planner is a helpful tool to use as you work toward creating a healthier, more meaningful life—a life worth living—by balancing acceptance and change.
You can use it to:
Track your emotions and behavior
Monitor your progress
Bring structure into your day.
Use the Planner to consistently track and report on your journey to healing. It's a journal that helps you keep everything in one place, and keeps you focused on where you are and where you want to go.
In Part 1, discover the value and details of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Next, in Part 2, take the Self-Care Assessment and then get started with the Daily Self-Care Tracker. After thirty days, take a new Self-Care Assessment to see how you've grown!
Start on any date with the monthly, weekly, and daily calendars designed to help you plan for success as you practice skills and make a commitment to daily self-care.
List of contents
Foreword by Blaise Aguirre, MD
PART 1
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
Mindfulness
Distress Tolerance
Emotion Regulation
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Self-Care Assessment
PART 2
How to Use the Wellness Planner
Daily Wellness Planner
Past Year's Highlights
Next Year's Plans
Recommended Books and Websites
About the Author
About the author
Therapist, Amanda L. Smith, LMSW, is founder of Hope for BPD where she provides treatment consultation for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and case management for clients around the world. She also publishes My Dialectical Life--a daily email dedicated to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills.
Her career in mental health began when she served as the executive director of the Pinellas County, Florida affiliate of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). In 2007, she founded Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Associationa 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing advocacy, education, and support for persons diagnosed with BPD and their families.
Amanda received her MSW at Baylor University and is currently working as a DBT therapist.
