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Step-by-step exercises for lasting change Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) will teach you how to regulate your emotions, increase your distress tolerance, practice mindfulness, and improve your relationships.
DBT Workbook For Dummies gives you step-by-step instructions for using this gold-standard therapy, either on your own or with a therapist. Inside, you'll find exercises to help you understand yourself, build new skills, and live a calmer life. Written by the authors of
DBT For Dummies, this book can be used alongside that bestseller, or on its own. Put the concepts of DBT to work with this go-to workbook.
Inside... - Hands on workbook exercises
- Lean about emotions and behavior
- Setting effective goals
- Changing habits and reactions
- Developing distress tolerance
- Adding Mindfulness into your life
- Skills for self-soothing
- Finding Balance in your life
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Foreword xi
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with DIY DBT 5 Chapter 1: Beginning Your DBT Journey 7
Chapter 2: Digging into the Benefits of DBT 27
Part 2: Preparing Yourself for Skillful Living 41 Chapter 3: Setting a Commitment to DBT 43
Chapter 4: Being Intentional 69
Chapter 5: The Principles of Behavior 95
Part 3: Practicing DBT 107 Chapter 6: Mindfulness 109
Chapter 7: Emotion Regulation 133
Chapter 8: Interpersonal Effectiveness 153
Chapter 9: Distress Tolerance 179
Chapter 10: Walking the Middle Path 203
Chapter 11: Digging into Dialectics 221
Part 4: It Doesn't End Here: Living a DBT Lifestyle 243 Chapter 12: Living a Life without Mood-Dependent Behaviors 245
Chapter 13: Focusing on Future Self 259
Part 5: The Part of Tens 283 Chapter 14: Ten Tips for a Skillful Life 285
Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Overcome Obstacles 297
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Self-Validate 301
Index 309
Info autore
Gillian Galen, PsyD, is an instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in the treatment of adolescents and their families using DBT.
Blaise Aguirre, MD, specializes in DBT and other treatments. He is the founding medical director of the 3East DBT continuum of care at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital.
