The dialectical behavior therapy primer : how DBT can inform clinical practice /

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has quickly become a treatment of choice for individuals with borderline personality disorder and other complicated psychiatric conditions. Becoming proficient in standard DBT requires intensive training and extensive supervised experience. However, there are many...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brodsky, Beth S. (Author), Stanley, Barbara, 1949- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Dialectical behavior therapy. Borderline personality disorder > Treatment. Cognitive therapy > Methodology. Borderline Personality Disorder > therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy > methods Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
When DBT is indicated : the patients, the clinicians and the evidence
BPD : treatable or untreatable?
BPD : diagnosis, stigma and phenomenology
Understanding and treating self-harm behaviors in BPD
The ABC's of DBT : theory
The ABC's of DBT : overview of the treatment
Commitment and goal setting
The DBT tool kit : the essential DBT strategies and what happens in the individual session
Skills training : the rationale and structure
Skills training : the four skill modules
Between session contact and observing limits
Management of suicidal behavior
The safety planning intervention
The three C's of consultation
DBT case formulation
Beyond target 1 : therapy and quality of life interfering behaviors
The end of treatment.