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

• 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 Therapy > methods.; PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.; Electronic books.

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.