100 NEW RESOURCES · 20 THEMES · FIVE FORMATS
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) resources
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These resources are organized around 20 practice themes. The five formats serve different purposes; they are not 100 separate therapy techniques. Independent clinical review is pending.
Acceptance and Change Together
- Acceptance and Change Together — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Acceptance and Change Together — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Acceptance and Change Together — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Acceptance and Change Together — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Acceptance and Change Together — Review journal — 10 minutes
Wise Mind Pause
- Wise Mind Pause — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Wise Mind Pause — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Wise Mind Pause — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Wise Mind Pause — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Wise Mind Pause — Review journal — 10 minutes
Observe without Solving
- Observe without Solving — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Observe without Solving — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Observe without Solving — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Observe without Solving — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Observe without Solving — Review journal — 10 minutes
Describe without Judgment
- Describe without Judgment — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Describe without Judgment — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Describe without Judgment — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Describe without Judgment — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Describe without Judgment — Review journal — 10 minutes
One Thing with Flexibility
- One Thing with Flexibility — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- One Thing with Flexibility — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- One Thing with Flexibility — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- One Thing with Flexibility — Session activity — 30 minutes
- One Thing with Flexibility — Review journal — 10 minutes
Pause before Acting
- Pause before Acting — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Pause before Acting — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Pause before Acting — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Pause before Acting — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Pause before Acting — Review journal — 10 minutes
Short-Term Distress Menu
- Short-Term Distress Menu — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Short-Term Distress Menu — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Short-Term Distress Menu — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Short-Term Distress Menu — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Short-Term Distress Menu — Review journal — 10 minutes
Sensory Soothing by Preference
- Sensory Soothing by Preference — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Sensory Soothing by Preference — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Sensory Soothing by Preference — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Sensory Soothing by Preference — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Sensory Soothing by Preference — Review journal — 10 minutes
Pros and Cons at the Choice Point
- Pros and Cons at the Choice Point — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Pros and Cons at the Choice Point — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Pros and Cons at the Choice Point — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Pros and Cons at the Choice Point — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Pros and Cons at the Choice Point — Review journal — 10 minutes
Reality Acceptance with Boundaries
- Reality Acceptance with Boundaries — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Reality Acceptance with Boundaries — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Reality Acceptance with Boundaries — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Reality Acceptance with Boundaries — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Reality Acceptance with Boundaries — Review journal — 10 minutes
Emotion Naming and Function
- Emotion Naming and Function — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Emotion Naming and Function — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Emotion Naming and Function — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Emotion Naming and Function — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Emotion Naming and Function — Review journal — 10 minutes
Checking the Facts Gently
- Checking the Facts Gently — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Checking the Facts Gently — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Checking the Facts Gently — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Checking the Facts Gently — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Checking the Facts Gently — Review journal — 10 minutes
Opposite Action Readiness
- Opposite Action Readiness — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Opposite Action Readiness — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Opposite Action Readiness — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Opposite Action Readiness — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Opposite Action Readiness — Review journal — 10 minutes
Problem-Solving When Action Fits
- Problem-Solving When Action Fits — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Problem-Solving When Action Fits — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Problem-Solving When Action Fits — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Problem-Solving When Action Fits — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Problem-Solving When Action Fits — Review journal — 10 minutes
Reducing Vulnerability Realistically
- Reducing Vulnerability Realistically — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Reducing Vulnerability Realistically — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Reducing Vulnerability Realistically — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Reducing Vulnerability Realistically — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Reducing Vulnerability Realistically — Review journal — 10 minutes
Building Pleasant Moments
- Building Pleasant Moments — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Building Pleasant Moments — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Building Pleasant Moments — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Building Pleasant Moments — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Building Pleasant Moments — Review journal — 10 minutes
Request and Boundary Rehearsal
- Request and Boundary Rehearsal — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Request and Boundary Rehearsal — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Request and Boundary Rehearsal — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Request and Boundary Rehearsal — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Request and Boundary Rehearsal — Review journal — 10 minutes
Validation without Agreement
- Validation without Agreement — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Validation without Agreement — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Validation without Agreement — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Validation without Agreement — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Validation without Agreement — Review journal — 10 minutes
Behavior Chain with a Missing Link
- Behavior Chain with a Missing Link — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Behavior Chain with a Missing Link — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Behavior Chain with a Missing Link — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Behavior Chain with a Missing Link — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Behavior Chain with a Missing Link — Review journal — 10 minutes
Skills Practice Review Card
- Skills Practice Review Card — Concept brief — 8 minutes
- Skills Practice Review Card — Practice worksheet — 15 minutes
- Skills Practice Review Card — Clinician dialogue — 15 minutes
- Skills Practice Review Card — Session activity — 30 minutes
- Skills Practice Review Card — Review journal — 10 minutes