Dialectical behavior therapy / DBT-A20-1
Skills Practice Review Card — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind skills practice review card and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Taylor tried pausing before a message and found that a written draft helped more.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A practice record can track fit without becoming a diagnostic score.
The idea
A practice record can track fit without becoming a diagnostic score.
An ordinary example
Taylor tried pausing before a message and found that a written draft helped more.
What this can look like
Record one situation, a skill attempted, what happened, and an adjustment; use no risk scoring and no identifying details.
Check the fit
What will you keep, change, or seek help with next time? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
Acceptance acknowledges the present; it does not endorse harm or remove the need for change.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What will you keep, change, or seek help with next time?
Conceptual background
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training: Fundamentals — Behavioral Tech Institute
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.