Dialectical behavior therapy / DBT-A20-5
Skills Practice Review Card — Review journal
Review an attempt at skills practice review card and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Record one situation, a skill attempted, what happened, and an adjustment; use no risk scoring and no identifying details.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
What will you keep, change, or seek help with next time? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- What will you keep, change, or seek help with next time? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.