DBT House / DBH-A18-1
The Help-Seeking Path — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind the help-seeking path and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Riley wants to know whom to contact when familiar coping is insufficient.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A visible route can make asking for support more concrete.
The idea
A visible route can make asking for support more concrete.
An ordinary example
Riley wants to know whom to contact when familiar coping is insufficient.
What this can look like
Draw a routine support path and a higher-support path using existing care guidance and verified contacts chosen by the person.
Check the fit
What would make using this path easier? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A house metaphor is an organizing option, not a diagnostic test, safety determination, or required way to represent experience.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What would make using this path easier?
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.