The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Primer: How DBT Can Inform Clinical Practice

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has quickly become a treatment of choice for individuals with borderline personality disorder and other complicated psychiatric conditions. Becoming proficient in standard DBT requires intensive training and extensive supervised experience. However, there are many DBT principles and procedures that can be readily adapted for therapists conducting supportive, psychodynamic, and even other forms of cognitive behavioral treatments.Despite this, there is a dearth of easily accessible reading material for the busy clinician or novice.

This new book provides a clinically oriented, user-friendly guide to understanding and utilizing the principles and techniques of DBT for non-DBT-trained mental health practitioners and is an ideal guide to DBT for clinicians at all levels of experience.

Written by internationally recognized experts in suicide, self injury and borderline personality disorder, it features clinical vignettes, following patients through a series of chapters, clearly illustrating both the therapeutic principles and interventions.

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–11):
Chapter 2 When Dbt is indicated (pages 15–25):
Chapter 3 BPD (pages 27–32):
Chapter 4 BPD (pages 33–43):
Chapter 5 Understanding and treating self?harm behaviors in BPD (pages 45–62):
Chapter 6 The ABC's of DBT – the theoretical perspective (pages 63–74):
Chapter 7 The ABC's of DBT – overview of the treatment (pages 75–82):
Chapter 8 Commitment and goal setting (pages 83–100):
Chapter 9 The DBT tool kit (pages 101–123):
Chapter 10 Skills training (pages 125–133):
Chapter 11 Skills training (pages 135–151):
Chapter 12 Between?session contact and observing limits (pages 153–175):
Chapter 13 Management of sicidal behavior (pages 177–184):
Chapter 14 The Safety Planning Intervention (pages 185–192):
Chapter 15 The three C's of consultation (pages 193–204):
Chapter 16 DBT case formulation (pages 205–219):
Chapter 17 Beyond Target 1 – Therapy and “quality of life” interfering behaviors (pages 221–237):
Chapter 18 The end of treatment (pages 239–243):