Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a structured therapy that focuses on teaching four core skills (mindfulness, acceptance & distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness) to help you create a good life for yourself. You work on those skills through a series of lessons and then start applying them to your life. This free guide has approximately 40 short DBT ...
DBT Distress Tolerance: Exercises, Videos and Worksheets Distress Tolerance is an extension of mindfulness in DBT. These 13 exercises are aimed at teaching you to accept distressing situations without judgment. Adding another building block to aid with emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
Interpersonal Effectiveness, the final skill of DBT, builds on the foundation of mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. These 13 exercises teach you how to navigate relationships, assert your needs, and manage conflict while maintaining respect for yourself and others.
DBT Emotion Regulation: Exercises, Videos and Worksheets Emotion Regulation, the third core skill of DBT, builds on mindfulness and distress tolerance. These 12 exercises teach you to recognize, accept and regulate your emotions. This complements the final DBT component, interpersonal effectiveness.
Ever look back on a moment and think: "Why did I do that again?" "What even triggered me?" "How did I go from fine to full-on meltdown in five minutes?" A handy DBT tool you can use to find out is Behavior Chain Analysis. This skill helps you slow down and retrace your steps. It gives you a way to break down what happened, without shame and judgment, so you can figure out what went wrong and ...
DBT Mindfulness: Exercises, Videos and Worksheets Mindfulness is the foundation skill for DBT. These 10 exercises teach you to observe your thoughts and feelings non-judgmentally, setting the stage for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.