Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills

Course overview

Objectives ~ Review the basic premises of DBT ~ Learn about the HPA-Axis ~ Define emotion regulation ~ Identify why emotion regulation is important and how it can help clients ~ Explore emotion regulation techniques ~ Define goals of distress tolerance ~ Discuss why some clients do not choose distress tolerance ~ Explore a variety of Distress Tolerance and Reality Acceptance Skills including STOP Pros and Cons TIP ACCEPTS Self Soothing IMPROVE the Moment Radical Acceptance Turning the Mind ~Define interpersonal effectiveness ~Identify barriers to interpersonal effectiveness ~Examine the goals of interpersonal effectiveness ~Review techniques for improving interpersonal effectivenes