DBT skills manual for adolescents

Cover; Half Title; Also from Jill H. Rathus and Alec L. Miller; Title Page; Copyright; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training: Structure and Strategies ; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Skills Training; Chapter 2. Structure of DBT Skills Training; Chapter 3. Managing Skills Training Group Sessions; Chapter 4. The Art of Conducting DBT Skills Training: Balancing DBT Strategies and Managing Dialectical Tensions; Part II. Skills Training Modules
Chapter 5. Orientation to Multifamily Skills Training Group Chapter 6. Mindfulness Skills ; Chapter 7. Distress Tolerance ; Chapter 8. Walking the Middle Path ; Chapter 9. Emotion Regulation Skills; Chapter 10. Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills; Part III. Skills Training Handouts; Orientation Handouts; Mindfulness Handouts; Distress Tolerance Handouts; Walking the Middle Path Handouts; Emotion Regulation Handouts; Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts; References; Index

From leading experts who have trained thousands of professionals in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this manual provides indispensable tools for treating adolescents with emotional or behavioral problems of any level of severity. Clinicians are guided step by step to teach teens and parents five sets of skills: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Walking the Middle Path (a family-based module developed by the authors specifically for teens), Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Designed for optimal clinical utility, the book features session outlines, teaching notes, discussion points, examples, homework assignments, and 85 reproducible handouts, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

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