The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Primer
How DBT Can Inform Clinical Practice
Published on 6. May 2013
264 pages
978-1-118-55661-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"As the authors state at the outset, it is likely mostuseful for clinicians wondering what DBT is and what it includes,as well as for non-clinicians wondering what DBT is about. Some ofthe concepts are good therapy (e.g., the emphasis on validation),whereas some are unique to DBT (e.g., the consult team). Becausesome of the elements of DBT are good practice and can beincorporated into other treatment modalities, the authors succeedin finding a middle path between ignorance of DBT and trainedpractice of allelements." (British Journal ofPsychology, 6 January 2014)More details
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Persons
Beth S. Brodsky, Ph.D. is Associate Clinical Professor ofMedical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University, and aresearch scientist at the New York State PsychiatricInstitute. Her areas of expertise include andpsychotherapeutic treatment of self-destructive behaviorin borderline disorder (BPD). She is the PrincipalInvestigator (along with Barbara Stanley)of a NIMH Excellence inEducation to develop and implement a clinical/researchcurriculum teaching Dialectical Therapy (DBT) ina medical setting. She is the author of many articles andchapters on BPD, DBT, suicide and self-injury and is a frequentlyinvited speaker on BPD, suicidal behavior and DBT. She is amember of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators atColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Barbara Stanley, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychologyin the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College ofPhysicians & Surgeons and Research Scientist at New York StatePsychiatric Institute. She is a trainer in Dialectical BehaviorTherapy for Behavioral Tech, LLC. She has been the principalinvestigator on NIH-funded grants investigating suicidal behavior,self injury, aggression and borderline personality disorder. She iscurrently conducting a treatment trial investigating the mechanismsof action of DBT and antidepressants. Along with Dr. Beth Brodsky,she is a principal investigator on an NIMH-funded grant to developa DBT training curriculum for psychiatrists-in-training. Shehas won numerous awards including the American Foundation forSuicide Prevention Research Award and the Suicide Prevention Centerof New York Research Award.
Content
About the Authors ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 3
Part I Theoretical, research, and clinical foundations13
2 When DBT is indicated: The patients, the clinicians, and theevidence 15
3 BPD: Treatable or untreatable? 27
4 BPD: Diagnosis, stigma, and phenomenology 33
5 Understanding and treating self-harm behaviors in BPD 45
6 The ABC's of DBT - the theoretical perspective63
7 The ABC's of DBT - overview of the treatment75
Part II Using DBT in clinical practice 83
8 Commitment and goal setting 85
9 The DBT tool kit: The essential DBT strategies and whathappens in the individual session 101
10 Skills training: The rationale and structure 125
11 Skills training: The four skill modules 135
12 Between-session contact and observing limits 153
13 Management of suicidal behavior 177
14 The Safety Planning Intervention 185
15 The three C's of consultation 193
16 DBT case formulation 205
17 Beyond Target 1 - Therapy and "quality oflife" interfering behaviors 221
18 The end of treatment 239
Index 245
