Description
Regulate intense emotions, change problematic behaviors, and build fulfilling relationships with this self-directed DBT skills program.
Created by psychologist Marsha M. Linehan, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based approach for managing difficult emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. In this practical guide and workbook, you will develop skills in four key areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. While traditional DBT programs take 6 to 12 months to complete and require weekly individual therapy, weekly group skills training, and regular phone coaching, Self-Directed DBT Skills distills the DBT skills into a 3-month program that anyone can access and implement on their own. Using this roadmap filled with actionable exercises, you’ll build a strong foundation for emotional well-being and create lasting change.
- Beginner-friendly DBT fundamentals that prepare you to move through a 3-month program so you can learn DBT skills without a DBT therapist
- 3-month timeline with progressive skill-building to add new skills to your DBT toolbox with weekly chapters that take 15 to 30 minutes to read
- Step-by-step exercises by DBT-Linehan-board-certified psychologists who have helped hundreds of clients build meaningful lives through DBT
Ouzola Customer (verified owner) –
This book is great for those who are looking to learn DBT skills. The book clearly and concisely walks through each DBT skill and guides you through a practice of the skill. What a fantastic resource!
Prime customer (verified owner) –
This is a visually appealing, easy-to-use distillation of DBT. I would highly recommend it to those familiar with the model or just learning about it.
D. Green (verified owner) –
This book is an important addition to the world of self-help. By explaining and guiding readers through the fundamentals of DBT, the authors have now given people in search of new skills an invaluable resource. Easy to read and straightforward, this book will help many who are looking for ways to practice mindful based self help. A+.
Elena Lord (verified owner) –
Wonderful and much needed book that helps make DBT skills, which have traditionally been very costly to learn, more accessible.
Ouzola Customer (verified owner) –
This book is a great resource for anyone who is struggling with intense emotion. It breaks down concepts in an accessible way, and provides nice visuals to accompany the content. As a therapist, I’m excited to have another tool to provide my patients.
Talia Wiesel (verified owner) –
Drs. Fehling and Weiner strike the perfect balance between warmth and irreverence. They make abstract concepts accessible and easy to understand. Complete with helpful step-by-step exercises to practice weekly and downloadable worksheets, this workbook will help people who are just starting their DBT journey or those who want a refresher after skills group and individual DBT. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!
Nikki (verified owner) –
I truly believe these are life skills for anyone and highly recommend this self-directed workbook! Drs. Fehling & Weiner describe many of DBT’s core and helpful skills in an easy to understand manner. They also include tons of practical exercises so that you can really experiment and figure out which tools will be most useful for you.
J.NYCA (verified owner) –
Comprehensive and specific in its scope of DBT skills. Appreciate how clearly the materials are laid out and how smoothly I found the workbook to flow. I plan on keeping this resource nearby as I imagine I will be referencing it often! Grateful!
RH (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful resource as a stand alone workbook for people to learn skills to better manage emotions. In addition, it will be a helpful support in my work as a clinical psychologist with people who have trouble managing emotions. It has easy to follow steps and instructions to teach people concrete and effective strategies to manage emotions and interpersonal relationships within the various aspects of their daily lives.
Amber Johnson (verified owner) –
This book is great. Very easy to understand and has some really great information. Gives just the right amount of material to work with each week. I am loving this book. Highly recommend!!
Denise Guarino (verified owner) –
This book is a game changer for anyone who wants to learn DBT skills independently! The material is clear, easy to understand, and the practice exercises are super helpful. As a psychologist, I am looking forward to sharing this book with my patients to supplement the work we are doing in treatment and would highly recommend to any loved one who wanted to learn more about mindfulness or regulating intense emotions. I highly recommend!
KR (verified owner) –
What an amazing resource– expert DBT therapists making these helpful skills accessible to all. It gives you a glimpse inside a DBT skills group at a fraction of the cost. A great way to get a foundation in the skills and see whether DBT treatment might be a good fit for you.
Sara Sebeniecher (verified owner) –
This book is great for life learning skills.
Pretti Eyed Dimplez (verified owner) –
Great way to try and understand your self more in depth. Many suffer from Mental health illness but are afraid of seeking the professional help that is needed.This self paced workbook helps you to focus on how to manage behaviors and emotions.I highly recommend to everyone!
Robert Sassoon, MSW (verified owner) –
A fantastic workbook with wonderful insights. Very practical step by step tools. Have already recommended this to colleagues and clients.
Rebecca Skolnick (verified owner) –
This is a great, practical self-help book especially for people waiting to get into a DBT program or who don’t have access to a DBT program. The handouts are very user-friendly and helpful!! As a clinical psychologist, I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with managing intense emotions. So glad that a resource like this now exists.
K. Fehling (verified owner) –
Excellent resource for anyone working through mental health issues. Step-by-Step
Guide to show how to regulate intense emotions through a proven therapy —DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). Workbook provides specific action and space to note progress for 3-months of self-directed therapy. Will be sharing this book with friends seeking this life-changing therapy.
Mary Hofstein (verified owner) –
My daughter’s therapist recommended this book and it may have saved my husband’s life. It is to be done with therapy, not in the place of therapy. But if you need impetus, to get that push to get you started, you can use it for that.
Chani Itzkowitz (verified owner) –
After having gone through a few dbt books, this one really stood out. Great and easy understanding!
Jordan Levine (verified owner) –
I love this skills manual. I will share it with many of my therapy clients.