The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress ToleranceBy a distinguished team of authors, this workbook offers readers unprecedented access to the core skills of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), formerly available only through complicated professional books and a small handful of topical workbooks. These straightforward, step-by-step exercises will bring DBT core skills to thousands who need it. |
Contents
Basic Distress Tolerance Skills | 1 |
Advanced Distress Tolerance Skills Improve | 54 |
Basic Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills | 374 |
Advanced Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills | 422 |
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