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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, And Distress Tolerance
by
Matthew McKay (Goodreads Author),
Jeffrey C. Wood, Jeffrey Brantley
A Clear and Effective Approach to Learning DBT Skills
First developed for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, especially for those characterized by overwhelming emotions. Research shows that DBT can improve your ability to handle distress without losing co...more
First developed for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, especially for those characterized by overwhelming emotions. Research shows that DBT can improve your ability to handle distress without losing co...more
Paperback, 241 pages
Published
2007
by New Harbinger Publications
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Oct 08, 2011
Songs and Sonnets
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I've tried out three DBT self-help books, and this one is by far the best. It's well laid out, easy to understand and very user-friendly. It teaches you mindfulness techniques as well as skills for getting through a crisis, improving mood, and getting your needs met in relationships. I've found these particularly useful for coping with stress.
One of the things I like about this book is it doesn't make any assumptions about the reader, or target a particular mental health problem. DBT was origin...more
One of the things I like about this book is it doesn't make any assumptions about the reader, or target a particular mental health problem. DBT was origin...more
As a therapist, I'm always on the lookout for self-help books that I can recommend to clients. In the process, I'm often lucky enough to benefit from the material as well. That absolutely happened with this workbook. The authors do a great job laying out the principles of DBT in clear language accessible to any lay person. The pacing of the book makes it practical. Explanations are interspersed with exercises to put new ideas/behaviors into practice. Examples are given throughout to illustrate t...more
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Highly recommend this! I learned how to live in the moment, be a responsible communicator (which is always in the progressive learning phase), and how to see that my emotions don't have control over me, but that I can be in control of my emotions because they are triggered by external cues in my environment. To have healthy relationships with others, I must understand what I expect from myself, in the maturity level that I am currently at, not what I may have gotten stuck at d/t some trauma year...more
Amazing. I use it for inpatient crisis stabilization unit therapy groups all the time. It never fails to deliver very straightforward realness to patients who often have trouble accepting reality. For example, in one of the chapters on Emotion Regulation, we read basically that no one in life likes to be manipulated and eventually people will get sick of being subjected to your manipulative efforts and leave, thus fulfilling your worst fear. There is no B.S. in this workbook and it is RICH with...more
May 14, 2011
Elizabeth
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It's hard for me to rate this book, because I'm not part of the target demographic -- ("overwhelming emotion" isn't something I struggle with on a regular basis). DBT has been really helpful to a dear friend of mine, which is why I read the book in the first place.
When I first read it [late January, 2011], I found the stuff on interpersonal effectiveness really helpful and broadly applicable.
In the weeks afterward, though, I found myself invoking its recommendation of "mindfulness" a lot.
In rece...more
When I first read it [late January, 2011], I found the stuff on interpersonal effectiveness really helpful and broadly applicable.
In the weeks afterward, though, I found myself invoking its recommendation of "mindfulness" a lot.
In rece...more
This workbook has a lot of useful information but it is a book that you read a little, put down, read other books, come back to this, put it back down. It has useful information and it is written for the client, but it is not very engaging. It's much like reading a textbook for college. It has useful information but it didn't keep my attention. I still haven't been able to read through this book.
It seems that many people do NOT want to use great books like this to effect change in their lives that ensure a much higher quality of life. This is not the simplest workbook, but doing it, and then asking your therapist to work on sections where you see you struggle is a heck of a lot better than doing nothing! This workbook is excellent! It works if you work!
Really hard stuff. I'm not so great at the things where you have to sit there and imagine and breathe deeply and all that. But I really need to work on this. DBT is the best therapy out there for BPD. Nobody in my area does the real thing (it involves group therapy too) but Melanie is doing her best and having me do this workbook on my own.
This workbook explains the basics of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. They are Distress Tolerance, Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness. The most helpful to me is Mindfulness. This is where I remind myself to be in the moment instead of worrying about the past or future. It can be difficult, but it works. This is, of course, a workbook. Most of the exercises in it are very useful. A few were a little out of my comfort zone, but overall this is a very helpful book. I h...more
I need to practice some interpersonal effectiveness on the friend that recommended I read this book. As Mike Hoolihan says in Martin Amis' Night Train, "I felt a great failure of tolerance in me." Motive unknown, well meant certainly. If I had the time, I'd work on all exercises - there is value truly - but I do have to prioritize with a limited number of years left for me on this planet. There are 1,741 to dos on my list ahead of dialectical modification. I'm sure in my next dimension, distress...more
I use the exercises in this book with my therapy clients, both those also enrolled in DBT and those not. The sections are well explained and offer a myriad different ways to learn and apply basic DBT skills in day to day to life for a wide span of people.
I read this for my job. It was interesting, and I felt like I learned something new even though I didn't agree with everything in it.
Now more than ever before, on virtually all fronts, I've learned how to come to MY senses and mobilize compassion.
i've been slowly working through this to help me deal with my depression. it's kinda helpful.
This book is a great tool that I would like to use in my practice.
I use this almost every week with clients! Great resource!
Pretty much saved my life.
I think I've gotten what I need out of this book for now.
This workbook is really useful for anyone who wants to practice mindfulness and distress tolerance. My friend Carol trains foster care workers in DBT at her job in upstate NY.
10/9/11 - I haven't read the whole book cover to cover yet, but I know I will refer to it time and again. A truly excellent workbook for changing negative thought patterns.
10/9/11 - I haven't read the whole book cover to cover yet, but I know I will refer to it time and again. A truly excellent workbook for changing negative thought patterns.
Good at putting the DBT cookies on the bottom shelf and a good resource to use with clients.
just began using for work. the "radical acceptance" coping skill may just change my life.
I have this book on my kindle- I think that I would rather have it in traditional book form- so many interesting points.
Quite dry. I found it difficult to sit down and use, but some of the information is helpful. It's pretty basic.
Moved ot research.
Clear and easy to follow this book has been a joy to use in my practice
excellent for clinicians and clients both
People rave about this book. I got bored.
Good book for cheryl to read if only she would
A book I will revisit many times.
Feb 19, 2011
Jesseca
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Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and author of more than 30 professional psychology and self-help books which have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies. He is co-founder of independent self-help publisher, New Harbinger Publications. He was the clinical director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services in San Francisco for twenty...more
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