DBT Principles in Action: Acceptance, Change, and Dialectics

by Charles R. Swenson, Marsha M. Linehan (Foreword)

The key to flexible, skillful decision making in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) lies in understanding the connections between moment-to-moment clinical strategies and core principles. This lucid guide from leading DBT authority Charles R. Swenson offers clinicians a compass for navigating challenging clinical situations and moving therapy forward--even when change seems impossible. Numerous vivid case examples illustrate DBT in action and show how to use skills and strategies that flow directly from the fundamental paradigms of acceptance, change, and dialectics. Clinicians gain knowledge and confidence for meeting the complex needs of each client while implementing DBT with fidelity.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

414 pages, Hardcover

Published July 22, 2016

Reviews

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book about how to do DBT beyond teaching skills and following protocols. I find it particularly useful in bringing the spirit of DBT (e.g., acceptance, change, and dialectics) into an integrative approach to psychotherapy. (As my site does not have a full DBT program.) Valuable to any therapist working from a modality that incorporates third-wave CBT.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found many parts of this book very helpful in gaining a deeper understanding of DBT and application of the principles.

I just find this style of writing too verbose though (its actually how I write and struggle with how indirect my message seems to come out!) and get more from books written in a very direct, pointed style of writing.