Frameworks

Biosocial theory

If, before skill work, it must first be understood why strong emotional reactivity and being misunderstood reinforce each other.

Also in: Emotion Regulation

Build Mastery and Cope Ahead

When not only preparing for a single challenge, but also building a basic feeling of manageability and ability to cope with it.

Also in: Distress Tolerance

Cognitive Vulnerability

If, before making a change, it must first be understood which thinking habits perpetuate emotional problems.

Also in: Mindfulness

Commitment Strategies

When there is ambivalence about change, therapy goals are unclear, or a new commitment to a skill or target behavior needs to be built.

Contingency Management

When behavior is to be systematically shaped via reward, reinforcement or consequences.

Also in: Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Crisis Survival Strategies

When an acute crisis cannot be solved immediately and the main danger lies in making things worse through impulsive action.

DBT - Overview

If it is not yet clear which module or skill is right and therefore the overall DBT picture is needed first.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT Skills Training Program Design

When a higher-level view of the planning, composition and sequence of the training program is needed.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT Skills Training Session Structure

When clear session logic is needed for training, adaptation or understanding of the format.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT Skills Training Targets and Procedures

When a structured overview of training goals and standard procedures is necessary before going deeper into modules or individual skills.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT Strategies in Skills Training

When not only the what, but the strategic how of skills training should be understood.

Also in: Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Dialectical Strategies

When rigid positions are present, emotional escalation arises from fixed stances, or therapeutic progress stalls.

Emotion Regulation (Framework)

If it is still unclear whether fact checking, opposing action, problem solving or vulnerability reduction is the appropriate next step.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Emotional Dysregulation

Before concrete modules or skills it must first become clear what is actually meant by emotional dysregulation in DBT.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation

Functions of emotions

When, before regulation or behavioral change, it must first be understood what an emotion actually stands for in the current context.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance

General Skills: Orientation and Behavior Analysis

When a single skill is not needed immediately, but rather an overall functional orientation towards behavior and its analysis.

Also in: Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Interpersonal Values and Ratios

Before choosing an interpersonal skill, it must first be clarified whether goals, relationships or self-respect are the guiding criteria.

Also in: Mindfulness · Emotion Regulation

Invalidating environment

When, before self-blame or pure symptom description, it must first be understood what part the environment can play in escalation and instability.

Also in: Emotion Regulation

Linehan Manual Structure

If, before detailed work, an orientation overview of the structure and structure of the manual is needed.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Middle Path

When black and white patterns have to be softened so that more than one seemingly only correct position becomes conceivable.

Also in: Distress Tolerance · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Options for Solving Any Problem

When, before choosing a skill, you first have to decide what kind of answer suits the problem.

Also in: Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Reality Acceptance

When something painful has to be fully accepted because resistance makes the state worse.

Recognizing Emotions

If before emotion regulation, checking the facts or choosing a skill, it must first be recognized more clearly what is actually happening emotionally.

Also in: Mindfulness

Skills Training Target Hierarchy

When the target sequence must first be clarified before concrete interventions so that training and focus remain effective.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance · Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness

Stylistic Strategies

When it needs to become clear how therapists flexibly switch between warmth and challenge to promote change.

The DBT emotion model

If, before actually choosing a skill, a model is needed that breaks down emotional reactions into their components and points of intervention.

Also in: Mindfulness · Distress Tolerance

Validation Strategies

When it needs to become clear what validation means in contrast to agreement – or when the relationship between validation and change needs to be understood.