Linehan Manual Structure
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What this is about
The Linehan Manual Structure refers to the organizational logic of the DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition (2015): the primary reference text for DBT skills training. The manual is organized around four core modules — Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness — each preceded by general orientation material. Within each module, the manual provides teaching notes for clinicians alongside the corresponding handouts and worksheets for clients.
Understanding the manual's structure helps clinicians navigate between the theoretical rationale, the specific teaching points for each skill, and the practical exercises and worksheets through which skills are learned and practiced.
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DBT Skills Training Program Design
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DBT Skills Training Targets and Procedures
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What Belongs to This Bundle?
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Also in: Mindfulness · Interpersonal Effectiveness · Emotion Regulation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the orienting space for noticing, observing, and inner steering before other steps become sustainable at all.
Distress Tolerance
Distress tolerance is the orienting space for crises, overwhelm, and short-term stabilization without making the situation worse.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Interpersonal effectiveness is the orienting space for goals, boundaries, protecting relationships, and self-respect in contact with others.
Foundations and training practice
The manual structure provides an overview of the teaching resource. Orientation and behaviour analysis introduces the general foundations on which the module-specific skills build.
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