Description
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.
Chapter
Chapter 2. Introducing DBT’s Three Paradigms
Chapter 3. The Acceptance Paradigm
Chapter 4. The Change Paradigm
Chapter 5. The Dialectical Paradigm
Chapter 6. The DBT Tree: The Structural Anatomy of DBT
Chapter 7. Goals, Stages, Targets, and Target Priorities
Chapter 8. Dialectical Dilemmas and Secondary Targets
Chapter 9. Case Conceptualization in DBT
Chapter 10. Commitment and Commitment Strategies
Chapter 11. Behavioral Chain Analysis
Chapter 13. Dialectical Strategies
Chapter 14. Skills and Skills Training
Chapter 15. Prevention and Treatment of Therapist Burnout