Featuring more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and those who treat them. All of the handouts and worksheets discussed in Marsha M. Linehan's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, are provided, together with brief introductions to each module written expressly for clients. Originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT has been demonstrated effective in treatment of a wide range of psychological and emotional problems. No single skills training program will include all of the handouts and worksheets in this book; clients get quick, easy access to the tools recommended to meet their particular needs. The 8 1/2" x 11" format and spiral binding facilitate photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print additional copies of the handouts and worksheets.

Mental health professionals, see also the author's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, which provides complete instructions for teaching the skills. Also available: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, the authoritative presentation of DBT, and Linehan's instructive skills training videos for clients--Crisis Survival Skills: Part One, Crisis Survival Skills: Part Two, From Suffering to Freedom, This One Moment, and Opposite Action.

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders. She founded a nonprofit organization, the Linehan Institute (and its subsidiary, Behavioral Tech LLC), to develop and implement effective means of disseminating evidence-based behavioral treatments. Her company Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., develops technology-based tools for providers and consumers of evidence-based psychological treatments. Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior. She is a Zen master and teaches mindfulness and contemplative practices via workshops and retreats for health care providers.

Introduction to This Book
General Skills: Orientation and Analyzing Behavior
General Handouts
*Orientation Handouts
*Handouts for Analyzing Behavior
General Worksheets
*Orientation Worksheet
*Worksheets for Analyzing Behavior
Mindfulness Skills
Mindfulness Handouts
*Handouts for Goals and Definitions
*Handouts for Core Mindfulness Skills
*Handouts for Supplementary Mindfulness Skills
Mindfulness Worksheets
*Worksheets for Core Mindfulness Skills
*Worksheets for Supplementary Mindfulness Skills
Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
Interpersonal Effectiveness Handouts
*Handouts for Goals and Factors That Interfere
*Handouts for Obtaining Objectives Skillfully
*Handouts for Building Relationships and Ending Destructive Ones
*Handouts for Walking the Middle Path
Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheets
*Worksheets for Goals and Factors That Interfere
*Worksheets for Obtaining Objectives Skillfully
*Worksheets for Building Relationships and Ending Destructive Ones
*Worksheets for Walking the Middle Path
Emotion Regulation Skills
Emotion Regulation Handouts
*Handouts for Understanding and Naming Emotions
*Handouts for Changing Emotional Responses
*Handouts for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind
*Handouts for Managing Really Difficult Emotions
Emotion Regulation Worksheets
*Worksheets for Understanding and Naming Emotions
*Worksheets for Changing Emotional Responses
*Worksheets for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind
*Worksheets for Managing Really Difficult Emotions
Distress Tolerance Skills
Distress Tolerance Handouts
*Handouts for Crisis Survival Skills
*Handouts for Reality Acceptance Skills
*Handouts for Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction
Distress Tolerance Worksheets
*Worksheets for Crisis Survival Skills
*Worksheets for Reality Acceptance Skills
*Worksheets for Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction