DBT Next Steps Clinician's Manual

Building a Life Worth Living

Katherine Anne Comtois, Adam Carmel, Marsha M. Linehan

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781462558148
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health

Developed over 25 years by preeminent experts, DBT Next Steps is a groundbreaking expansion of standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for clients who have moved beyond crisis behaviors--yet haven't achieved their goals in such areas as employment, school, and relationships. Combining skills training with exposure, contingency management, cognitive modification, and didactic strategies, DBT Next Steps fills a gap by systematically targeting quality-of-life-interfering behavior. In a convenient large-size format, this authoritative clinician's manual provides detailed lesson plans for six brand-new DBT skills modules: Perfectionism versus Reinforcement, Establishing and Re-Evaluating Relationships, Time Management, Managing Emotions Effectively, Succeeding after DBT, and Applications of Mindfulness. It shows how Next Steps can be incorporated into an existing DBT program or used as a follow-up treatment. Reproducible skills training handouts and assignments are provided in the related client resource, available separately: DBT Next Steps Skills Handouts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Also Available
• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Brief Contents
• Extended Contents
• Part I: Setting the Stage
• Part II: DBT Next Steps Strategies
• Part III: Integrating DBT Next Steps Into a Comprehensive DBT-ACES Program
• Part IV: The DBT-ACES Skills Curriculum
• Appendix A: Sample Completed DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Class Notes
• Appendix B: Blank Template for DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Class Notes
• Appendix C: DBT Next Steps Pretreatment Materials: Client Application Checklist, Application Materials, and Individual and Group Therapist Performance Evaluations
• References
• Index
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