Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is another form of cognitive therapy. The main goals of DBT are to help teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve relationships with others through healthy communication!

Areas that DBT is helpful: Borderline Personality Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Depression, Post-traumatic Stress, and helping with emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
 

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-dear-man/dbt/adults

 - DEAR MAN is an effective tool for learning how to communicate your needs in a healthy way!

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-accepts/dbt/adults

 - This worksheet will help with distress tolerance during particular events in your life!

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-interpersonal-effectiveness-skills/dbt/adults

 - This worksheet will help cultivate skills for interpersonal effectiveness!

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-distress-tolerance-skills/dbt/adults

 - Another great worksheet for distress tolerance. This one goes into tools like acceptance, self-soothing with senses and distraction

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-emotion-regulation-skills/dbt/adults

 - This is a great worksheet for emotional regulation. It gives a brief overview of a number of tools that can be used!

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/wise-mind/dbt/adults

 - A central theme of DBT, using “wise mind” will allow for more regulation of behaviors

https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/dbt-mindfulness-skills

 - This worksheet combines both DBT and mindfulness-based practices! It will allow you to see the connection between the two practices and allow you to improve on the awareness of your emotions and how they are affecting you!