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My Most Recommended DBT Resources as a DBT Therapist
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items DBT tools recommended by a practicing therapist.
This list includes DBT resources I consistently recommend to my clients and their loved ones in treatment—chosen for effectiveness, skill clarity, and real-world application. Ideal for anyone working o...
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The OGs
What Living with Emotion Dysregulation is Like
How Families, Caregivers, and Loved Ones Can Do
DBT Resources Clients Have Had Success With
The OGs
The Go-To DBT Resources
The newly revised skills training manual - this is what skills trainers use to learn how to run skills classes. Only a necessary read for therapists.
DBT Skills Training Manual: Revised Edition
The skills training book anyone who is in an adherent DBT skills class will need to participate. The book has handouts and worksheets that you will use in conjunction with the class to make learning more accessible. This revised edition recently came...
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets: Revised Edition
The second edition of the skills training manual handouts and worksheets, of which skills training classes are still often using.
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets
Workbook for skills classes for teens and their families. Has another whole module added for working on moving towards a middle path, especially if the teen struggles with emotion dysregulation, to reduce the likelihood of conflict in the family and ...
DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents
Linehan Board for certified practitioners of DBT. If you want to know if your therapist has gone through rigorous testing and review to be certified, they have a list of all providers on their website who are currently certified. They also have infor...
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What Living with Emotion Dysregulation is Like
Great for anyone who wants to hear from someone with lived experience who has BPD or struggles with severe emotion dysregulation
The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery
A memoir by Marsha Linehan, the creator of DBT. She writes in this book about what it was like for her to live with emotion dysregulation and trying to find a treatment that would work for the people she was treatment and, also, herself.
Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan
How Families, Caregivers, and Loved Ones Can Do
A must-read for parents or family members who have a loved one with BPD or severe emotion dysregulation. Lays out how to address crises and setting limits without appearing unsupportive or invalidating.
Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Comprehensive guide for parents and clinicians alike for teens that struggle with emotion dysregulation. Explains a lot about why these teens struggle so much with risky behaviors.
Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens, 2nd Ed
My favorite and most essential recommendation for parents who struggle with teens that have emotion dysregulation and intense emotions. Highly recommend this one if you are struggling with parenting with your teen who has big emotions.
Parenting a Teen with Intense Emotions: DBT Skills
Another essential read for parents who have children with intense emotions and are struggling with parenting effectively these kids, especially when they engage in ineffective behavior and it’s causing rifts in the family.
Parenting a Child with Intense Emotions: DBT Skills
DBT Resources Clients Have Had Success With
Clients have bought these before and have said they are helpful when trying to practice the skills in their everyday lives. Please note: this is not a substitute for doing skills classes.
The DBT Deck: 101 Mindful Practices for Emotions & Relationships
Clients who are neurodivergent have expressed to me that the worksheets in this book highlight skills in a way that is often more digestible for them.
The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills