Psychotherapy Essentials to Go: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Emotion Dysregulation

by Carmen Wiebe, Robert Maunder, Shelley McMain

Developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder that integrates principles of change and acceptance in order to help clients who have severe emotion dysregulation and impulsive behavior. This guide describes the primary tenets of DBT and illustrates some of its essential techniques--namely validation, commitment strategies, behavioral chain analysis, and skills...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039370825X
• ISBN13: 9780393708257
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 7.3"