Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice: Applications across Disorders and Settings
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First developed to treat suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has since been adapted to a range of settings and populations. This practical book--edited by close collaborators of DBT originator Marsha M. Linehan--presents applications for depression, substance dependence, eating disorders, psychosis, suicidal and assaultive behaviors, and other complex problems. Leading contributors, including Linehan herself, describe how to implement this evidence-based treatment with adults, adolescents, couples and families, and forensic clients. Issues in establishing and maintaining an effective DBT program are also addressed. Special features include over a dozen reproducible worksheets and forms, which bookbuyers can also download and print from Guilford's website.
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
DBT Book Review - Hve been taking DBT class for sometime now and recommend for anyone. Classes available for teens also and will assist in easing into adulthood. Book is wonderful and goes along with class well.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
DBT--Adapt or Adopt? - It's written by "the little Marshas" with the preface from Marsha Marsha, so there you go. No further word necessary. We had been doing a pilot at our agency using an adaptation, with very specific criteria for the client demographic, and we certainly did not refer to this group as DBT(!!!). There's a chapter on how to present your findings, there's a chapter on whether or not to use 'real DBT', there's a chapter to help you consider a substance abuse DBT, use with various other situations. It's just such a time saver. All the work done ahead of time, all the references, so you can get to the real stuff and dig in. Thank you, thank you, Drs. Dimeff & Koerner. I've read many of Dr. Dimeff's articles. I wish my agency would do the REAL DBT so I could attend your intensive trainings!
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
The One you should Read -First- - If I had my druthers (which I rarely do, but let's say I did), I'd have the therapist on the doorstep of training for this "Cadillac" meta-therapy read Dimeff & Koerner -before- moving on to Linehan's -Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder-. That'll seem odd to the rigid linearist, of course, but here's my argument: Linehan's original text was published 16 years ago. A lot has happened since then. And a good deal of what has happened is right here in these 375 odd pages.
-DBT in CP- is not strictly a how-to, though it is that. It's a guide to the -application- of Linehan's empirically proven combination of psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive therapies, every bit as much as it is a revelation of what has been accomplished with DBT since it hit the bricks in the early `90s.
(DBT is, after all, the "bomb" at the current moment, and unless or until the addition of data from the neuropsychological school either moves DBT "up" a few more notches or replaces it with something better - which is tough to believe, and I am -not- a certified DBT therapist, by the way -- -DBT in CP- is the state-of-the-art-as-it-is-(almost)-now.)
Okay; off my soapbox for DBT as what everyone -ought- to be doing out there in therapyland, and onto why you ought to plunk down your forty odd bucks:
Dimeff and Koerner have assembled a platoon of pretty experienced people and they have compelled them to write to a tight format just why, when, where, what and how (in pretty much that order) DBT is useful for group inpatient, incarceration, co-morbid substance abuse, eating disorder, family support, adolescent, older adult, and community mental health end usage. This makes -DBT for CP- a fine reference for employing Linehan's original "manual" across a variety of typical treatment settings.
But it does quite a bit more than that. The authors of each of the sections have very often provided pretty much all the evidence and process needed to transform the moribund TAU or even ACT program into something solidly proven to be really effective with the difficult-to-treat, borderline-organized patient.
I had read Linehan's book for school some years ago, and I found her system to be impressive, cohesive and comprehensive but overly scripted and restrictive. I wonder how many other experienced therapists have reacted similarly. Had I read D&K -first-, however, I think I would have viewed Linehan's book as something like The Grail (although I am pretty IRT-based and think there's a lot that's missing from her rather strictly defined and oddly mnemonic approach... and think I understand -why-).
That said, the experienced therapist with an open mind will pick up a lot from a cruise through -DBT in CP-, and not in the least, a very solid review of core behavior modification principles with a nice client-centered overlay. The interpersonal, psychodynamic and/or "games theory" practitioner will probably find it useful, and the CBT / REBT therapist who hasn't read it is really missing a major opportunity to hone his or her case management skills.
Customer Review: 2 out of 5
DBT in Clinical Practice - I was disappointed in this book because it does not give practical application methods and focuses more on research based information.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Just what I've been waiting for! - Any clinician working in an inpatient, outpatient, residential, or ACT team who sees adults, adolescents or families and who is looking to consider implementing a research-proven treatment that works will find something helpful to guide them in this book. Having worked in DBT since the mid-1990's, I can see how this book would have helped me immensely to look at what to consider when starting or adapting a DBT program. Thanks for a useful guide full of insights from the experts in each of these areas. I knew Linda and Kelly were working on this book for a while and couldn't wait to see what all the experts they were able to bring together could contribute to a compilation like this. They have pulled together the best. Very useful.
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