Table 1 Outline of the 14-Week DBT Skills Group (Adapted from Soler et al., 2009)
Session | Module | Skills |
|---|---|---|
1 | Mindfulness | Orientation and Guidelines of Skills Training; Wise Mind |
2 | “What” Skills | |
3 | “How” Skills | |
4 | Distress Tolerance | TIPS Skills; Distracting; Self-Soothing; Improving the Moment |
5 | Reality Acceptance | |
6 | Willingness; Mindfulness of Thoughts | |
7 | Emotion Regulation | Understanding Emotions; Describing Emotions |
8 | Accumulating Positive Emotions | |
9 | Building Mastery; Mindfulness of Current Emotions | |
10 | Opposite Action | |
11 | Interpersonal Effectiveness | Factors in the Way of Interpersonal Effectiveness; Clarifying Priorities in Interpersonal Situations |
12 | Objective Effectiveness: DEAR MAN | |
13 | Relationship Effectiveness: DEAR GIVE; Self-respect Effectiveness: DEAR FAST | |
14 | Evaluating Your Options (The Dime Game); Wrapping Up |