Dialectical behavior therapy: a contemporary guide for practitioners

A definitive new text for understanding and applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Offers evidence-based yet flexible approaches to integrating DBT into practice Goes beyond adherence to standard DBT and diagnosis-based treatment of individuals Emphasizes positivity and the importance of the client's own voice in assessing change Discusses methods of monitoring outcomes in practice and making them clinically relevant Lane Pederson is a leader in the drive to integrate DBT with other therapeutic approaches.

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Cover; Epigraph; Title page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; To the Reader; Definitions; 1 Why Learn DBT?; 2 Introduction to DBT; Notes; 3 The Contextual Model and DBT; Comparisons of DBT with Other Therapies; Therapeutic Factors that Most Affect Outcomes; Adopting versus Adapting Standard DBT: The Question of Treatment Fidelity; The Answer to Fidelity: EBP; Notes; 4 DBT: An Eclectic yet Distinctive Approach; Note; 5 Is It DBT?; Note; 6 Dialectical Philosophy; Dialectics in Practice; Validation versus Change; Acceptance of Experience versus Distraction from or Changing Experience

Doing One's Best versus Needing to Do Better Noting the Adaptive in What Seems Maladaptive; Nurturance versus Accountability; Freedom versus Structure; Active Client versus Active Therapist; Consultation to the Client versus Doing for the Client; Dialectics and Evidence-Based Practice; When Not to Be Dialectic: Dialectical Abstinence; Dialectics with Clients; Note; 7 The Biosocial Theory; The Role of Invalidation; How the Biosocial Theory Guides Practice; Being Flexible to the Client's Theory of Change; Notes; 8 Client, Therapist, and Treatment Assumptions; Client Assumptions

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