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.

Cover; Epigraph; Titlepage; 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 BetterNoting 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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