1. What Is Beyond the Crisis?

2. Structural Differences between Standard DBT and DBT Next Steps

3. Case Examples: Application of DBT Next Steps in Two Different Cases of Disability

II. DBT Next Step Strategies

4. Recovery Goals: Bringing Clarity and Precision to Quality-of-Life Targets

5. Skills Training: Learning New Skills and Lots of Practice

6. Exposure Strategies: Are Effective Behaviors Blocked by Problematic Shame or Fear?

7. Contingency Management: Are Ineffective Behaviors Getting Reinforced?

8. Cognitive Modification: When Your Beliefs Interfere with Building a Life Worth Living

9. Didactic Strategies: Teaching as Well as Doing

10. Smoothing the Process: Validation, Dialectics, and Commitment

III. Integrating DBT Next Steps into a Comprehensive DBT-ACES Program

11. The Structure and Logistics of DBT-ACES

12. DBT-ACES Pretreatment

13. DBT Next Steps or DBT-ACES: Incorporating the Model in Full or in Parts

IV. The DBT-ACES Skills Curriculum

14. Overview of DBT Next Steps Skills Format and Strategies

15. Module: Perfectionism versus Reinforcement

16. Module: Establishing and Re-Evaluating Relationships

17. Module: Time Management Skills

18. Module: Managing Emotions Effectively

19, Module: Succeeding after DBT

20. Module: Applications of Mindfulness

Appendices

A. Sample Completed DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Class Notes

B. Blank Template for DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Class Notes

C. DBT Next Steps Pretreatment Materials: Client Application Checklist, Application Materials, and Individual and Group Therapist Performance Evaluation

References

Index