I. DBT Next Steps Overview

- Skills-Training Syllabus

- DBT Next Steps Skills Group Participation Guidelines

- Practice Professional Behavior in DBT Next Steps

- DBT-ACES Requirements toward the Recovery Goals

- DBT Next Steps Check-In Long Form with Instructions

- DBT Next Steps Check-In Short Form

- Examples of Effective Behaviors and Ways to Prevent Avoidance

II. DBT Next Steps Skills-Training Handouts

Perfectionism versus Reinforcement

- Week 1: Perfectionism versus High Achievement

- Week 1 Assignment: Exploring High Achievement over Perfectionism

- Week 2: Another Middle Road Option: Being Average

- Week 2 Assignment: Practicing Alternatives to Being a Perfectionist

- Week 3: The Basics of Reinforcement

- Week 3 Assignment: Practicing Reinforcement

- Week 4: Untraining or Making It Stop!

- Week 4 Assignment: Untraining Behavior

Establishing and Re-Evaluating Relationships

- Week 1: Developing Accurate and Ideal Maps of My Community

- Week 1 Assignment: Complete Maps Now and Ideal

- Week 2: Diving Into New Relationships

- Week 2 Assignment: Do One Thing Every Day toward New Relationships

- Week 3: Re-Establishing Existing Relationships

- Week 3 Assignment: Accurate Assessment of Two Relationships

- Week 4: Variations on GIVE: Casual Conversation and Creating Distance

- Week 4 Assignment: Casual Conversation and Creating Distance

Time Management

- Week 1: Assessment of Time versus Values and Ambitions

- Week 1 Assignment Assessment of Time versus Values and Ambitions

- Week 2: Developing an Ideal Time Map

- Week 2 Assignment: Ideal Time Map

- Week 3: Moving from the Ideal Time Map to a Trial Time Map

- Week 3 Assignment: Trial Time Map

- Week 4: Moving from the Trial Time Map to Your Schedule

- Week 4 Assignment: Moving from the Trial Time Map to Your Schedule

Managing Emotions Effectively

- Week 1: Assessment of Reducing Vulnerability Skills

- Week 1 Assignment: Assessment of Reducing Vulnerability Skills

- Week 2: Regulating Yourself When You Need It

- Week 2 Assignment: Regulating Yourself When You Need It

- Week 3: Identifying and Managing Irritability

- Week 3 Assignment: Identifying and Managing Irritability

- Week 4: Managing Anxiety with the Body and the Mind

- Week 4 Assignment: Managing Anxiety with the Body and the Mind

Succeeding after DBT

- Week 1: Practice DBT 24/7

- Week 1 Assignment: Practice DBT 24/7

- Week 2: Therapy-Interfering Behaviors

- Week 2 Assignment: Therapy-Interfering Behaviors

- Week 3: Your Future and Therapy

- Week 3 Assignment: Your Future and Therapy

- Week 4: Practice Making Non-DBT Treatment Work

- Week 4 Assignment: Practice Making Non-DBT Treatment Work

Applications of Mindfulness

- Week 1: Daily Mindful Practice and Mindfulness to Control Attention

- Week 1 Assignment: Mindfulness to Control Attention

- Week 2: Opening and Refocusing the Mind

- Week 2 Assignment: Opening and Refocusing the Mind

- Week 3: Using the Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety

- Week 3 Assignment: Using the Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety

- Week 4: Mindfulness as a Doorway Opening to Skillful Behavior

- Week 4 Assignment: Mindfulness as a Doorway Opening to Skillful Behavior

Appendices

- Appendix 1. SDBT Diary Card

- Appendix 2. DBT Next Steps Diary Card

- Appendix 3. Overview of the Role of the Life Ambition in DBT Next Steps

- Appendix 4. Community Map Example

- Appendix 5. Ideal Time Map Example

References

Index