Now in a fully revised second edition with 50% new material, this is the authoritative guide to teaching adolescents and their caregivers the life-changing skills of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). The expert authors present their evidence-based, developmentally informed adaptations of standard DBT skills, including the groundbreaking family-based module for teens, Walking the Middle Path. In a convenient large-size format, the book features session outlines, teaching notes, discussion points, and examples. Client handouts are provided in the companion workbook for teens and their parents or other caregivers, available separately: DBT Skills for Adolescents Workbook, Second Edition.

New to This Edition

• Updated to address challenges facing today's youth and families, including technology management, fragmented attention, loneliness, reduced engagement in real-world activities, and parental strain.
• Chapter on enhancing teen self-management and executive functioning, plus new self-management handouts throughout the modules.
• Chapters on infusing skills across treatment modes: family therapy, parent sessions, individual therapy, coaching, and consultation team.
• Companion client workbook with over 100 illustrated reproducible handouts, all new or revised.