1. The MED-DBT Program: Development and Foundations

2. Assessment for Treatment: Is MED-DBT a Good Fit for Your Client?

II. MED-DBT Theories and Treatment Assumptions

3. Introduction to the Adapted Biosocial Theory: A Focus on Biology

4. The Adapted Biosocial Theory: A Focus on Invalidating Environments

5. Assumptions about MED-DBT Clients

6. Building Your MED-DBT Team

7. Dialectical Dilemmas in MED-DBT Treatment

III. Getting Ready for Treatment

8. Laying the Foundation: Early Steps in the MED-DBT Pretreatment Phase

9. Strengthening Commitment: Later Tasks in MED-DBT Pretreatment

10. The Life Worth Living Discussion

11. What to Target and When

IV. The MED-DBT Protocol

12. Individual Session Structure

13. MED-DBT Diary Cards

14. Behavior-Chain Analysis and Missing-Links Analysis in MED-DBT

15. Considerations for Teaching DBT Skills

16. Adaptations for Phone Coaching

17. Contingency Management in MED-DBT

18. Consult Teams in MED-DBT

19. Transitions and Ending Well

List of Abbreviations

References

Index