Pioneering clinician and researcher Marsha M. Linehan brings her therapeutic wisdom and down-to-earth style directly to clients in these five outstanding skills training videos. Anyone who has attended Linehan's professional workshops can attest to her masterful instructional approach and empathic presence. Now clients can experience Linehan's teaching first-hand with these easy-to-follow programs enhanced by engaging audiovisual effects. Demonstrated are simple yet powerful techniques for emotion regulation as clients are guided to develop new patterns of behavior and practice them in everyday life. Grounded in the concepts and procedures presented in Linehan's bestselling books, the videos are designed for use on their own or in conjunction with the Skills Training Manual. They are also ideal viewing for clinicians and students seeking to develop their skills training expertise.

The skills addressed here help clients “control the moment” and protect themselves from impulsive or self-destructive responses to difficult situations. Covered are straightforward techniques for seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and staying focused on long-term goals—using tools as simple as a pencil and paper.

See also Linehan's related videos—Crisis Survival Skills: Part One, From Suffering to Freedom, This One Moment, and Opposite Action—plus DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, and DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, which provide detailed guidance and reproducible materials for conducting DBT skills training.