Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders - Softcover

Linehan, Marsha M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898620341 ISBN 13: 9780898620344

Verlag: Guilford Publications, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a step-by-step guide to teaching clients four sets of skills: interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness. A vital component in Dr. Linehan’s comprehensive treatment program, the manual details precisely how to implement DBT behavioral skills training procedures. It provides everything the clinician needs to implement the program in skills training groups or with individual clients. Included are lecture notes, discussion questions, exercises, and practical advice on dealing with frequently encountered problems. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book features over three dozen reproducible client handouts and homework sheets.

See also Linehan's comprehensive presentation of DBT, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Also available: instructive skills training videos for clients--Crisis Survival Skills: Part One,Crisis Survival Skills: Part Two, From Suffering to Freedom, This One Moment, andOpposite Action.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, is the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders.

Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior.

She is a Zen master and teaches mindfulness and contemplative practices via workshops and retreats for health care providers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0898620341
• ISBN 13: 9780898620344
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
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