Description
*Outstanding potential: seminal work (over 300,000 in print) from Marsha Linehan, the developer of DBT--now revised and expanded. *The first edition (1993) was a runaway success available in over a dozen languages; DBT's influence has grown and the author trains therapists worldwide. *Together with the companion book for clients, this volume replaces Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (9780898620344). *Improvements include more detailed information on teaching the skills, more clinical examples, and more than 225 forms for tailoring treatment. *Flexible: provides plans for teaching skills over varying amounts of time and with different populations (adolescents, substance abusers, etc.) *Originally developed to treat BPD, DBT has been shown to treat a range of disorders involving emotion regulation. *Online supplement: all handouts and worksheets are available to download and print.
