Week 12

Question 1

What are the 4 modules of skills training in DBT groups? Be able to describe each module briefly, how and why each might be helpful for at least 2 specific symptoms of BPD.

Answer 1

Mindfulness
Distress tolerance
Emotion regulation
Interpersonal Effectiveness

Question 2

Mindfulness

Answer 2

• Develop a lifestyle of participating with awareness
• Learning how to
  —-Observe effectively
  —-Describe one-mindfully
  participate - non judgementally

Question 3

Distress Tolerance

Answer 3

• accept reality as it is

- Get through a crisis without making it worse

Question 4

Emotion regulation

Answer 4

• accept reality as it is

- get throught a crisis without making it worse

Question 5

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Answer 5

Ask for what you need and establish boundaries effectively

Question 6

What are some ways that DBT treatment is delivered differently from other treatments we’ve discussed (for example, consultation group, etc.)?

Answer 6

• There is individual therapy, skills group training, phone consultation, therapist supervision and support
• The skills group works on “how to live a life worth living”