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Textbook Details

  • EDITION:
    1st Edition
  • ISBN:
    0898620341
  • ISBN-13:
    9780898620344
  • PUB. DATE:
    May 1993
  • PUBLISHER:
    Guilford Publications, Inc.
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Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder / Edition 1 by Marsha M. Linehan

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extremely helpful for all clients and professionalsby Anonymous

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This book has been extremely helpful to every person I know who has been exposed to it - professionals and clients alike! The worksheets have pulled my own mother and several clients I have worked with through major depression/suicial episodes. My only wish is that the title didn't deter people from reading it who have other diagnosis - or no diagnosis, but could reap the benefits of improved emotion...

Anyone that wants better control of their emotions and actions needs this book!by Emma-Ann

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This is a manual that outlines how to best focus one's self, and still allow for individuality and self expression. The front of the book is a manual tht explains the concepts of the therapy including how to focus one's mind on more positive thinking, proper thought patterns, how to control responses, how to speak to others and one's self, and what to do when stressed. Although this was created for...

with willingness and acceptance, this text will help you take a huge step forwardby Anonymous

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This was the first book that was introduced to me, which actually helped me tollerate my pain. I do not have BPD, but I am a self-injurer. DBT is supposedly a possibly effective therapy for all disorders and i will be looking forward to seeing DBT help other people the way that it has helped me. If you feel there is no way out, pick up this book. what do you have to lose?


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Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder

Product Details

  • Pub. Date: May 1993
  • Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
  • Sales Rank: 32,370

Synopsis

This hands-on companion presents in session-by-session replicable detail the clinical strategies designed to remediate four specific skills areas arrested in the BPD patient: "mindfulnesss" (balancing emotion and rationality to achieve wisdom), interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. A vital component in Dr. Linehan's comprehensive treatment program, the manual also features practical pointers on when to use the other treatment strategies described in Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Currently employed in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, this user-friendly manual provides everything a clinician needs. It includes "lecture notes," discussion questions, exercises, and practical advice on what problems are likely to arise and how best to deal with them. Published in a large 8 1/2" x 11" format, it also features an array of client handouts that may be readily photocopied. Originally written for skills training groups, the manual can also be used with individual patients.

Biography

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics there. She is founder of the Marie Institute of Behavioral Technology and the company Behavioral Tech, LLC. The recipient of numerous awards for her distinguished clinical and research contributions, Dr. Linehan has served as president (2007) of the Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association.