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| Writer | Jeffrey Brantley, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Matthew McKay |
| Category | Self Development |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | New Harbinger Publications |
| Publish Date | 2019 |
| Pages | 357 |
| File Size | 2 MB |
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Dialectical behavior therapy, developed by Marsha Linehan (1993a, 1993b), is extraordinarily effective at helping people manage their overwhelming emotions. Research shows that dialectical behavior therapy strengthens a person’s ability to handle distress without losing control or acting destructively.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook PDF
A lot of people struggle with overwhelming emotions. It’s as if the knob is turned to maximum volume on much of what they feel. When they get angry or sad or scared, it shows up as a big, powerful wave that can sweep them off their feet.
If you’ve faced overwhelming emotions in your life, you know what we’re talking about. There are days when your feelings hit you with the force of a tidal wave. And when that happens, it makes you—understandably—afraid to feel things because you don’t want to get swept away by your emotions.
The trouble is, the more you try to suppress or put a lid on your emotions, the more overwhelming they can get. We’ll talk about that in chapters 7 and 8 on emotion regulation. What’s important to know right now is that trying to stop your feelings doesn’t work.
There’s a fair amount of research to suggest that the likelihood of developing intense, overwhelming emotions may be hardwired from birth. But it can also be greatly affected by trauma or neglect during childhood.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook PDF
Trauma at critical points in our development can literally alter our brain structure in ways that make us more vulnerable to intense, negative emotions. Thousands of people have used the skills you’ll learn in this book to achieve better emotional control. They have changed their lives—and you can too. So what are these skills, and how will they help you?
Dialectical behavior therapy teaches four critically important skills that can both reduce the size of emotional waves and help you keep your balance when those emotions overwhelm you. This book is structured to make learning easier. The basic skills chapters teach necessary concepts, identify the components of the new skill, and lead you through initial steps for acquiring the skill.
The advanced skills chapters take you through the remaining components of the skill, building level by level. There will be examples to make each step clear as well as assessments, exercises, and worksheets to help you practice each thing you learn. (Many of these materials are available for download at the website for this book: http://www.newharbinger.com/44581.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook PDF
See the very back of this book for more details.) In this edition of the workbook, we have also included a new chapter on exposure-based cognitive rehearsal to help you practice your skills under realistic, imaginary circumstances. Then in the final chapter, Putting It All Together, you’ll learn how to integrate all those skills to make them a regular part of your life.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook is written to make learning easy. The hard part will be committing to doing the exercises and putting your new skills into practice. Nothing will change by just reading this workbook.
The words on these pages will have no impact on your life unless you implement— behaviorally—the new techniques and strategies you will learn here. So now is a good time to think about why you are reading this book and what you want to change. Right here, on this page, write down three ways you currently react to your emotions that you want to change.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook PDF