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DBT resources?

Sunshinegirl0228
Sunshinegirl0228

my therapist suggested I try some DBT skills and encouraged me to research a bit. I know some of you use DBT. What tools and resources do you recommend?

MerryMay
MerryMay
Try and get in a group therapy DBT class. That's how I learned. It met every week and then I would counsel with a DBT therapist. In our group you would go for 1 year to cover all the sections and learn core mindfulness in between sections. Our mental health facility found that it did some people even more good to stay in the class for more than 1 year, The skills stuck better. I ended up staying for 5 years and am so very grateful for the help I got through that philosophy/class. It literally saved my life. Now that I have been out for over 7 years I still use the skills daily and even have my big folder here to reference.
They do have DBT Self Help online you can look into but most people need the class to make it stick, in my opinion, from what I saw.
Good for you for having the openness and willingness to embrace new skills.
MerryMay
MerryMay
Also maybe your counselor could help you find a class.
OlderCPer
OlderCPer
DBT isn't something you can just try some of. Your Therapist should know that. It's a class taught by a Certified Therapist. With DBT your retraining your brain to think and feel about yourself in a completely different way.

It would probably be beneficial for you to take DBT, it's a 9 month class for most. Your Pdoc can tell you where any are being taught in your area. They usually meet twice a week, and you usually have homework....it's not just sit and listen type of therapy, its "classwork" based Therapy, you have to learn it.
HapaMommy
HapaMommy
My therapist and I have been working through this workbook available on Amazon. It's really helpful. I've been using it for the last month or so. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dialectical+behavior+therapy+skills+workbook&sprefix=dialectica%2Caps%2C1033&crid=24QN0VC7EYOIS
Good luck!
MayB
MayB
Sounds like your therapist is suggesting that you find out about DBT to see if it might be a good fit for you to try.

Mindfullness meditation and distress tolerance are big for me. Marsha Linnehan (sp) invented it as a way of dealing with her own cutting issues. I did a year long class and it helped me out of suicide as a coping mechanism.
Sunshinegirl0228
Sunshinegirl0228
I see my t again on Saturday. I’ll see what she says
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