Posted by alexandra_k on February 4, 2004, at 19:15:50
In reply to DBT...I really need info, posted by terrics on February 4, 2004, at 17:12:09
Hi there, I have done a year of DBT.
I attended skills training sessions for one year (we went through the skills training manuel twice) which is usually conducted once per week in a group therapy setting with a closed group of other people with a diagnosis of BPD.
I also had one session per week with a DBT trained T where we would try to apply the skills to problems that arose in my life. To do DBT I had to contract to agree to work on the treatment hierarchy which set the agenda for individual therapy settings.
self harm / suicide attempts first.
therapy interfering behaviors (from the client and or T)
current problems.. (incl. urges to harm)
Then (I think)quality of life stuff (trauma work is somewhere too I think..) you could get this stuff from the training manuel which I found to be a good read..Theres more but I don't think I got much lower down the list than the third thing on the hierarchy. You start at the top of the hierarchy (if needed) and work down till time is up.
I found it fairly useful. I thought that I got much more out of my individual sessions than I did with traditional CBT. Although I was told I had made 'no clinically significant improvement' I did improve with respect to my mood swings, suicidality, self harm, functioning, and overall quality of life from my own subjective point of view. I would reccomend giving it a go.
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