On Demand: Foundational Skills from DBT: Assess Motivation

About this Resource:

As caring and competent providers, you realize the importance of having readily available tools to share with your clients whether you are meeting for the 1st or the 15th time. Few evidence based practices offer relevant and accessible skills for decreasing distress, or the vulnerability to distress, like Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).  Although not a comprehensive DBT course, this 4 module seminar provides a snapshot of some of the foundational skills of DBT. Learn how you can integrate DBT-informed skills into your work with clients from a trauma psychologist trained in DBT approaches.

Week 1: Learn how to assess clients' motivation for treatment and identify behavior in the first session

  • Identify the three states of mind that govern behavior
  • Analyze unhelpful behaviors to decrease their likelihood of recurring in the future
  • Discover an overarching problem solving framework to use across situations
  • Explore ways to integrate mindfulness practice into your work
For access to all resources from this series, please visit our DBT resource page here.
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