Distress Tolerance and Polyvagal theory

DBT Handouts, Protocols & Client Learning Activities

Protocols

• Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance Skills for Adolescents: A Treatment Manual (Charles Bonner)
• Postvention Standards Manual: A Guide for a School's Response in the Aftermath of a Sudden Death, Revised 11/03 (Kerr, Brent, McKain, McCommons)
• Group Therapy (shared by George H Davis)
• DBT Group Therapy Guidelines (shared by George H Davis)

HandoutsCore Mindfulness

• Nonjudgmental Stance Handout and Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)

Interpersonal Effectiveness

• Interpersonal Effectiveness Goals Figure (by Seth Axelrod)
• DEARMAN GIVE FAST Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)

• Managing Interpersonal Anger Handout and Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)

Emotion Regulation

• Emotion Regulation Model - Visual (Posted by ML Rollins)
• Emotion Regulation Model - Narrative (Posted by ML Rollins)
• Model for Describing Emotions Handout and Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)
• Function of Emotions Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)
• Letting go of Emotional Suffering Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)

Distress Tolerance

• Pros and Cons Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)
• Turning the Mind, Willingness, and Willfulness Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)
• Radical Acceptance Worksheet (by Seth Axelrod)

• Ways to Manage Distress RIGHT NOW Handout (by Seth Axelrod)
• Distress Tolerance worksheet (by Randy Wolbert)
• Distress Tolerance Sample - for use with children, adolescents or adults (Shared by Cindy Gronert and Susan Smith)

DBT for Substance Use Disorders

• DBT-SUD Skills Outline and Handouts (Posted on DBT-L 11-1-09 by Astrid Katzur)
• DBT and the 12-Steps (Posted on DBT-L 12-14-10 by Corinne Young)
• Urge Surfing (Posted on DBT-L 12-14-10 by Corinne Young)

Client Learning Activities

• DBT Jeopardy - File 1, File 2, File 3 (Posted on DBT-L 12-7-10 by Yvonne McAneny)
• DBT Jeopardy - File 1, File 2, File 3 (Posted on DBT-L 12-9-10 by Paula Mendenhall)
• Distress Tolerance Millionaire Game - File 1, File 2 (Posted on DBT-L 12-9-10 by Paula Mendenhall)
• Mindfulness Quiz (Posted on DBT-L 1-10-12 by Lynn Elwood)
• Distress Tolerance Quiz (Posted on DBT-L 1-10-12 by Lynn Elwood)
  
• ER Skills Quiz (Posted on DBT-L 1-10-12 by Lynn Elwood)
  
• DBT Quiz Study Guide (Posted on DBT-L 1-10-12 by Lynn Elwood)

Supervision and Consultation

• Self-Assessment of DBT Strategies - DBTTreatmentStrategies.xlsx

General Materials

• Behavior Chain Analysis Worksheet (By Seth Axelrod)

• DBT Scriptural Correlations (posted by Gina Abbeduto)

• Dialectical Dilemmas and Secondary Targets (By Seth Axelrod)