num_pages: 392
description: From leading experts who have trained thousands of professionals in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) this manual provides indispensable tools for treating adolescents with emotional or behavioral problems of any level of severity. Clinicians are guided step by step to teach teens and parents five sets of skills: Mindfulness Distress Tolerance Walking the Middle Path (a family-based module developed by the authors specifically for teens) Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Designed for optimal clinical utility the book features session outlines teaching notes discussion points examples homework assignments and 85 reproducible handouts in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.See also the authors' Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents (with Marsha M. Linehan) which delves into skills training and other DBT components for those at highest risk. 
language: English
title: DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents
publisher: The Guilford Press