Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Report: Techniques and Applications

This report delves into the principles and techniques of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). It explores DBT's application in managing emotional liability and treating alcohol abuse, with a focus on the four core principles: skills training, individual therapy, therapist consultations, and phone coaching. T...Read More

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DBT:
There are four basic principles of DBT including,
 Skills Training, to deal with the negative behaviors of the patients.
 Individual Therapy, referring to the individual sessions with each of the clients and
involving a customized and person centered approach in each of the sessions.
 Therapist Consultations, where the therapists offer behavior therapies to deal with the
conditions and the situations of the clients. The therapies motivate aim at motivating the
clients and making them more competent to deal with the situations.
 Phone Coaching, which refers to coaching and motivating the clients through phone calls.
The clients can call the therapist outside of the normal session, in order to deal with any
dire situation (Rizvi, Steffel, & Carson-Wong, 2013).
Responding to a client with emotional liability.
Emotional liability refers to the neurological conditions where thee person does not have any
control over his or her emotional outcomes. Mostly, the therapists choose to approach the clients
with pills and medicines, like anti- depressants, and Nuedexta. Extreme emotional liabilities
cannot be dealt otherwise. However other options are, the clients can be asked to deviate their
focus, like counting numbers, or trying to work or trying to talk to somebody, or involving
himself or herself into physical activities (Banks, & Gibbons, 2016). Also they are asked to
identify the situations and objects which trigger the situations, and therefore strategically avoid
them.

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DBT techniques.
The techniques or the processes of diagnosis are to ask the clients to maintain a journal. Noting
the behaviors of the clients, noting the frequency of the episodes, and the length of the episodes.
Noting down the differences between the general moods and the emotional outbursts (Banks, &
Gibbons, 2016).
DBT goal for an alcohol abuser.
The alcohol users are likely to develop a dependency on others and they also develop feelings of
guilt and shame. Therefore, the goal is to provide them with positive feelings and ask them to
involve into meditating behaviors. Also, they can be involved into group activities (Kienast et al.,
2014).

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References:
Banks, B. P., & Gibbons, M. M. (2016). Dialectical behavior therapy techniques for counseling
incarcerated female adolescents: A case illustration. Journal of Addictions & Offender
Counseling, 37(1), 49-62.
Kienast, T., Stoffers, J., Bermpohl, F., & Lieb, K. (2014). Borderline personality disorder and
comorbid addiction: epidemiology and treatment. Deutsches Ärzteblatt
International, 111(16), 280.
Rizvi, S. L., Steffel, L. M., & Carson-Wong, A. (2013). An overview of dialectical behavior
therapy for professional psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice, 44(2), 73.

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