Changing Behavior with Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practical Guide

This book carefully examines problem-solving, which is one of the core components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). The authors are leading experts in DBT. They explain the principles of behavior change therapy and vividly illustrate the effective application of these principles with case examples from clinical practice. Additionally, the book pays special attention to common mistakes made by psychotherapists when analyzing target behaviors (such as suicide attempts or episodes of binge eating and purging), as well as the selection and application of appropriate solutions. The book also provides recommendations for successfully implementing the full range of problem-solving methods, including skills training, stimulus control and exposure, cognitive restructuring, and managing randomness.