DBT Resources

DBT handouts and worksheets are from DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition by Marsha Linehan. The publisher grants to individual purchasers (in this case, Lisa Sciarani) permission to reproduce these materials but is limited to personal use and for use with clients. For this reason, these resources are password protected. Please do not post these materials publicly online. Not all handouts and worksheets are currently available as I create individual PDFs for each skill as needed. If there is one you are in need of and it is not posted, please reach out to me.

DBT General/Orientation

Handouts

General Handout 5 Biosocial Theory

General Handout 7 Chain Analysis

General Handout 7A Chain Analysis, Step by Step

General Handout 8 Missing-Links Analysis

Worksheets

DBT Mindfulness Skills

Handouts

Mindfulness Handout 3 Wise Mind – States of Mind

Mindfulness Handout 3A Ideas for Practicing Wise Mind

Mindfulness Handout 4 What Skills

Mindfulness Handout 4A Ideas for Practicing Observing

Mindfulness Handout 4B Ideas for Practicing Describing

Mindfulness Handout 4C Ideas for Practicing Participating

Mindfulness Handout 5 How Skills

Mindfulness Handout 5A Ideas for Practicing Nonjudgmentalness

Mindfulness Handout 5B Ideas for Practicing One-Mindfulness

Mindfulness Handout 5C Ideas for Practicing Effectiveness

Worksheets

Mindfulness Worksheet 4 Mindfulness What Skills – Observing, Describing, Participating

DBT Distress Tolerance Skills

Handouts

Distress Tolerance Handout 4 STOP Skill

Distress Tolerance Handout 5 Pros and Cons

Distress Tolerance Handout 6 TIP Skills

Distress Tolerance Handout 6A Using Cold Water

Distress Tolerance Handout 6B Paired Muscle Relaxation

Distress Tolerance Handout 6C Effective Rethinking and Paired Relaxation, Step by Step

Distress Tolerance Handout 7 Distracting

Distress Tolerance Handout 8 Self-Soothing

Distress Tolerance Handout 9 Improving the Moment

Distress Tolerance Handout 11 Radical Acceptance

Distress Tolerance Handout 11A Radical Acceptance – Factors That Interfere

Distress Tolerance Handout 11B Practicing Radical Acceptance Step by Step

Distress Tolerance Handout 12 Turning the Mind

Distress Tolerance Handout 13 Willingness

Distress Tolerance Handout 14 Half-Smiling and Willing Hands

Distress Tolerance Handout 14A Practicing Half-Smiling and Willing Hands

Distress Tolerance Handout 15 Mindfulness of Current Thoughts

Distress Tolerance Handout 15A Practicing Mindfulness of Thoughts

Worksheets

Distress Tolerance Worksheet 3 Pros and Cons of Acting on Crisis Urges

DBT Emotion Regulation Skills

Handouts

Emotion Regulation Handout 5 Model for Describing Emotions

Emotion Regulation Handout 6 Ways to Describe Emotions

Emotion Regulation Handout 6 Ways to Describe Emotions – Anger

Emotion Regulation Handout 8 Check the Facts

Emotion Regulation Handout 8A Examples of Emotions That Fit the Facts

Emotion Regulation Handout 10 Opposite Action

Emotion Regulation Handout 11 Figuring Out Opposite Actions – Anger

Emotion Regulation Handout 11 Figuring Out Opposite Actions – Guilt

Emotion Regulation Handout 11 Figuring Out Opposite Actions – Love

Emotion Regulation Handout 11 Figuring Out Opposite Actions – Shame

Emotion Regulation Handout 11 Figuring Out Opposite Actions

Emotion Regulation Handout 12 Problem Solving

Emotion Regulation Handout 13 Reviewing Opposite Action and Problem Solving

Emotion Regulation Handout 15 Accumulating Positive Emotions – Short Term

Emotion Regulation Handout 16 Pleasant Events List

Emotion Regulation Handout 17 Accumulating Positive Emotions – Long Term

Emotion Regulation Handout 18 Values and Priorities List

Emotion Regulation Handout 19 Build Mastery and Cope Ahead

Emotion Regulation Handout 20A Nightmare Protocol, Step by Step

Emotion Regulation Handout 20B Sleep Hygiene Protocol

Emotion Regulation Handout 22 Mindfulness of Current Emotions – Letting Go of Emotional Suffering

Emotion Regulation Handout 23 Managing Extreme Emotions

Emotion Regulation Handout 24 Troubleshooting Emotion Regulation Skills – When What You Are Doing Isn’t Working

Emotion Regulation Handout 25 Review of Skills for Emotion Regulation

Worksheets

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 5 Check the Facts

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 9 Steps for Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 11 Getting from Values to Specific Action Steps

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 11A Getting from Values to Specific Action Steps

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 12 Build Mastery and Cope Ahead

Emotion Regulation Worksheet 10 Pleasant Events Diary

DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

Handouts

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 4 Clarifying Goals in Interpersonal Situations

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 5 Guidelines for Objectives Effectiveness – Getting What You Want (DEAR MAN)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 5A Applying DEAR MAN Skills to a Difficult Current Interaction

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6 Guidelines for Relationship Effectiveness – Keeping the Relationship (GIVE)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6A Expanding the V in GIVE – Levels of Validation

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 7 Guidelines for Self-Respect Effectiveness – Keeping Respect for Yourself (FAST)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 11 Finding and Getting People to Like You

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 12 Mindfulness of Others

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 15 Dialectics

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16 How to Think and Act Dialectically

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16A Examples of Opposite Sides That Can Both Be True

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16B Important Opposites to Balance

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16C Identifying Dialectics

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 17 Validation

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 18 A ‘How To’ Guide to Validation

Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 19 Recovering from Invalidation

Worksheets

Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 4 Writing Out Interpersonal Effectiveness Scripts

Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 6 Dime Game – Figuring Out How Strongly to Ask or Say No