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STAGE I MODULES

Marsha Linehan & Thomas Lynch

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MINDFULNESS

Learn to be in the moment rather than always in your thoughts

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EMOTION REGULATION

Be able to choose the type, intensity, & duration of your emotions.

INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Learn to balance needs, relationships, & self-respect.

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DISTRESS TOLERANCE

Skills on not making things worse when change or solutions are not possible.

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RADICAL OPENNESS

Letting go of rigidity & fatalistic thinking. Learning to be flexible & open.

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WALKING THE MIDDLE PATH

Learn to validate & deescalate without agreement. Learn to shape behavior.

STAGE II MODULES

Melanie Harned

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IMAGINAL EXPOSURE

Involves revisiting the traumatic experience in one’s imagination and describing it out loud during therapy sessions.

 

Imaginal exposure to the traumatic memory is very effective in reducing trauma- related symptoms and helping to gain new perspective about what happened before, during, and after the traumatic events

IN VIVO EXPOSURE

In vivo means confronting avoided situations “in real life.” Clients are asked to gradually approach situations that they have been avoiding because they remind them of the trauma.

 

In vivo exposure has been found to be very effective in reducing excessive fears and avoidance after trauma.

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STAGE III MODULES

Minal Shah & Stephen Marks

with

Michael McAleer

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III: MY-NDFUL MENTALIZATION

Learn to  understand the motive behind the actions of others by understanding their mental states.

 

Learn to understand the other person’s mental state and its origin, so you can better understand why people think or behave a certain way and be more attuned to your own emotions, thoughts, and needs.

As Interpersonal Effectiveness skills keep relationships from being destroyed, MM skills allow you to create new, more meaningful ones. 

III:  DIALECTICAL PATTERNS

Learn how extremely small differences in starting conditions that can lead to widely differing outcomes.

Develop patterns of responding that shape the best version of you.

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STAGE IIV MODULES

Minal Shah

with

Stephen Marks & Michael McAleer

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IV:  COGNITIVE RESILIENCY

Learn how to nurture a lifestyle that is deliberately independent of events and stressors, and on developing skills to adapt to stress and adversity BEFORE situations require DBT skills!

Be able to manage trying situations without the perception or feeling of stress.

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