Self-Directed DBT Skills: A 3-Month DBT Workbook to Regulate Intense Emotions and Create Lasting Change with Dialectical Behavior Therapy

I have now bought this book for three of my friends and am constantly recommending it to others. I was at rock bottom when I found it. I had accessed years of psychotherapy, but had stagnated and got stuck in an over intellectualising loop. I had given up on ever feeling better. Then this book came along and gave me back my agency in my therapy journey. You know that feeling that you get every once in a blue moon in talking therapy, when you have a breakthrough, after months of work and feel your insides rearrange like a rubix cube? I felt that every single week when working through this book. I have learnt so much and I finally have hope again.

I just love this workbook. I’m not all the way through it yet, but it has already made a big difference for me. It’s deep with theory and content, but still understandable and actionable. I’ve tried to keep up the pace, doing one chapter a week, but some of the exercises and activities take a lot of thought and introspection. Being Type A, I had to make a conscious decision to work it at a more leisurely pace. I’ll finish it when I finish it. The only thing I would really love to have now is an actual spiral or looseleaf workbook or, better yet, downloadable worksheets that I could write on as I work through the exercises. At the beginning, I was writing out my exercises in the book. But it doesn’t take long to realize the constraints imposed by space limitations of the worksheets in the book. And now I have defaced my book forever, mistakes and all, which feels like a sin. Despite these considerations, I still give it 5 stars without hesitation.

Apenas voy en. Primer ejercicio pero hasta ahorita rexomendadisimo

Purchased this with my diagnosis of bpd and cptsd. Have been using it with my sister and self teaching exercises. It’s great, doesn’t replace therapy but nonetheless, offers great tools

I bought this workbook to help me while going through a DBT Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program. It was very useful and insightful and not as expensive as some of the others on Amazon. If you are looking for a workbook to assist you at a minimal cost, this is the one.