A Complete Guide to DBT Skills
A 24-lesson video program designed for at-home learning and implementation
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
and Who Can Benefit?
DBT was created by Marsha Linehan originally as a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD). It has since been adapted and proven effective for a variety of other conditions (such as: depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders) and problematic behaviors associated with such conditions.
You may benefit from learning DBT skills if you struggle with:
Managing overwhelming, intense, or out-of-control emotional experiences
Inhibiting impulsive urges and self-destructive or otherwise problematic behaviors
Getting your emotional needs met, communicating effectively, or feeling respected in relationships
Shame, guilt, low self-esteem, or excessive judgment toward yourself and/or others
Nicole Strauss, Ph.D. is a Los Angeles based clinical psychologist who is licensed to practice in California (PSY 34677). Nicole has several years of training and experience in DBT in inpatient, community outpatient, and private practice settings, including providing comprehensive DBT treatment, leading DBT skills groups, and providing individual DBT therapy.
Nicole is a highly sensitive and intuitive clinician with personal development experience that is relevant to the content of this course, including learning to: self-validate, overcome challenges with being a sensitive person in this rational (and sometimes hollow) world we live in, overcome shame and guilt, set boundaries, and step into the energy of self-confidence and radiance. Nicole is passionate about guiding others on a similar journey, and believes deeply in the power of DBT skills to provide the foundational ground for living a more easeful and joyful life.
About Your Instructor
What you’ll get
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Lifetime access to 24 video lessons taught by Dr. Nicole Strauss, PhD, as based on Marsha Linehan’s DBT Skills Training Manual, with content equivalent to that of a six-month-long DBT skills group
*These skills will provide you with a formula for coping with and navigating through difficult or extreme emotions in the face of any real-life challenges you may face.
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All of the necessary DBT skills PDF lesson handouts and homework worksheets for following along and practicing on your own
*You will have lifetime access to these handouts and worksheets, for you to refer back to any time!
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A library of 30 unique guided mindfulness exercises for your own practice
*Practicing these exercises will be an essential component to your learning process and you may come back to these any time.
What’s inside
Mindfulness
Learning to detach from your thoughts and become more consciously aware of the present moment.
Distress Tolerance
Learning to tolerate and be fully in your emotional experience, no matter how intense it is—without running away or making things worse!
Emotion Regulation
Learning to move through your difficult emotional states such that you can feel better.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Learning to further nurture your well-being and get your needs met by engaging and communicating skillfully in relationships.
A beginning-to-end course in DBT skills taught by Los Angeles psychologist, Dr. Nicole Strauss, PhD. You will leave this course having a solidly rooted foundation for emotional well-being and a breadth of new skills in your toolkit for navigating the world with greater ease, stability, and joy.