Basic Principles and Adaptations of
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
What type of therapy-interfering behavior occurs when a client frequently threatens to
quit therapy or does not complete home practice assignments? - answerBarriers to
being adherent
Barriers to being attentive include missing sessions, canceling sessions at the last
minute, arriving late, and attending sessions intoxicated. Barriers to being adherent
include frequently threatening to quit therapy and not completing home practice
assignments.
Which of the four skill modules of DBT helps a client check the facts about their feelings
and whether the feeling matches the intensity of the situation? - answerEmotion
regulation
Emotion regulation is the skill module of DBT that helps clients check the facts about
their feelings and whether the feelings match the intensity of the situation.
A provider referred a client who was recently diagnosed with cancer to a therapist. How
can learning the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill of interpersonal effectiveness
BEST help the client? - answerThe client can find constructive ways to advocate and
communicate with medical staff.
Evaluating what is true about the situation, reaction, or relationship is a skill of emotion
regulation. Learning the DBT skill of interpersonal effectiveness can BEST help the
client find constructive ways to advocate and communicate with medical staff.
What is the bond between the therapist and client referred to in DBT? -
answerTherapeutic alliance
The comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) model is designed to be
implemented in which type of treatment environment? - answerOutpatient treatment
What is the main dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill that you use when in a crisis
situation? - answerDistress tolerance
In the comprehensive model of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), how is phone
coaching used? - answerTo help the client with their problem in that moment
In comprehensive DBT, phone coaching is used to help the client with their problem in
the moment. It is not used to provide individual therapy.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
What type of therapy-interfering behavior occurs when a client frequently threatens to
quit therapy or does not complete home practice assignments? - answerBarriers to
being adherent
Barriers to being attentive include missing sessions, canceling sessions at the last
minute, arriving late, and attending sessions intoxicated. Barriers to being adherent
include frequently threatening to quit therapy and not completing home practice
assignments.
Which of the four skill modules of DBT helps a client check the facts about their feelings
and whether the feeling matches the intensity of the situation? - answerEmotion
regulation
Emotion regulation is the skill module of DBT that helps clients check the facts about
their feelings and whether the feelings match the intensity of the situation.
A provider referred a client who was recently diagnosed with cancer to a therapist. How
can learning the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill of interpersonal effectiveness
BEST help the client? - answerThe client can find constructive ways to advocate and
communicate with medical staff.
Evaluating what is true about the situation, reaction, or relationship is a skill of emotion
regulation. Learning the DBT skill of interpersonal effectiveness can BEST help the
client find constructive ways to advocate and communicate with medical staff.
What is the bond between the therapist and client referred to in DBT? -
answerTherapeutic alliance
The comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) model is designed to be
implemented in which type of treatment environment? - answerOutpatient treatment
What is the main dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill that you use when in a crisis
situation? - answerDistress tolerance
In the comprehensive model of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), how is phone
coaching used? - answerTo help the client with their problem in that moment
In comprehensive DBT, phone coaching is used to help the client with their problem in
the moment. It is not used to provide individual therapy.
