Going over our first two skills! Behavior Chain Analysis (when one has engaged in ineffective behavior) and Missing Links (when one fails to do an effective behavior).

• • Steps for Behavior Chain Analysis:

  • • Describe the problem behavior

    • Describe the prompting event that started the chain of events

    • Describe vulnerability factors that led to the chain being started

    • Describe the chain of events (excruciating detail)

    • Describe the consequences of the problem behavior

  • To change the problem behavior:

  • • Describe skillful behaviors to replace problem links in the chain

    • Develop a strategy to prevent vulnerability factors

    • Repair consequences

• • Steps for Missing Links

  • • Did you know what behavior was expected?

    • • What got in the way?

    • Were you willing to do it?

    • • What got in the way?

    • Did it enter your mind?

    • • What got in the way?

    • What got in the way of doing it right away?

    • • Strategize

    • Make sure all of your plans are effective for YOU

• Today we’ll go over:

• • Options for solving problems

  • Why we skills train

  • Goal setting

  • Effective vs ineffective behaviors

  • Assumptions during skills training

This first episode is about:

• Introducing me-Bailey!

• What is DBT?

• A brief history of DBT

• The four modules within DBT:

• • • Mindfulness overarching

    • Distress Tolerance

    • Emotion Regulation

    • Interpersonal Effectiveness

• How I learned about DBT

• The four parts of a DBT program:

• • • Individual weekly

    • Group weekly

    • Phone coaching

    • Treatment team meeting

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