DBT: Interpersonal Effectiveness

Name: DBT: Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Using DBT skills to manage interactions and communicate with skill and wisdom

Created byDr Yvette Vardy

Last updated 3/2021

English

What you'll learn

To manage interpersonal interactions skilfully
To practice identifying your objectives in interactions
To understand the three competing priorities in interpersonal interactions
To practice prioritising the three DBT priorities in any given interaction
To learn concrete skills to speak up skilfully and get needs met in relationships
To learn and practice both WHAT to say and HOW to say it when communicating with others
To ask for something or say no in a way that maximises your chance that you will achieve your objective
To know how to defuse a person when they are reacting, so that you maintain a good relationship
To learn how to set boundaries when an interaction feels disrespectful

Course content

8 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 41m total length

Introduction3:57
Who would benefit from this course?0:55
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers interpersonal effectiveness skills that help you manage interactions skillfully. Learn how to communicate well in relationships and at work to keep people onside and benefit everyone.
Why do this course with me?2:48

What is Interpersonal "effectiveness"?5:14
Interpersonal dialectics5:48
Print out this handout and reflect on your general patterns in interpersonal interactions. Consider what you might need in order to relate with more flexibility in your life.
Fun Example: Being right or being wise?2:37
Explore how clinging to being right versus being wise harms connection, and learn to communicate hurt and needs wisely to mend the relationship.

The "Three Priorities" in interpersonal situations4:50
Learn to achieve objectives, maintain relationships, and safeguard self-respect in any interaction by recognizing and shifting priorities for effective interpersonal communication.
Fun Example: Knowing what we want? Easier said than done!6:13
ACTIVITY: Rating priorities3:35
Print the worksheet out for use in the practical examples!
ACTIVITY: My solutions to rating the priorities5:06
Practice in daily life0:33
Print out the handout to practise applying these skills in daily interactions.

Introducing the DEAR MAN skill1:45
Learn the dear man skill for interpersonal effectiveness in dbt, using describe, express, assert, and reinforce. The mn approach helps manage the interaction to increase success in getting your objective.
The DEAR script10:13
Describe observable facts without judgment to establish common ground, express how you feel, assert or ask for what you want, and reinforce positive outcomes to increase cooperation.
ACTIVITY: Writing a DEAR script for scenario1:33
Print out these worksheets and handouts, so you can practise creating scripts during the exercises in this course, and then in daily life. Starting with scripts helps you master the skill so it becomes automatic. You can then practise rehearsing in your mind what you could say during daily interactions as they are unfolding.
ACTIVITY: Example DEAR script for scenario1:28
MAN: Additional skills in how to achieve your objective16:21

Summary2:09
Bonus Lecture and resources in the lecture description3:23
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Requirements

Description

Learn skills from the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Interpersonal Effectiveness module. Find out how to handle interpersonal interactions with wisdom by firstly identifying what you most want to achieve. Learn how to express yourself and get your needs met in healthy ways. Learn and master practical skills to maximise the chances you will achieve your objectives. See fun examples and do practical activities to really solidify your learning.

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Anyone seeking to improve their skills in managing interactions with others
Anyone wanting to learn how to speak up or say no skilfully
People needing support in setting good boundaries and having clear communication
Anyone interested in learning how to maintain a good relationship even through difficult interactions

DBT: Interpersonal Effectiveness

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 8min

Effective relating3 lectures • 14min

Clarifying what we want in our interactions5 lectures • 20min

The DBT skills for the Three Priorites1 lecture • 2min

DEAR MAN: Maximizing Objective Effectiveness5 lectures • 31min

GIVE: Maximizing Relationship Effectiveness5 lectures • 13min

FAST: Maximizing Self-Respect Effectiveness3 lectures • 8min

Summary and Bonus Lecture2 lectures • 6min

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