Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): A Mindfulness Intensive

Name: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): A Mindfulness Intensive
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Applying the DBT "What" and "How" Core Mindfulness Skills for Positive Change

Created byDr Yvette Vardy

Last updated 4/2020

English

What you'll learn

What to do to be more mindful, and how to do it
How to apply mindfulness in daily life
Understand how Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches mindfulness
To use the DBT Mindfulness skills to build awareness into behaviours that you want to change
To use DBT mindfulness skills to accurately observe and describe reality
To understand how mindfulness skills helps to build attentional control
To increase tolerance of reality rather than getting caught in reactions to reality

Course content

7 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 57m total length

Introduction5:24
Explore dialectical behavior therapy mindfulness through three what skills and three how skills to boost attention control, awareness, and behavior change, with clinical insights and daily-life application.
Why do this course with me?2:48
Dr. Ivette Vardy shares a passion for dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), shaped by experience with borderline personality disorder. She trains clinicians, teaches DBT skills, and aims for ethical, engaging learning.
How mindless are you?2:52
What is mindfulness?3:09
Mindfulness is not...1:49

The four elements7:29
Learn to choose where to place your mind and stay fully present. Notice when it wanders and let go of distractions to reorient to the present moment with stronger focus.
ACTIVITY: Mindfulness of breath exercise to practice the four elements5:29
Engage in a structured mindfulness of breath exercise that observes inhalation and exhalation with nonjudgmental attention, returns focus after distraction, and applies open-eyed awareness to daily life.

Practice in daily life1:40
ACTIVITY: Noticing judgements and assumptions and re-writing as observable facts0:44
ACTIVITY: Working through the solution together6:48
Introducing next ACTIVITY: Mindfulness of thoughts1:58
ACTIVITY: The practice of tallying thoughts4:36
Practice mindful observation of thoughts by tallying each thought on a page, then releasing it and returning to present awareness without judgment for one minute.
Introducing ACTIVITY: Explaining mindfulness of judgements practice1:19
ACTIVITY: Tallying judgements, assumptions and observable facts3:47
In this mindfulness exercise, observe your thoughts with a relaxed posture, tally judgments, assumptions, and facts, label them, then let them go and return to observing.

Example of how my mind was in control of me!6:39
Discover how to observe urges and distracting thoughts without acting on them, using an observer stance to stay focused on study goals in a mindfulness-based DBT framework.
How do we apply the skills?2:53
Apply mindfulness skills to daily life by noticing wandering thoughts, letting go of distractions, and reorienting to the task with nonjudgmental awareness and single-task focus.
Seeing reality by using "Observing" and "Describing"5:50
Practice observing and describing reality to separate judgments from facts, showing that thoughts about the thesis drive stress and anxiety rather than the document itself.
What's real may not be effective8:11
Learn that true thoughts may be unwise to dwell on; accept strong beliefs, then choose what is truly effective through kinder inner dialogue.
Bonus lecture3:07
Get access to my other courses, get free access to my publication and doctorate and sign up for DBT Live Skills Training via my website https://www.yvettevardy.com/

Requirements

No, this course is stand alone
Also, these skills can be readily applied to behaviours being tracked on the DBT Diary Card

Description

This course provides a practical and in-depth look at the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) "What" and "How" Mindfulness skills. It not only explains these skills but gives examples on how to use these skills to change behaviours, reduce symptoms of mental illnesses, manage emotions and gain insights. It illustrates how mindfulness is far more than just a practice of watching your breath or scanning your body: The relevant skills can be used to increase conscious awareness and to have more control. This course also explains how mindfulness from a DBT perspective can bring us back to reality with "observing" and "describing", because typically we believe and react to the false stories our minds create. These stories are a part of any mental illness and any emotional distress that we experience, so learning how to unhook from our thoughts is a powerful way of reducing suffering. This course is aimed at both individuals seeking to apply mindfulness to their lives for positive change and at clinicians seeking to broaden their understanding of how mindfulness can help clients improve their emotional well-being.

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Anyone seeking to apply mindfulness skills to daily life
People seeking to change habits or behaviours
Those who are looking for a deeper theoretical perspective on mindfulness
Therapists wishing to increase their understanding of the DBT "what" and "how" skills

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): A Mindfulness Intensive

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 16min

Four elements in any mindful practice2 lectures • 13min

The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy "What" Mindfulness Skills4 lectures • 22min

The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy "How" Mindfulness Skills3 lectures • 11min

Practical activities: Formal practices to be used at any time7 lectures • 21min

Using these skills for behaviour change: Mindfully assessing and not assuming2 lectures • 8min

Example of believing our mind versus seeing what is real- Applying the skills!5 lectures • 27min

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