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Old Dec 21, 2016, 03:51 PM
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So I already made a thread about BPD and DBT came up. I was going to get into the program at my T office but it's a group that meets twice a week and you can't miss more than two days and it's a year long course. I just don't have reliable transportation and if I'm rapid cycling, I can't be around people. I'm going to ask my T if we can do one on one but incase she can't, I'm wondering if there's any books or online stuff that would help me?? Anyone do one on one?

And if you did DBT, did it help??
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Old Dec 21, 2016, 03:56 PM
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I did DBT twice in a row. Yes it does help but it's work learning the concepts.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 09:18 AM
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Sorry I can't be of any help, but I've wanted to do DBT workbooks too. I've found one on Amazon that looks promising: https://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-B...dp/1572245131/

I might pick it up. I wonder if anyone else here has used that book before, as it seems pretty popular on Amazon.

There's a BP-specific one too, but apparently it's not that great.

I've been meaning to ask my T if we can do one-on-one DBT, but I always forget to bring it up.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 09:28 AM
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I took a CBT course. Some of the material was taken from the DBT model - like mindfulness and catastrophic thinking tools. It was one on one for 3 months.

I did this in addition to self-help tools. There is a (go ahead and laugh in disbelief) "DBT for Dummies" book out there. I used the CBT version and it was very helpful as it had a day-at-a-time format which not only had worksheets and excercises but directed journalling too. They are written in a manner that they take 90 days to complete. I highly recommend either of these books as they borrow from the best of the theories and practices out there.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 09:44 AM
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Sorry I can't be of any help, but I've wanted to do DBT workbooks too. I've found one on Amazon that looks promising: https://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-B...dp/1572245131/

I might pick it up. I wonder if anyone else here has used that book before, as it seems pretty popular on Amazon.

There's a BP-specific one too, but apparently it's not that great.

I've been meaning to ask my T if we can do one-on-one DBT, but I always forget to bring it up.
I've been working on and off with that book. Some of the skills are valuable. Radical acceptance takes a lot of emotions out of the way and able to deal with things without bias and more easily. I still got a ways to go.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 01:31 PM
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Since you cannot reach your group, can this help?

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - DBT

http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/De...thDistress.pdf

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Old Dec 22, 2016, 01:32 PM
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As I said before it is a big commitment but worth it. You either want to do it or not.

It's worth it if you want stability in your life.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 06:26 PM
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This has been around a while: DBT Self Help

My DBT instructor used to get pages off of this site.
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Old Dec 22, 2016, 09:52 PM
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Thank you everyone I'm going to research all these suggestions and probably chose a book to get.
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Old Dec 23, 2016, 04:29 PM
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Oh and Incase anyone was thinking "why doesn't this flake just google?" Lol. I want to know from your experiences only.
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