Self-Therapy/Self-Practicing Therapy Resources

(While its usually reccomended to have a DBT consultation team of 3-8 people
(providers) to help manage the stress of DBT clients & administer treatment more
effectively, these resources below can be used as a good starting point for those who
want to become more involved individually with DBT treatment).

DBT Books/Handouts Worksheets:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/191AcV4k-ESj51PEoIEdunUltx4f8J2on – A
vast number of books for trauma/ptsd ( including a full copy of DSM-V)
Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practical Guide- by Kelly Koerner and
Marsha M. Linehan PhD ABPP – Gives an accessible introduction to DBT treatment
DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition
By Marsha M. Linehan PhD ABPP – Contains a number of worksheets/handouts to craft
a comphrensive DBT; author is the creator of this treatment
https://survivingcptsd.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/
dbt_skills_training_handouts_and_worksheets_-_linehan_marsha_srg_.pdf

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1agHHMLiilVen54myZSyGW8ha0hjTPbz6 -
Contains The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises
for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and ... (A
New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) & DBT Skills Training Handouts/Worksheets

EDMR:

Finding the Energy to Heal: How EMDR, Hypnosis, TFT, Imagery, and Body-Focused
Therapy Can Help Restore Mindbody Health

By Maggie Phillips Ph. D. - Goes more in-depth on the techniuqes used for successful
EDMR therapy- aimed towards the clinician

EMDR: The Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety,

Stress, and Trauma
By Francine Shapiro – Focuses more on case studies w/ individuals experiencing EDMR
to help w/ their trauma/ptsd
Existential Therapy:

https://antilogicalism.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/existential-psychotherapy.pdf –
Psycho/existential therapy book from Irvin D. Yalom  (he wrote some other books
including Gift of Therapy )

http://fablar.in/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Mans_Search_for_Meaning.78114942.pdf
– Existental philosphy from Viktor E. Frankl

https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Therapies-Mick-Cooper/dp/1446201295 -
Existential Therapies Second Edition (mick Cooper); books gives a summarized take on
each approach within existential psychotherapy including pros/cons, relations & future
development

Ethics and Lao-Tzu: Intimations of Character by Edward Mendelowitz (protoege of

Rollo May) 
(excerpt can be found here:
http://edmendelowitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ETHICS-AND-LAO-TZU-
excerpt.pdf )- book focuses on his interaction of a patient w/DID; with connections to
arts, literature, etc.

Footnote: A lot of existential therapy is rooted from existential philosphy, which is

mentioned briefly here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_therapy

Website Resources:
http://bpdbunny.blogspot.com/2013/02/trauma-therapy-eye-movement.html – EDMR
info
https://www.psychpoint.com/mental-health/worksheets/self-care-assessment/ - A number
of DBT worksheets & other mental disorder/secondary issue worksheets

https://www.therapistaid.com – Has a number of worksheets/guides/vids to mental

health professionals w/ a variety of disorders ( including CBT/DBT)

https://www.dbtselfhelp.com – Site written by individuals who have been through DBT,

contains a number of mindfulness links ( instant mindfulness) along with a number of
articles including personal anecdotes with DBT treatment, as well as research into DBT
peer-led groups ( https://www.dbtselfhelp.com/html/the_self_help_myth.html )

Studies:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK68475/ -Effectiveness of Group

Psychotherapy

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13811110903478997 – Analysis of DBT

therapy on CPTSD ( complex post traumatic stress disorder)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1534650116687073 – Another study of DBT

& effects on individuals w/ trauma/PTSD

( if the studies above can’t be downloaded from their source, use sci-hub & enter the
URL of the selected study above)