The Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Michaela Swales PhD is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Professor in Clinical Psychology North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme & School of Psychology, Bangor University. She trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Seattle in 1995 with Marsha Linehan and for twenty years ran a clinical programme for suicidal young people in an inpatient service. She was a founder members of the UK DBT Training Team becoming its Director in 2002. She has trained more than a thousand professionals in DBT, seeding over 400 programmes, in both the UK and further afield. She is the author with Heidi Heard PhD of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features (2009 & 2017) and Changing Behavior in DBT: Problem-Solving in Action (2015).

• Section I: Introduction1: Michaela A. Swales: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Development and Distinctive FeatureSection II: Theoretical underpinnings of DBT2: Inga Niedtfeld and Martin Bohus: Recent developments in understanding the bio in the biosocial theory of BPD in DBT3: Jeremy L. Grove and Sheila E. Crowell: Invalidating Environments and the Development of Borderline Personality Disorder4: Alex Chapman: Behavioural foundations of DBT: Applying behavioural principles to the challenge of suicidal behaviour and non-suicid5: Randy Wolbert: Modifying Behaviour Therapy to meet the challenge of treating BPD: Incorporating Zen and mindfulness6: Jennifer Sayrs and Marsha Linehan: Modifying behaviour therapy to meet the challenge of treating BPD: utilizing dialecticsSection: III The Structure of Treatment7: Henry Schmidt III and Joan Russo: The structure of DBT Programs8: Jennifer Sayrs: Running an effective Consultation Team: Principles & Challenges9: Colleen Cowperthwait, Kristin Wyatt, Caitlin Fang, and Andre Neasciu: Skills Training in DBT: Principles & Practicalities10: Shireen L. Rizvi and Kristen M. Roman: Generalisation modalities: Taking the treatment out of the consulting room - using telephone, text and email11: Michaela A. Swales and Christine Dunkley: Structuring the wider environment: Skills for DBT Team LeaderSection: IV Clinical Applications of DBT12: Shari Manning: Case Formulation in DBT: Developing a behavioural formulation13: Sara Landes: Conducting effective behavioural and solution analyses14: Christine Dunkley: Conceptual and practical issues in the application of emotion regulation in DBT15: Lars Mehlum: DBT as a Suicide and Self-harm Treatment: Assessing & Treating suicidal behaviours16: Alan Fruzzetti and Allison K. Ruork: Conceptual and practical issues in the application of Validation in DBT17: Heidi Heard: Treating In-Session Clinical Behaviours18: Maggie Stanton and Christine Dunkley: Teaching Mindfulness Skills in DBT19: Alan Fruzzetti: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with Parents, Couples and Families to Augment Stage 1 OutcomesSection: V Evidence for DBT20: Erin Miga, Andrada D. Neacsiu, Anita Lungu, Heidi Heard & Linda Dimeff: Dialectical Behavior Therapy from 1991-2015: What do we know about clinical efficacy and research quality?21: Carla Walton and Katherine Anne Comtois: Effectiveness of DBT in routine clinical practice22: Roy Krawitz & Erin Miga: Financial cost-effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD)23: Tali Boritz, Richard J. Zeifman, and Shelley F. McMain: Why does DBT work? Understanding processes of change in a complex treatment24: Louise Brinton Clarke: A service user perspective on DBTSection VI: Adapting the treatment for new clinical populations25: Jill Rathus, Alec Miller, and Lauren Bonavitacola: DBT with adolescents26: Kelly Bhatnagar, Lucene Wisniewski and Caitlin Martin-Wagar: DBT for Eating Disorders: Adapting Programmatically and Strategically27: Seth R. Axelrod: DBT for substance dependence28: Andre Ivanoff and Phillip Marotta: DBT in Forensic settings29: Emily Fox: DBT in in-patient and residential settings30: Amanda Uliaszek, Carla Chugani, and Greg Williams: DBT in College Counselling Centres31: Francheska Perepletchikova: DBT for pre-adolescent children32: Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, and James Mazz: DBT in Schools33: Janet Feigenbaum: DBT for employment -related difficulties34: Julie Brown: DBT for individuals with an intellectual disability35: Melanie Harned and Sara C. Schmidt: DBT for PTSD - an integrative approach36: Martin Bohus and Kathlen Priebe: DBT for PTSD - A treatment program for complex PTSD after childhood abuseSection: VII Implementation of DBT37: Katherine Anne Comtois and Sara J. Landes: Implementing DBT: An implementation science perspective38: Helen Best and Jim Lyngs: Implementation in public healthcare systems39: Sarah Reynolds and Colleen Lang: Implementation in private practice40: Daniel Flynn, Mary Kells, and Mary Joyce: Implementation in National Systems: The Case of Ireland41: Anthony P. DuBose, Yevgeny Botanov, and André Ivanoff: International Implementation of dialectical behavior therapy: The challenge of training therapists across culturesSection VIII: Training in DBT42: Anthony P. DuBose, Yevgeny Botanov, María V. Navarro Haro, and Marsha Linehan: Evidence-based training: The Intensive Training Model(TM)43: Amy Gaglia: Supervision in DBT: Shaping therapists towards adherenceSection VIII: In Conclusion44: Michaela A. Swales: 1. Future Directions for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Theory, Development & Implementation

I had a good understanding of DBT, yet the book increased my awareness of its theoretical frameworks. It has clearly improved my understanding of the wide application of DBT including my own clinical area of practice.