DBT Skills Training and Coaching Flashcards

What is 'missing links analysis' in DBT?

Answer: A tool used when clients don't complete homework, to identify barriers to skill use

Missing links analysis is used when clients fail to complete diary cards or homework, identifying whether the problem was awareness, willingness, ability, or a skills deficit.

In DBT skills training, what does 'shaping' refer to?

Answer: Gradually reinforcing successive approximations toward a target skill or behavior

Shaping in DBT involves reinforcing small, incremental steps toward a target behavior, rather than expecting the full behavior to appear at once.

What is the 'pros and cons' skill used for in DBT?

Answer: To evaluate the benefits and costs of engaging in or tolerating a crisis behavior

The pros and cons skill in DBT's distress tolerance module helps clients weigh the advantages and disadvantages of acting on a harmful urge versus tolerating the distress.

What is 'contingency management' in DBT?

Answer: Strategically applying reinforcement and punishment to increase adaptive and decrease maladaptive behaviors

Contingency management in DBT involves deliberately arranging environmental consequences (reinforcers and punishers) to shape desired behavior change.

What is the role of 'cognitive modification' in DBT skills training?

Answer: Checking facts and changing thoughts that don't fit the facts to reduce ineffective emotions

Cognitive modification in DBT involves checking whether thoughts are accurate and, if not, changing them to fit the facts, which then changes the resulting emotion.

Which DBT concept describes practicing skills so thoroughly they become automatic?

Answer: Overlearning

Overlearning refers to practicing skills beyond initial mastery so they become automatic responses, especially important for crisis situations when cognitive resources are limited.