DBT Skills Class: Interpersonal Effectiveness
Weekly materials, handouts, and homework assignments for the 7-week Interpersonal Effectiveness skills module.
Textbook
The single book you'll use for all FRTC DBT skills classes.
Required
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition
This is the one book you will use for all of the basic DBT skills courses. Weekly assignments reference page numbers from this book.
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Class Meeting Link
FRTC DBT Skills Classroom
Before you join
- 1 You will need to be logged into a Zoom account to join the class. Please create one if you do not have one already.
- 2 Try to join several minutes before your class begins. After clicking the link, you will join a waiting room.
- 3 Please stay in the waiting room until an instructor allows you to enter.
- 4 You must change your Zoom display name to the name you used when signing up for the class. This is how the instructor will know to let you in.
Weekly Materials
Click any week to expand the handouts and homework for that class.
Week 1 Orientation & Mindfulness I
Material
- General Handout 1: Goals of Skills Training
- General Handout 3: Guidelines for Skills Training
- General Handout 4: Skills Training Assumptions
- Mindfulness Handout 1: Goals of Mindfulness Practice
- Mindfulness Handout 2: Overview: Core Mindfulness Skills
- Mindfulness Handout 3: Wise Mind: States of Mind
Homework
- Mindfulness Worksheet 1: Pros and Cons of Practicing Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Worksheet 3: Wise Mind Practice
Some mindfulness exercises from class and the book can be found in audio versions — contact us for access.
Week 2 Mindfulness II
Material
- Mindfulness Handout 4: Taking Hold of Your Mind: "What" Skills
- Mindfulness Handout 5: Taking Hold of Your Mind: "How" Skills
Homework
- Mindfulness Worksheet 4: Mindfulness "What" Skills: Observing, Describing, Participating
- Mindfulness Worksheet 5: Mindfulness "How" Skills: Nonjudgmentalness, One-Mindfulness, Effectiveness
Some mindfulness exercises from class and the book can be found in audio versions — contact us for access.
Week 3 Understanding Obstacles & Clarifying Goals
Material
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 1: Goals of Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 2: Factors in the Way of Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 4: Clarifying Goals in Interpersonal Situations
Homework
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 3: Clarifying Priorities in Interpersonal Situations
Week 4 DEAR MAN
Material
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 5: Guidelines for Objective Effectiveness: Getting What You Want (DEAR MAN)
Homework
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 4: Writing Out Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills (used for weeks 4, 5, and 6)
Week 5 GIVE
Material
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6: Guidelines for Relationship Effectiveness: Keeping the Relationship (GIVE)
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 6A: Expanding the V in GIVE
Homework
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 4: Continue using this worksheet for this week
Week 6 FAST
Material
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 7: Guidelines for Self-Respect Effectiveness: Keeping Respect for Yourself (FAST)
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 19: Recovering from Invalidation
Homework
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 4: Continue using this worksheet for this week
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 13: Self-Validation and Self-Respect
Week 7 Evaluating Options
Material
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 8: Evaluating Options
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 9: Troubleshooting
Homework
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 6: The Dime Game
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 7: Troubleshooting IE Skills
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