DBT Teams: Development and Practice

by Jennifer H. R. Sayrs, Marsha M. Linehan

The treatment team is an essential component of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). This much-needed resource from Jennifer H. R. Sayrs and DBT originator Marsha M. Linehan explains how DBT teams work, ways in which they differ from traditional consultation teams, and how to establish an effective team culture. The book addresses the role of the DBT team leader; the structure of meetings; the use of DBT strategies within teams; identifying and resolving common team problems; and important functions before, during, and after suicide crises. User-friendly features include end-of-chapter exercises and reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.  

226 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2019

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I took a DBT training and joined a DBT team at the end of April and we were assigned a chapter a week reading. The team has been a bit slow and I have tried to keep pace, hence the long read time.

Overall, this book would have been useful if I had not had the training or also recently read Linehan's book. It is useful and approachable, but nothing profound. I did not feel like I learned much by reading it; the material was a repeat around the training.

As a group, we have discussed it a bit and it might be a good tool for others starting teams that have not had much extensive training or who want to read something shorter and bit more approachable than Linehan's dense text; I was bit underwhelmed.