Wow, it’s been a long time since I posted!  It seems like life just keeps getting in the way of sitting down to write.

Well, we’re ready to wrap up the
DBT topics – well the ones that are
part of the official curriculum by
Marsha Linehan.  There are related
topics that I’ll write about next.

Here is an overview of Linehan’s skills…

One way to keep track of how well you’re using these skills is through a DBT diary card.  It has the skills listed out and space to mark for each day whether you used them or not.  There are many versions of this diary card, so this is just one example.  Sometimes we would just note which we used.  Other times we’d use  1-10 scale for how high our emotion was or how well we used the skills.

I’ll post a printable sheet under Lists for those that are interested in using it.

One last thought to leave you for today…