Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT: A 30-Day Program for Treating Addictions and Trauma

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Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1	Introduction to Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT
	Poem: Bidding farewell
	Hole in the Soul
	DBT Skill: Act Dialectically
	Theme: The Relationship between Trauma, Addiction, and DBT
	Act Dialectically Experientially
	Closing: Commitment to Change/Angle of Opportunity
2	Big T and Little t Trauma
	Warm Up: Experiencing Trauma\'s Symptoms
	DBT Skill: Effectiveness
	Theme: Big T and Little t trauma Long Term Deprivation – Peter Levine
	Adaptation of the Trauma Egg
	Directing the Trauma Egg
	The Original Trauma Egg
	Closing: Introduction to Psychodrama: Telling the Trauma Story
3 Grief, Loss, and Mourning
	Warm Up: Mind Benders
	Theme: Getting the Self Back: Grief, Loss, and Mourning: Moving Through Loss
	Dealing with Grief: Normal Grief vs. Complicated Loss
	DBT Skill: Self-Soothe
	Closing the Chapter on Grief
	Closing: Your Last Day on Earth
4	The Ravages of Anger
	Warm Up: Various Forms of Anger
	Anger Map Questions
	Anger Map
	DBT Skill: Opposite Action
	Opposite Action Experientially: Stand on Feelings
	Closing: What Are You Still Angry About?
5	The Role of Depression in Addiction and Trauma
	Warm Up: The Depression Timeline
	Theme: Depression
	Letter From Your Depression
	Feelings Inventory
	DBT Skill: Cheerleading Statements
	Closing: Facing Your future
6 Self-Regulation: Addiction Recovery
	Poem: Goodbye to Addiction
	Warm Up: Select a Trinket
	Theme: Addiction Recovery: Mindfulness vs. Distraction
	DBT Skill: Distract
	The Addiction Wheel
	Closing: You Are Not Alone
7	Radical Acceptance
	Warm Up: Chair
	DBT Skill: Radical Acceptance
	DBT Exercise: Accepting Reality
	Marsha Linehan\'s Four Choices of Dealing with a Problem
	Awareness
	Closing: Losing Acceptance
8	Forgiveness
	Warm Up: Forgiveness
	Theme: Forgiveness
	The Forgiveness Exercise
	DBT skill: Think Dialectically
	An Experientially Dialectic Magic Shoppe Variation
	Closing: Self-Forgiveness Exercise
9	Setting Goals
	Warm Up: Your Eightieth Birthday
	Theme: Happiness as a Goal
	Happiness as a Goal Exercise
	DBT Skill: Goal Setting: A Life Worth Living
	Closing: Goal Setting Experientially
10 Boosting Self-Esteem with Mastery
	Warm Up: Spontaneity and Creativity
	Theme: Self-Esteem
	DBT Skill: Building Mastery Experientially
	Group Mastery Exercise
	Three Circle Plan
	Closing: Resilience Factors
11	Relapse Prevention
	Warm Up: Addiction and Recovery
	DBT Skill: Play the Tape Out
	The Relapse Trail©: A Structured and Directive Psychodrama
	Step by Step Instructions for the Relapse Trail©
	Experiential DBT Chain Analysis
	Closing: Maintaining Recovery
12	Time Management
	Warm Up: Clock on the Floor
	DBT Skill: Participate
	A Life Worth Living
	Participate in Pleasurable Activities
	Time Management
	The Recovery Approach to Time Management and Goal Setting
	Closing: Your Last Day on Earth
13	Mindfulness
	Using Mindfulness to Cope with Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors
	Warm Up: Exercise in Gentle Eating
	DBT Skill: Wise Mind/Clean Mind
	Teaching Wise Mind Experientially
	DBT Skill: Clear Mind/Clean Mind
	Telling the Trauma Story
	Closing: Meditations
14	Meditation
	Warm Up: Meditation
	DBT Mindfulness Meditation
	DBT Skill: One Mindful
	DBT Experiential Exercise: Turning the Mind
	Closing: Hope for the Future
15	Interpersonal Effectiveness
	Interpersonal Effectiveness: DISC theory
	DBT skill: Give—Keeping the Relationship
	GIVE DBT Skill Experientially
	Closing: Paper Tower Exercise
16	Somatic Experiential Therapy
	Warm Up: The Body Love–Hate Relationship
	Somatic ExperientialSM
	SomExSM in Practice
	DBT Skill: Describe
	Describe Skill Experientially
	Closing: Affirming the Body Experientially
17	Resilience
	Warm Up: Resilience
	Resilience Factors
	DBT Skill: Willingness over Willfulness
	The Willingness Walk
	Closing: Purposes in the Pain
18	Emotional Sobriety
	Warm Up: Emotional Sobriety
	What Do I See in Others that Is Missing in Me?
	DBT skill: Non- Judgmental Stance
	Non-Judgmental Stance Exercise: Drilling Down to Reach the Core Message
	Theme: Emotional Sobriety
	Closing: A Letter From Your Addiction
19	Shame and Vulnerability
	Warm Up: Natural Characteristics of a Child
	Shame and Vulnerability
	Breaking Through Our Shame Defenses
	DBT skill: Reduce Vulnerability
	Reduce Vulnerability Worksheet
	Closing: Resources on Shame and Vulnerability
20	Irrational Beliefs
	Warm Up: Flexibility in Thinking
	Answer Sheet for Flexibility in Thinking
	Irrational Beliefs
	Dispelling Irrational Beliefs
	I wish I Weren’t So . . .
	Emotional Mythology
	DBT Skill: Observe
	Closing: Let\'s Have a Party
21 Codependency: The Root of Addiction
	Warm Up: Boundaries
	Boundaries Experientially
	Theme: Codependency
	Devil and Angel
	DBT Skill: Objective Effectiveness (DEAR MAN)
	Messages Received From My Past
	What I Believe in the Present
22	Spirituality
	Theme: Spirituality
	The Meaning of Spirituality
	A Question of Spirituality
	DBT Skill: Improve
	Closing: The Four Faces of GOD
23	Family Roles
	Warm Up: Unconditional Love
	Family Roles in Addiction and Trauma
	DBT Skill: Relationship Effectiveness (GIVE)
	Give Experientially
	Closing: Family Roles
24	Healthy Intimacy and Sexuality
	Warm Up: Your Lifestyle Inventory
	Theme: Healthy Intimacy and Sexuality
	The Eight Levels of Intimacy
	Questions to Develop Intimacy
	DBT Skill: Validate Someone Else
	Closing: Healthy Intimacy Dialectical Dilemmas
25	Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
	Warm Up: Relationship Formula
	Theme: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
	DBT Skill: Self-Respect Effectiveness (FAST)
	DBT Fast Experientially
	The Willingness Exercise
26	Inner Child Rescue
	Warm Up: Inner Child Work
	Theatre of the Mind: Inner Child Concepts
	Inner Child Guided Meditation
	Inner Child Circle
	DBT Skill: Burning Bridges
	Key closing
27 Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
	Introduction to NLP
	Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude: A Guided NLP Meditation
	DBT Skill: Positive Reinforcement
	Decision and Learning Strategy Elicitation
	Let\'s Play Therapist
	Closing: Your Ideal Life
28	Building Trust for the Future
	The Trust Diagram
	Theme: Trust
	Trust Exercises
	DBT Skill: STOP
	Closing: The Trust Exercise
29	Bodywork
	Warm Up: Bodywork Movement Circle
	Bodywork and Embodiment
	DBT Skill: Alternative Rebellion
	Closing: Shaking and Trembling
30 What About My Career?
	Warm Up: A Comparison Between Perfectionism and Excellence
	Your Career
	Spirituality and Intuition
	Career Exercise
	DBT Skill: Pros and Cons
	Pros and Cons Exercise
	Closing: The End of Your Career
Appendix One
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Appendix Seven
Appendix Eight
References
Index