The what skills outline the action component of doing mindfulness in DBT. It teaches the person what to do when trying to be mindful. The skills include:

 -Observe

 -Describe

 -Participate


What Skills in Mindfulness Within Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

 The how skills outline the way to do the what skills of mindfulness in DBT. The skills guides the person on how to be mindful successfully. The skills include:

-Nonjudgmentally

-One-mindfully

-Effectively


How Skills in Mindfulness Within Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Wise mind is the state of mind where the best judgment is in effect. It is the use of all the knowledge a person has when making a decision. In other words, it is the merging of the emotional mind (feelings) and the reasonable mind (logic)

Wise Mind in Mindfulness Within Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Mindfulness in DBT is comprised of essential core skills. The skills are grouped into categories that teaches a person what to do to be mindful and how to do it in an effective way. The core categories include: 

-Wise Mind (“emotion mind” and “reasonable mind") 

-How Skills (observe, describe, and participate)

-What Skills ( non-judgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively)


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One goal of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is to enhance the capabilities of the patient receiving treatment. This is achieved through the teaching of skills within each of the 4 modules or groups outlined below.
- Mindfulness 
- Emotional regulation
- Distress Tolerance
- Interpersonal effectiveness

Skills Modules in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Fabrizio, D. (ed.). (2009). Clinical handbook of mindfulness. Springer. 

Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness

The ability to tolerate and get through crises without making them worse. This module consists of 2 parts: crisis survival skills and reality acceptance skills 


Distress Tolerance

The ability to be assertive in a relationship while also keeping said relationship healthy and positive. The chance to create new worthwhile relationships and ending destructive ones. 

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Core Mindfulness skills in Dialectical behavioral Therapy

The ability to reduce emotional pain and increase emotional resilience. A person can't get rid of emotions but it is possible to manage them. Emotional regulation is divided into two parts: changing emotional responses and reducing vulnerability to emotion mind.


Emotion Regulation Within Dialectical Behavior Therapy

The collection of conscious or unconscious influences that an individual exerts on the generation, timing, experience, or expression of his/her emotion(s). 

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