Chapter 1: Getting Started with Treatment
Chapter 2: The Three Paradigms of DBT
Chapter 3: The Acceptance Paradigm
Chapter 4: Paradigm of Change
Chapter 5: Dialectical Paradigm
Chapter 6 DBT Tree
Chapter 7: Goals, Steps, Target Behaviors, and Goal Priorities
Chapter 8: Dialectical Dilemmas and Secondary Goals
Chapter 9: Case Conceptualization of DBT
Chapter 10: Commitment and Commitment Strategies
Chapter 11: Behavioral Chain Analysis
Chapter 12 Validation
Chapter 13 Dialectical Strategy
Chapter 14 Technology and Skills Training
Chapter 15: Prevention and Treatment of Therapist Burnout

In dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the key to flexible and skillful decision-making lies in understanding the connection between clinical strategies and core principles that connect moment to moment. According to DBT authority Charles R.
Swenson's lucid guide provides clinicians with a compass to navigate difficult clinical situations and move treatment forward even when it seems impossible.
Numerous vivid case studies demonstrate DBT in action, explaining how it uses techniques and strategies that flow from the fundamental paradigms of acceptance, change, and dialectics.
This will give clinicians the knowledge and confidence to faithfully implement DBT while meeting the complex needs of each patient.

“The ultimate guide to DBT principles and practice.
“This book integrates the author’s decades of clinical experience into a compelling package.”
- Peter Fonagy, OBE, FMedSci, FBA, PhD,
Head of the Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, UK

“I am so fortunate to have been part of Swenson’s wonderful DBT journey.
“His talent and experience as a teacher are well captured here.”
- Perry D.
Homan, PhD, President of the National Coalition for Borderline Personality Disorder Education