DBT for Trauma: Individual Session Outline

Kirby-Reutter

United States Department of Homeland Security

Key Points

  1. The main purpose of individual sessions in TF-DBT is to engage in trauma processing.
  2. The secondary function of individual sessions is to review and practice skills learned in group.
  3. A final function of individual sessions is to integrate other treatment models.
  4. A typical session follows this format:
    1. Do brief mindfulness exercise.
    2. Review homework.
    3. Review skills.
    4. Engage in trauma processing.
    5. Assign homework.
    6. Conclude with a mindfulness exercise.

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