DBT for Trauma: Individual Session Outline
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- The main purpose of individual sessions in TF-DBT is to engage in trauma processing.
- The secondary function of individual sessions is to review and practice skills learned in group.
- A final function of individual sessions is to integrate other treatment models.
- A typical session follows this format:
- Do brief mindfulness exercise.
- Review homework.
- Review skills.
- Engage in trauma processing.
- Assign homework.
- Conclude with a mindfulness exercise.
