Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills, 101 Mindfulness Exercises and Other Fun Activities for Children and Adolescents: A Learning Supplement [Paperback]

Riddoch & Eggers Huber Christensen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1434368254 | ISBN-13: 978-1434368256 | Publication Date: February 12, 2009 | Edition: 1

Looking for fun new ways to learn Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) or mindfulness? Would you like to increase your therapy or skills group participation? Or maybe you just want to improve your approach to teaching or learning new coping and social skill

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse; 1 edition (February 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434368254
• ISBN-13: 978-1434368256
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Group work, August 7, 2009

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Mrs. S. Lewis "Sarah" (Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills, 101 Mindfulness Exercises and Other Fun Activities for Children and Adolescents: A Learning Supplement (Paperback)

I use this book for a group we run in an adolescent mental health inpatient unit. We are not trained in DBT but like the approach and are trying to secure funding for the training. In the meantime we use the approach.
I find this book easy to use, with handouts on one side of the page and "how to do it" on the other. The sheets are easy to use and geared at a simple enough level for most of our clients to take the message on board despite their current difficulties.
I initially bought the book as I was getting stuck in thinking about mindfulness activities that are fun and easy to explain, and that we haven't done before recently. As our OT uses sensory integration in her groups, our icebreakers and mindfulness exercises tend to overlap!
I have found that this book has helped me to organise my groups, to help educate staff newish to the concepts of DBT, and the exercises can be short enough to grab the young peoples attention

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars right idea, wrong delivery, July 20, 2009

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P. A. Frank "ribbitriff" (No Va) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills, 101 Mindfulness Exercises and Other Fun Activities for Children and Adolescents: A Learning Supplement (Paperback)

I'm not sure who was the audience for this book. I assume it is clinicians who use DBT with their younger clients but there is little in there that was new and while the cover is beautiful, the inside looks as if it was done with an old fashion mimeograph. Don't waste your money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very user-friendly workbook., June 20, 2010

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This review is from: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills, 101 Mindfulness Exercises and Other Fun Activities for Children and Adolescents: A Learning Supplement (Paperback)

This is an easy to read, easy to apply workbook. Quick ideas for DBT groups.