The Skills Training Manual for Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol 1st Edition

A much needed companion for therapists who run an RO DBT skills class. Shipping was very fast and happy to have this on hand.

I am a 5th year clinical psychology graduate student who has practiced with a number of different treatment manuals over the course of my clinical training (e.g., DBT, Schema Focused Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy), and I can say that the RO DBT skills manual is hands-down the best one I’ve encountered to date, as well as being a requisite component of Dr. Thomas Lynch’s Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol (see: https://www.amazon.com/Radically-Open-Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy/dp/1626259283/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1626259283&pd_rd_r=A6DCRCRWZTYW844Z1WH9&pd_rd_w=weBsM&pd_rd_wg=Zuoe1&psc=1&refRID=A6DCRCRWZTYW844Z1WH9&dpID=51jxJpJnlEL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=detail). It is arranged in an organized manner that simplifies instruction, and is extremely user-friendly in terms of its diagrams, instructions, teaching tips, worksheets, and supplemental exercises. I particularly appreciate Dr. Lynch's inclusion of techniques and protocols to use when troubleshooting common issues among OC classes, as these are often the most frequent questions that come up for me when learning new approaches. Although I have yet to run one of these classes, I have begun integrating RO skills with my individual clients and in my own life, and the results have been nothing short of astounding. THIS STUFF WORKS! I highly urge anyone interested in improving their therapeutic and interpersonal effectiveness to check out this manual.

In a well organized and coherent volume based on years of research and development, Dr. Lynch provides step by step guidance for teaching the RO DBT skills in a class setting. Skills class worksheets and handouts are found in the same chapter as the instructor's lesson plan. Varied methods for learning in a classroom setting are creative and are in and of themselves interventions for problematic overcontrol tendencies. As a clinician trained in this model and co-teaching RO DBT skills classes, I have been very impressed with the effectiveness of these skills, especially for people with significant overcontrol coping style for whom other psychotherapeutic interventions have had limited yield. In my experience to date using this model, participants with even moderate overcontrol tendencies have endorsed great benefit from RO DBT. Highly recommended if you wish to serve populations experiencing disorders of overcontrol.

I’ve completed the 10-day training in RO-DBT and this manual is obviously useful for skills class. I love the concepts in this model but the manual is too dense and language is inaccessible to most users. It is very difficult to run a comprehensive RO program for this reason, but I still recommend the training and use many of these skills intermittently for my patients.

Great book for those of us with over control issues. Would be best used with a therapist but can be used on your own. I’m doing a combination and love it. Don’t hesitate to order, it will help you on your healing journey!

This book is a companion to Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol. That book provides an amazing overview of OC and how to practice RO-DBT, and this manual provides the concrete skills that OC clients will practice in the course of treatment (so you really need both if you are going to use RO-DBT). Disregarding the actual content, the manual is incredibly well put together and easy to follow. I like it a lot better than other manuals I've used before. In terms of the actual skills themselves, the rationale for using each skill is very clear. I am very impressed with this manual.

RO DBT is a treatment for individuals with maladaptive overcontrol. This Skills Training Manual is a comprehensive guide for the clinician leading the skills class component of RO DBT. It provides step by step details, developed from over 20 years of research, as to how clinicians can teach necessary skills to overcontrolled individuals, such as how to forgive themselves and others, be more open minded and flexible, cope with shame, act more spontaneously, be more open in their emotional expression, and more. As an intensively trained RO DBT therapist for over 2 years, I have seen the skills make a significant difference for the clients I see. Highly recommended.

Few resources are available for OC. RO DBT is excellent.