Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills (DBT) III: Chain Analysis

This group invites patients to dissect difficult, discreet moments from the previous week to begin to identify their patterns of coping and the difficulties they are having integrating skills into their lives. Patients identify a moment where they behaved in a way counter to their goals and then look at the interplay of their (1) thoughts and feelings, (2) vulnerabilities, and (3) environmental and relational cues/events which may have resulted in their problematic behavior. Patients learn about their patterns of reacting and how to use skills and increased awareness to more effectively ​manage emotionally triggering situations.  Although this group stresses DBT skills, it allows for the exploration of both behavioral and intrapersonal dynamics as a way of more fully understanding patients’ experiences.