If you attend the Friday DBT Class (see Meetings for time and Zoom link), here is a list of handouts and video links for the topics that were discussed. We’re probably not going to be that great about updating this right after class, but we hope to post the materials here for you to review in a timely manner.
Note: There won’t be resources for August and September 2025 as the class was on break.
February 6, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Deciding How Intensely to Ask for Something
Handout: The Dime Game
February 13, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Mindfulness of Others
Video: Mindfulness of Others | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 2-13-26 Mindfulness of Others.pdf
February 20, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Ending Relationships
Video: Ending Relationships | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 5-9-25 Ending Relationships.pdf
February 27, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Thinking and Acting Dialectically
Video: Dialectics | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 2-27-26 Dialectics
January 2, 2026: Core Mindfulness | Nonjudgmental Mindfulness
Mindfulness Exercise: Free Yourself From Judgement – A Guided Meditation
Video: Free Yourself From Judgement – A Guided Meditation
Handout: SO 1-2-26 Nonjudgmental Mindfulness
January 9, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Clarifying Goals in Interpersonal Situations
Mindfulness Exercise: Free Yourself From Judgement – A Guided Meditation
Video: Non-judgement. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Non-judgmental Awareness – Habits of Mind –
Handout: SO 1-2-26 Nonjudgmental Mindfulness
January 16, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Objectives Effectiveness
Video: DEARMAN: How to Communicate Assertively | DBT-RU
Handout: SO 4-4-25 DEAR MAN.pdf
January 23, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Relationship Effectiveness
Video: DBT “G.I.V.E.” Skill | Counseling Center Group
Example Video: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)- GIVE Skill (Interpersonal Effectiveness)
Handout: SO 4-11-25 GIVE.pdf
January 30, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Self-respect Effectiveness
Video: FAST
Handout: SO 4-18-25 FAST.pdf
December 5, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Mindfulness of Current Emotions
Mindfulness Exercise: Listen to your favorite song!
Video: Mindfulness of Current Emotion – Marsha
Handout: SO 12-5-25 Current Emotions.pdf
December 12, 2025: Core Mindfulness | The Three States of Mind: Emotion, Reasonable, and Wise Minds
Videos: Dr. Marsha Linehan Teaches Wise Mind, Wise Mind | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 5-23-25 Three States of Mind
December 19, 2025: Orientation to DBT | Using Chain Analysis to Change Ineffective Behaviors
Mindfulness Exercise: 5-4-3-2-1
Video: DBT Chain Analysis
Handout: SO 5-16-25 Behavior Chain Analysis.pdf
December 26, 2025: Core Mindfulness | Participate
Mindfulness Exercise: Metacognitive Therapy
Video: Participate | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 12-26-25 Participate
November 7, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Accumulating Positive Emotions: Long Term
Mindfulness Exercise: Mindfulness Values Exercise
Video: Accumulating Positive Emotions in long term | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 2-28-25 APE Long Term.pdf
November 14, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Building Mastery
Video: SO 3-7-25 Building Mastery.pdf
Handout: SO 3-7-25 Building Mastery.pdf
November 21, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Coping Ahead with Challenges
Video: Cope Ahead | Counseling Center Group, DBT Skill: Cope Ahead
Handout: SO 3-14-25 Coping Ahead
November 28, 2025: Emotion Regulation |PLEASE Skills: Taking Care of Your Mind by Taking Care of Your Body
Mindfulness Exercise: How would a close friend describe your past week?
Video: PLEASE
Handout: SO 11-18-25 PLEASE.pdf
October 3, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Identifying and Allowing Feelings
Mindfulness Exercise: RAIN
Handout: SO 10-3-25 Emotions
October 10, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Check the Facts on Emotions
Video: Checking the Facts
Handout: SO 10-10-25 Check the Facts
October 17, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Opposite Actions to Change Emotions
Video: DBT Skills: Opposite Action And Emotion Regulation
Handout: SO 2-7-25 Opposite Action.docx
October 24, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Problem-Solving to Change Emotions
Video: Problem Solving | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 2-14-25 Problem Solving.pdf
October 31, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Accumulating Positive Emotions: Short Term
Video: Accumulating Positive Emotions in short term | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 2-21-25 Accumulating Positive Emotions ST.pdf
July 4, 2025: Distress Tolerance | Improving the Moment
Teaching Videos: IMPROVE
Handout: SO 7-4-25 IMPROVE.pdf
July 11, 2025: Distress Tolerance | Radical Acceptance
Teaching Videos: DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance And Distress Tolerance
Handout: SO 12-13-24 Radical Acceptance.pdf
July 18, 2025: Core Mindfulness | Half-Smiling and Willing Hands
Mindfulness Exercise: Welcoming Uncertainty Meditation
Videos: DBT Half Smiling | Counseling Center Group
Willing Hands | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 7-18-25 Half Smile and Willing Hands.pdf
July 25, 2025: Core Mindfulness | Community Reinforcement of Abstinence
Mindfulness Exercise: “Desert Song” // by säje
Video: Willpower Doesn’t Work – Design Your Environment For SUCCESS
Handout: SO 7-25-24 Community Reinforcement.pdf
June 6, 2025: Distress Tolerance | Pros and Cons
Teaching Video: Pros and Cons Video (play from 3:13 – 5:27)
Handout: Pros and Cons Handouts
June 13, 2025: Distress Tolerance | TIP Skills
Videos: TIP Skills: Reduce Extreme Emotions Quickly | DBT-RU,
Paced Breathing with MML
Handout: SO 6-13-25 TIP.pdf
June 20, 2025: Distress Tolerance | Wise Mind ACCEPTS
Mindfulness Exercise: Andrea Bocelli Statue of Liberty Concert (CPTV) (1:15:50 – 1:19:13)
Teaching Videos: Distract | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 6-20-25 ACCEPTS.pdf
June 27, 2025: Distress Tolerance | Self-Soothing
Mindfulness Exercise: Sensory Awareness Exercise Distress Tolerance
Teaching Videos: Crisis Survival Skill: Self Soothe
Handout: SO 6-27-25 Self-Soothing.pdf
May 2, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Finding and Getting People to Like You
Teaching Video: Building New Connections | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 5-2-25 Building Relationships.pdf
May 9, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Ending Relationships
Teaching Video: Ending Relationships | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 5-9-25 Ending Relationships.pdf
May 16, 2025: Orientation to DBT: Behavior Chain Analysis
Mindfulness Video: Managing Anxious Thoughts And Stress With Mindfulness
Teaching Video: DBT Chain Analysis
Handout: SO 5-16-25 Behavior Chain Analysis.pdf
May 23, 2025: Core Mindfulness | Three States of Mind
Mindfulness Video: Being Still And Doing Nothing | Mindfulness Exercise
Teaching Video: DBT Skills: Wise Mind, Emotion Mind And Reasonable Mind
Handout: SO 5-23-25 Three States of Mind
May 30, 2025: Distress Tolerance | STOP
Teaching Video: DBT Distress Tolerance STOP Skill
Handout: SO 5-30-25 STOP.pdf
April 4, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Guidelines for Objectives Effectiveness: DEAR MAN
Video: DEARMAN: How to Communicate Assertively | DBT-RU
Handout: SO 4-4-25 DEAR MAN.pdf
April 11, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Guidelines for Relationship Effectiveness: GIVE
Video: DBT “G.I.V.E.” Skill | Counseling Center Group
Video Example: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)- GIVE Skill (Interpersonal Effectiveness)
Handout: SO 4-11-25 GIVE.pdf
April 18, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Guidelines for Self-Respect Effectiveness: FAST
Video: DBT’s F.A.S.T. Skill | Counseling Center Group
Video Example: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)- FAST Skill for Young Adult and Teen
Handout: SO 4-18-25 FAST.pdf
April 25, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Evaluating Options for Whether or How Intensely to Ask for Something or Say No
Mindfulness video: 3-Minute Springtime MeditationHandout: SO 4-25-25 Dime Game.pdf
Iphone app: The Dime Game on the App Store
March 7, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Building Mastery
Video: Building Mastery | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 3-7-25 Building Mastery.pdf
March 14, 2025: Emotion Regulation | Coping Ahead
Video: Cope Ahead | Counseling Center Group
Handout: SO 3-14-25 Coping Ahead
Video:DBT Skill: Cope Ahead
March 21, 2025: Emotion Regulation | PLEASE
Skills: Taking Care of Your Mind By Taking Care of Your Body
Mindfulness Exercise: Mindful: A Meditation Series (Guided Short Self-Love Meditation)
Video: PLEASE
Handout: SO 3-21-25 PLEASE.pdf
March 28, 2025: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Clarifying Goals in Interpersonal Situations
Mindfulness Video: Meditation – Feet on the Floor | Grounding Technique (lose your stress and find some calm)
Video: Ask for what you want and need, don’t wait for people to guess
Handout: SO 3-28-25 Clarifying Goals.pdf
March 6, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Validation
Mindfulness Exercise:
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March 13, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Recovering from Invalidation
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March 20, 2026: Interpersonal Effectiveness | Behavior Change Strategies
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March 27, 2026: Distress Tolerance | Stop Skill
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April 6, 2026: Distress Tolerance | Pros and Cons
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April 13, 2026: Distress Tolerance | TIP Skills: Temperature and Intense Exercise
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April 20, 2026: Distress Tolerance | TIP Skills: Paced Breathing and Paired Muscle Relaxation
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April 27, 2026: Distress Tolerance | Distracting
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