DBT programmes provide multiple treatment modalities that address the key skills and motivational deficits presented by clients with a diagnosis of BPD. Thus, DBT Programmes provide skills training for clients, often in a group format; individual DBT psychotherapy, to help clients identify and solve problems in changing their behaviours; and treatment modalities to support generalisation of the new skills beyond the treatment environment, most commonly by telephone coaching.
In addition, DBT Programmes enhance the skills of therapists on the team and maintain their motivation to treat effectively by providing a mandatory weekly consultation team meeting where therapists receive supervision and consultation on their clinical work. Therefore each member of the programme will need to have dedicated time of at least 1 1/2 days a week to the DBT Programme.
Implementing DBT selecting, training and supervising a team Article by Michaela Swales