Pre Treatment
4 Episodes
Presented by Dr Michaela Swales and Christine Dunkley, each video in the Core Components series focuses on a different aspect of DBT and consists of role plays depicting a relevant scenario. Volume 2 focuses on the first pre-treatment session and eliciting commitment to the skills group.
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03:19Episode 1
Core Components Vol 2 - 1. Introduction
Episode 1
This video precedes the Pre-Treatment role play. In this episode Michaela explains the pre-treatment phase of DBT. In the role play the name Christine was chosen to prevent Michaela misnaming the patient during the role play.
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Core Components Vol 2 - 2. Pre Treatment
Episode 2
In this pre-treatment role play Michaela demonstrates goal identification and linking goals to treatment targets where the client's goals for therapy readily match the focus of the treatment programme.
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Core Components Vol 2 - 3. Pre-Treatment pt. 2
Episode 3
In this second pre-treatment role play the client is more hopeless and presents her main goal to be dead. In this role play Michaela demonstrates a distinctive feature of DBT pre-treatment - treating road blocks to commitment to assist the client making the necessary commitments to treatment.
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Core Components Vol 2 - 4. Commitment to Skills Group
Episode 4
In this role play Michaela demonstrates how to work with a client who is reluctant to attend the group component of the treatment and develop commitment to attending the full DBT programme.
