Professor Michaela Swales leads nuanced sessions with patients navigating eating disorders, substance misuse, neurodivergence, perinatal experiences, LGBTQ+ identities, and cultural sensitivity—showing how DBT adapts across client diversity.

Discussing the international dissemination of DBT discussing questions like, how did this happen? and what is driving this?

Dr. Christine Dunkley lists the 7 DBT Commitment Strategies.

Dr. Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler demonstrates how she has to use a number of the DBT Commitment Strategies with Sam, an outpatient client who is having general doubts about coming to therapy

Dr. Christine Dunkley shows that she has to work a little harder with the DBT Commitment Strategies with Hannah, who is constantly presenting obstacles about coming to her Skills Group.

Whilst in prison, Karl is questioning whether DBT Therapy is for him and is very unforthcoming with Dr. Christine Dunkley - this forces Christine to use the DBT Commitment Strategies in a different way

What if the DBT therapist is the one lacking commitment? Dr. Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler discusses how the DBT Commitment Strategies can be applied inwardly.

Core Components Volume 1.
Episode 1: Introduction to Behavioural Chain Analysis

Professor Michaela Swales introduces the Core Components Series.

This video precedes the Behavioural Chain Analysis role play. Prior to this role play, Michaela explains the client profile of Christine (played by Dr...

In part 1 of the chain analysis Michaela Swales and Christine Dunkley demonstrate how to conduct a behavioural analysis and implement a comprehensive solution analysis. In this unscripted role-play Michaela and Christine demonstrate a range of different solutions and how to engage the client in b...

In part 2 of the chain analysis Michaela Swales and Christine Dunkley continue to demonstrate how to conduct a behavioural analysis and implement a comprehensive solution analysis. In this unscripted role-play Michaela and Christine demonstrate a range of different solutions and how to engage the...

In this fourth episode of the Core Components Volume 1 series Michaela summarises the Behavioural Chain Analysis role-play with Christine.

In the part 1 of the second role-play of Volume 1 Michaela clarifies her hypotheses about the relationships between these emotions. On the basis of Michaela's conceptualisation that sadness and the inability of the client to tolerate it is a controlling variable for the self-harm. Michaela decide...

In the part 2 of the second role-play of Volume 1 Michaela continues to clarify her hypotheses about the relationships between these emotions. On the basis of Michaela's conceptualisation that sadness and the inability of the client to tolerate it is a controlling variable for the self-harm. Mic...

In this final video of Core Components Volume 1 Michaela summarises the exposure role-play with Christine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this Introduction to Volume 3 of the Core Components Series Dr. Michaela Swales introduces the upcoming role play in which herself and Dr. Christine Dunkley demonstrate the application of the Suicide Crisis Protocol in DBT.