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.

Professor Michaela Swales introduces Dr. Christine Dunkley who is working with Kate, a patient with an Eating Disorder, who's targetted behaviour is actually an absence of behaviour.

Dr. Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler is working with Beth who has a comorbidity of Substance Misuse – see how Amy adapts the target hierarchy to include this additional presentation.

Rain is a nonbinary patient - watch how Dr. Jake Camp includes specific sensitivities unique to the LGBTQ+ community when in treatment.

Dr. Christine Dunkley demonstrates how to adapt a simple mindfulness exercise to benefit a specific client group - in this case, Perinatal patients.

Neurodivergent clients can offer suffer with meltdowns, Dr. Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler offers some easy adaptations to your practice to prevent these interferring the treatment.

Watch as Dr. Jake Camp works with Lily, who is of Indian descent, as he ensures the DBT treatment model is sensitive to her Cultural Heritage.

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...