DBT Workbook

[thelady_v2010]

Are these any good? Does anyone have one to recommend? My son cannot start DPT until he gets out of jail. I can photocopy pages and mail them to him. I was wondering if that is even a good idea?

Our objective is to better understand the struggles our child faces and to learn the skills to improve our relationship and provide a supportive environment and also improve on our own emotional responses, attitudes and effectiveness as a family leaders

[peaceplease]

Is he set up to start DBT when he is released?  Does he seem motivated to do the DBT? 

I don't know about starting him with pages from a workbook.  Perhaps, someone that has a workbook can advise you with that.  I thought about getting one for my daughter, but I doubt she would do the work unless she was assigned.

Does he have therapy appointment for when he is released?

[thelady_v2010]

He does not yet but that is the plan. We are still almost 2 months out and I don't know an exact date.

[crumblingdad]

Are you getting him the workbook because you want him to use it or are you getting it because he requested it?

I tried it both ways and it only worked when my dd requested it.

If he's not 100% vested in participating in the workbook it will probably be an exercise in futility but if he's more then 50% and has some basic understanding of dbt principles it might be worth a try.

[thelady_v2010]

He is willing but has never participated in the therapy.