Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a system of therapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington. Although it was originally  designed  to treat people with borderline personality disorder, DBT is now being used as an empirically validated treatment for individuals with many different diagnoses and the skills are useful to everyone.  In DBT programs, clients meet with a therapist for individual sessions as well as taking part in DBT skills groups where they learn and strengthen skills for mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Dialectical behavior therapy provides a framework for treatment teams.

Music therapy lends itself to teach and reinforce DBT skills in its unique way and is valuable to any DBT treatment team and milieu.



TEACH DBT SKILLS WITH
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Music Activities & More for Teaching DBT Skills and Enhancing Any Therapy: Even for the Non-Musician (Authorhouse 2010) This book contains therapeutic music activities and ideas that can be used by group leaders, teachers, and therapists, DBT or not, regardless of musical background or ability. It demonstrates how to use such activities to reinforce DBT Skills (and other positive life skills). Published by Authorhouse 2010.  Book includes reproducible lyric sheets and instructions for therapeutic use of the songs on the CD below.




You'll Make It Through the Rain! CD of original songs which meet the listener where they are and offer tools for change.  The CD includes songs for anger, self-harm, self encouragement, being in the system. and being wise. They reinforce DBT skills at the same time. They offer positive support for life’s problems. They reinforce coping skills that can be used to handle and overcome stressful times. They are uplifting and inspire an “I can do it” attitude moving the listener to take charge, take action and overcome everything. This CD is a companion to the above book. The book has the reproducible lyric sheets and instructions for therapeutic use of the songs on the CD.

 
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This site shares resources for teaching and reinforcing DBT skills through music as well as tools for personal and professional growth

Deborah Spiegel  MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist  who integrates music with DBT and other positive life skills to help with life's issues.

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Professional Resources:
1. Continuing Education CMTE Workshops on teaching and reinforcing DBT Skills through music therapy which can earn participants continuing education CEU or CMTE credits.
 Click here for details and registration for workshops.

2. Online CMTE Continuing Education Classes teaching and reinforcing DBT Skills through music therapy. Classes which can earn participants continuing education CEU or CMTE credits.
Click here for details and registration for online classes

3. DBT Music Community Forum: CMTE class participants are invited to join an exclusive  Linkedin group to share and receive information related to using music to teach and reinforce DBT skills, receive and share activities, lesson/session plans, interventions, links, discounts, activities, tips, advice, and continuing education.

4. Products:  see book and companion CD in the column to the right

Events Calendar:
Classes and Workshops for Clients as well as for Professionals:

Personal Growth Tools:
HealthRhythms Empowerment Drumming events are held at a variety of locations.  See calendar above.   This research based method of reducing stress and improving well being and health while having fun can be viewed here.  Contact if  you would like to schedule HealthRhythms for your facility or support group, for  team building, stress reduction, employee retention, emotional release, recovery from loss,  grief, addictions, trauma, cancer survivor support, Alzheimer's / dementia, etc.

Workshops on a variety of topics such as: Its Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood ( Healing Wounds from the Past), Clarity Instead of Indecision,  Tools for Stressful Times,  Skillful Communication, Discover Inner Wisdom, Free Yourself from Habits are offered periodically. Contact if you wish to schedule one.

Classes and Music Therapy groups for youth including those with special needs and for adults.  Contact  for details or to schedule a music therapy group for your setting.. See above calendar of events. To register click and scroll down to the bottom.

Therapy Sessions Individual &/or group sessions utilizing music therapy, DBT, imagery, and hypnotherapy.

Youth: Develop inner resources that you can draw upon anytime to help yourself through anything. Heal emotional wounds, overcome trauma, transform behavioral patterns,  empower yourself,  build self esteem, express yourself, and be successful.   Guided imagery/ hypnotherapy sessions are available either in person or over the telephone.  Music therapy sessions only in person (Colorado location.) Experience positive results in your life right away.

Adults: Develop inner resources to heal yourself, to reach your goals, feel your best, empower yourself, be healthy, happy, joyful, loved, wealthy, and free of past baggage that may sabotage the above.  Enjoy imagery/hypnotherapy sessions either in person or over the telephone and notice a change in your life now. Music therapy in person only.  

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The resources herein are useful and beneficial
to issues related to:                                                                                                                  

  • Addictions                                                                                     
  • Adolescents
  • Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Behavior Problems
  • Being in the System
  • Childhood
  • Child Development
  • Coping Skills
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Counseling
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Vulnerability
  • Hope
  • Impulsivity
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Invalidating Environment
  • Life
  • Mental health
  • Mindfulness
  • Peace
  • Psychotherapy
  • Self-Esteem, Self Image
  • Self Expression
  • Stress Reactions
  • Self-Harm
  • Suicidal Tendencies
  • Therapy
  • Trauma
  • Youth at Risk
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