In this presentation, Esther Grootenboer provides a comprehensive overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

In this role-play video, Esther Grootenboer demonstrates that individual therapy sessions in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) have a structured format. Initially, we discuss the client's diary card, then together we decide on the focus point of the session, and often we apply chain analysis to examine the client's behavior. In this particular session, we meet Jane, a 25-year-old woman with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) who exhibits self-harming behavior. This is her fourth session in the therapy.

In this role-play, Esther Grootenboer demonstrates how to deal with therapy-interfering behavior. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), such behavior is the second priority in individual therapy sessions, immediately following self-harm. If there has been any self-harm in the previous week, it needs to be the focal point of the therapy session. Otherwise, the focus shifts to therapy-interfering behavior. This can occur on the part of the patient (not showing up, canceling appointments, not filling in their diary card, not doing homework) as well as on the part of the therapist (canceling appointments, not asking questions that could help the patient improve behavior). This video will address both scenarios. Esther will show how to work with this in a non-judgmental, open, and neutral manner.

In this video, Esther demonstrates how to improperly conduct a phone consultation, which means: she calls the therapist after she harms herself.

In this video, Esther demonstrates how to properly conduct a phone consultation, which means: she calls the therapist before she harms herself.