Table 3:

DBT-J Treatment & Assessment Schedule

Group Skills Module	Week	Skill(s) Introduced	Other
Introduction	1	Observing Limits: How to respect the personal limits of self and others	Baseline Assessment
Mindfulness Skills	2	Mindfulness Introduction: Foundational skills for mindfulness practice	Case Management
	3	Wise Mind: Using mindfulness to make wise, effective decisions Dialectical Thinking: Increasing flexibility of thinking by recognizing and resolving dialectics
Emotion Regulation Skills	4	Mindfulness of Self: Understanding own emotional experiences by recognizing emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, situational triggers, and vulnerabilities to emotion dysregulation	Case Management
	5	Emotional Schemas: Recognizing and challenging unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about emotional experience; increasing self-acceptance during emotional distress
	6	Thinking Errors: Recognizing and challenging common cognitive distortions associated with emotional distress and criminal behavior	Case Management
	7	Check the Facts: Checking and challenging thinking according to the facts of a situation Opposite Action: Skills for decreasing the intensity of goal-inconsistent emotions
	8	Self-Soothe: Regulating emotional intensity by regulating bodily sensations	Mid-Treatment Assessment; Case Management Acceptability Assessments
Goal Directedness Skills	9	Values Clarification: Recognizing pro-social values; creating values-consistent goals
	10	Mindfulness of Goals: Engaging in goals-consistent behavior and avoiding value-inconsistent behavior	Case Management
	11	Problem Solving: Identifying and overcoming common distressing situations
	12	Distress Tolerance: Tolerating emotional distress without acting in value-inconsistent behavior; strategies for accepting emotionally difficult situations	Case Management
Interpersonal Skills	13	Assertiveness: Recognizing assertiveness versus aggressiveness; strategies for pro-social assertiveness
	14	Mindfulness of Others: Increasing interpersonal closeness, validation of others	Case Management
	15	Making Prosocial Relationships: Identifying and building prosocial supports, managing self-disclosure
Termination	16	Relapse Prevention: Integrating previously learned skills into a relapse prevention plan	Post-Treatment Assessment Acceptability Assessments
Follow-up	20	N/A	Follow-up Assessment