Commitment and Motivation in a Brief DBT Intervention for Self Harm

Launched by CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH · Feb 2, 2015

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ClinConnect Summary

Client motivation is related to therapeutic change (Ryan, Lynch, Vansteenkiste, \& Deci) and low motivation is a pervasive issue for clients with BPD (e.g., Skodal et al., 1983). DBT (Linehan, 1993) is an effective treatment for BPD and was developed in part to address client motivation. Within DBT there are commitment strategies that are used to help clients establish clear goals and increase motivation to work on them. These strategies were designed to help people commit to eliminating self-harm as well as other behaviours. People are more motivated to work effectively towards goals for w...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Has a valid health card issued by a Canadian province or Canadian student organization (ie: UHIP)
• • 2. Has had at least 3 self-harm episodes (either suicidal or non-suicidal) in the past 5 years, including at least 1 in the past eight weeks
• • 3. Is literate in English
• • 4. Absence of 4 or more formal weeks of DBT in the past year (individual or group therapy components)
• • 5. Indicates absence of knowledge of the DBT Skills
• • 6. Is able to attend all sessions on scheduled study day
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1) Evidence of organic brain syndrome or mental retardation