1) A) What connections do you see between DBT and TF-CBT? (hint: trauma) B) Both approaches involve extensive psychoeducation and homework

1) A) What connections do you see between DBT and TF-CBT? (hint: trauma) B) Both approaches involve extensive psychoeducation and homework. How would you try to motivate a busy individual or family to use the information and do the homework?

2) A) Use the cognitive triangle with a current problem situation you are having. Does it help you to see the situation differently B) What strengths do these approaches have for working with diverse clients? What limitations?

3) Describe a relationship in which you or the other party was both a) nurturing and b) benevolently demanding.

? How were these two opposites expressed and experienced within the relationship?

? How were challenges overcome?

4) A) Describe how you have experienced the dialectic tension between change and acceptance in your life B) Does the idea of creating a trauma narrative make intuitive or logical sense to you? Why or why not?

5) A) Describe an everyday life situation that effectively served as in vivo desensitization (e.g., something you were anxious about but you had/chose to stay in the situation to learn to manage that anxiety). How did it affect you? B) For what clients might mindfulness practices be most useful?

6) A) What possible strengths are there in using a written contract for counseling? What possible limitations? B) What strengths does this approach have for working with diverse clients? What limitations?