Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT provides group and individual therapists with proven experiential exercises that utilize dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and original educational topics and have been successfully used nationwide to help treat patients with addiction and trauma. It introduces the advantages of using experiential therapy to facilitate groups for trauma and addiction and explains how DBT can help in regulating emotions and tolerating stress. This workbook contains concise plans and exercises for facilitating a group for a 30-day cycle. There is a theme for each day, original psychoeducational materials, experiential exercises, warm ups, and closing interventions.
About the Author: Allan J. Katz, LPC/MHSP, CAT, CSAT is a licensed professional counselor and certified sex addiction therapist. He is the author of Addictive Entrepreneurship and has been facilitating addiction and trauma groups in a residential setting for the past 5 years. Allan maintains a private practice in Memphis, TN and consults with treatment centers in using experimental methods.
Mary Hickam Bellofatto, MA, LMHC, NCC, CEDSf TEP, specializes in trauma, addictions, eating disorders and psychodrama intensives. She maintains a private practice in Naples, Florida and consults with multiple treatment centers nationally. She also travels internationally to treat trauma.
