Diary cards
Diary card refers to one of the most implicit techniques that are involved in the therapeutic procedures of Dialectic Behavior Therapy. Here, Patients agree to do homework which is to make them practice new skills. This sometimes includes filling out daily "diary cards" so that track of more than 40 emotions, behaviors, urges, and skills, such as lying, self-injury, or self-respect. This part is adapted from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. A Comprehensive DBT focuses on the following ways to enhance life skills:
- Distress tolerance: The patients are encouraged to feel intense emotions like anger without reacting impulsively or substance abuse or using self-injury to dampen distress.
- Emotion regulation: One should successfully learn to Recognize, label, and adjust emotions.
- Mindfulness
- Interpersonal effectiveness