DBT Skills Worksheets, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, DEAR MAN, Diary Card, Therapy Handouts

Give clients a clear, practical way to learn and practice all four DBT skill areas between sessions. This printable set explains each skill in plain language, gives real write-in practice, and puts the essentials on cut-out pocket cards for the moments that matter most. Made by the team at Paris Counseling for teens and adults, designed to complement a DBT program or individual therapy.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- DBT Skills Handouts: Teens & Adults (6 pages) - plain-language guides to every skill in all four areas, plus a "which skill when?" quick guide
- DBT Skills Worksheets: Teens & Adults (7 pages) - practice sheets for every skill area, a crisis plan and self-soothe kit, pros and cons grid, check the facts and opposite action logs, PLEASE check-in, DEAR MAN script builder, and a weekly diary-card-style skills tracker
- DBT Skills Pocket Cards (2 pages, landscape) - 16 cut-out skill cards plus fill-in "My Go-To Skills" and "My Support People" cards
- ThankYou-ParisCounseling.pdf (1 page) - printing tips and links to more free resources

HOW TO USE
Teach one skill area per session and send the matching worksheet home as practice.
Review the weekly diary card at the start of each session.
Print the pocket cards on cardstock and keep them in a wallet or phone case.

WHAT YOU'LL PRACTICE
- Finding Wise Mind and noticing without judging
- Getting through a crisis without making it worse (STOP, TIPP, self-soothe)
- Weighing urges with pros and cons
- Radical acceptance
- Checking the facts and using opposite action
- Lowering emotional vulnerability with PLEASE
- Asking for what you need and saying no (DEAR MAN, GIVE, FAST)
- Tracking skills and urges day by day

PERFECT FOR
- Therapists, counselors, and social workers
- DBT skills groups and intensive outpatient programs
- School counselors working with teens
- Teens and adults practicing skills alongside their care team

Skills adapted from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha M. Linehan.

PLEASE NOTE
- This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. No physical item will be shipped.
- Files are available to download immediately after purchase from your Etsy Purchases page.
- The "Watermark Removed After Purchase" text in the photos does not appear on the files you receive.
- US Letter size (8.5 x 11 in); prints fine on A4 with "fit to page."
- For personal, classroom, or therapy-practice use. Please do not resell or redistribute the files.

This resource is educational and is not a substitute for professional mental health care.

(c) Paris Publishing LLC