hardDBTemotion regulationinterpersonal effectivenessopposite actionDEAR MANborderline personality disorder
A 32-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder has been in a comprehensive DBT program for four months. She reports to her individual therapist that her supervisor at work criticized her report in front of colleagues. She describes feeling intense shame and rage, and her immediate response was to send a hostile email to her supervisor threatening to quit. She now fears she may lose her job. In reviewing this situation, which combination of DBT skills modules would be most relevant for the therapist to address in preventing similar future incidents?