Printable DBT Behavioural Chain Analysis Worksheet
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What is the theory behind this Printable DBT Behavioural Chain Analysis Worksheet?
A behavioral chain analysis is a collaborative effort of the client and the clinician and a crucial step in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. It is where chain events preceding a problematic behavior are identified with the aim of determining problem areas that need to be targeted in the treatment process.
How will the worksheet help?
The worksheet will provide a basic step-by-step framework of a behavioral chain analysis that clients can use to work through their problematic behaviors. The step-by-step process allows them to list down their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and events that preceded a particular problematic behavior and what consequences they had to face. This worksheet can help in setting the base for further behavioral chain analysis.
How to use the worksheet?
Instruct the client to begin by defining the problem behavior in as much specific detail as possible. Then they have to think back and describe in detail what they think could be the triggering event that eventually led to the problem behavior. Then they must think about what factors made them vulnerable prior to the triggering event. In the end, they must highlight the consequences of their problematic behavior.