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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques for Counseling Incarcerated Female Adolescents: A Case Illustration
Author(s) -
Banks Breanna P.,
Gibbons Melinda M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/jaoc.12015
Subject(s) - dialectical behavior therapy , dialectic , psychology , juvenile delinquency , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , juvenile , developmental psychology , borderline personality disorder , philosophy , epistemology , biology , genetics
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) may successfully address the needs of female juvenile offenders, but systemic barriers prohibit adherence to the full DBT protocol. The authors built a rationale for using select DBT techniques with female adolescent offenders and provided a case illustration.