DBT Targets

Life-threatening behaviors, therapy-interfering behaviors, quality-of-life behaviors, and skills deficits.

Intervention

Chain analysis, solution analysis, validation, commitment strategy, skills practice, between-session coaching plan, and safety actions.

Complete a C-SSRS / SAFE-T from the patient's current responses when suicidal ideation, self-harm, acute risk, or default risk placeholders are present.

Target behavior (life-threatening / therapy-interfering / quality-of-life-interfering / skills):

Chain analysis - prompting event:

Vulnerabilities:

Links (thoughts / feelings / actions):

Consequences:

Solution / replacement chain:

Commitment strategy:

Focus	Documentation
Target	Name the target situation, belief, behavior, value, skill deficit, or exposure item addressed. Target: Baseline rating / context: Patient goal:
Work completed	Record intervention steps, patient response, learning, barriers, and safety considerations. In-session work: Response / learning: Barriers / safety:
Practice plan	Specify homework, frequency, supports, measurement, and next session focus. Home practice: Measurement / review: Next focus:

Focus

Documentation

Target

Name the target situation, belief, behavior, value, skill deficit, or exposure item addressed.

Target:

Baseline rating / context:

Patient goal:

Work completed

Record intervention steps, patient response, learning, barriers, and safety considerations.

In-session work:

Response / learning:

Barriers / safety:

Practice plan

Specify homework, frequency, supports, measurement, and next session focus.

Home practice:

Measurement / review:

Next focus: