Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Card Deck

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, When Anger Hurts, and ACT on Life Not on Anger. He has also penned two novels, Us and The Wawona Hotel. McKay received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression. He lives and works in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

"DBT can be a seemingly overwhelming set of tasks. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Card Deck offers prompts to the many essential components of DBT that increase effective coping behaviors, such as self-compassion, assertiveness, prompting a values-based life, and increasing effective problem-solving skills. It is thus an excellent tool to increase healthy behaviors and decrease unhealthy behaviors."—Thomas Marra, PhD, emeritus clinical director of Monterey Psychiatric Health Facility, and author of Depressed and Anxious and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Private Practice