DBT Invalidation Worksheet

DBT Invalidation Worksheet Overview

Invalidation – having your emotions dismissed, thoughts judged, or knowledge corrected – can be very painful. While some invalidation can help us correct facts we have wrong, more painful or harmful invalidation can be damaging to our mental and emotional health. This worksheet reviews what invalidation is according to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), provides examples of helpful and/or painful invalidation, tests your knowledge with a quiz, and provides brief education on traumatic invalidation.

In this worksheet, we’ll discuss:

• What invalidation is per DBT
• Why invalidation is important to our mental health
• Examples and a quiz covering helpful and painful invalidation
• An introduction to traumatic invalidation