Dialectical Thinking Practice Worksheet

DBT Dialectical Thinking Practice Worksheet Overview

Challenging interpersonal situations present opportunities to practice dialectical thinking. When you are facing a difficult situation, you can use the list on this page to remind yourself how to think dialectically, or use the additional pages to describe the situation, apply dialectical thinking, and reflect on how it went.

In this worksheet, we’ll:

• Review sixteen techniques for thinking dialectically
• Provide an example of applying dialectical thinking to a challenging situation
• Provide prompts and blank space so you can practice dialectical thinking yourself