Creative Dbt Activities Using Music: Interventions for Enhancing Engagement

Deborah Spiegel MT-BC is a Board- Certified Music Therapist who has been in the field since 1976, providing music therapy for people of all ages. She served as Music Therapist and DBT skills group leader on a DBT Team starting in 2001, and now runs and offers a variety of DBT related classes and supports through the Spiegel Academy. Suzanne Makary, MT-BC is a Board- Certified Music Therapist who has spent her career serving adults with mental health challenges. As a DBT-Informed music therapist, Suzanne has created a curriculum for the Innovations Partial Hospital Program at St. Luke's University Health Network focused on teaching DBT skills daily. Lauren Bonavitacola PsyD, is a psychologist and board certified music therapist working for Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan, an outpatient CBT- and DBT-based treatment, training, and consultation center.

INTRODUCTION7 DBT SKILLS SUMMARY9 MUSIC THERAPY13 PART 1 GROUP ACTIVITIES FOR CLINICIANS TO FACILITATE LISTENING TO MUSIC15 Choose a Song that Describes You16 Thoughts and Feelings19 Lyric Analysis21 Name That Tune/ Sing the Next Line23 Bingo25 SONG WRITING27 Positive Affirmations28 Metaphors31 Group Song Writing33 Self-Expression36 MOVEMENT39 Pass the Move Mirroring MAKING MUSIC41 Activities for Melodic Instruments42 Activities for Drums and Rhythm Instruments45 Rhythm Activity-No Instruments48 Singing Karaoke50 GUIDED IMAGERY51 Relaxation & Stress Relief54 Wise One56 Success59 SONGS63 The Roller Coaster Ride65 The Message69 The System73 I'm Gonna Make It76 Pros & Cons80 PART 2- WORKBOOK HOW TO USE THIS SECTION OF THE BOOK MINDFULNESS Mindfulness: Being Mindful Mindfulness: 3 States of Mind Mindfulness: What Skills Mindfulness: How Skills DISTRESS TOLERANCE Crisis Survival Skill: Distraction with ACCEPTS Crisis Survival Skills: IMPROVE the moment Crisis Survival Skill: Self-Soothing Crisis Survival Skill: Pros & Cons Acceptance Skills: Radical Acceptance Acceptance Skills: Willingness vs Willfulness EMOTION REGULATION Observing and Describing Emotions Decrease the Amount of Time in Unwanted Emotions: Check the facts Changing Unwanted Emotions: Opposite Action Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind: Accumulating Positives Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind: Building Mastery Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind: (Coping Ahead) Reducing Vulnerability to Emotion Mind: PLEASE INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS Asking for what you want (DEAR MAN) Keeping the relationship(GIVE) Keeping self-respect (FAST) WALKING THE MIDDLE PATH Dialectics Validation Increase Behaviors and Decrease Behaviors FURTHER RESOURCES REFERENCES83