#3227. Skills-homework completion and phone coaching as predictors of therapeutic change and outcomes in completers of a DBT intensive outpatient programme

September 2026publication date
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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous);
Developmental and Educational Psychology;
Clinical Psychology;
Psychiatry and Mental Health;
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Abstract:
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) emphasizes generalization of skills to the patient’s real-world context as a primary mechanism of change in treatment. A longitudinal study design explored the extent to which (a) completion of skills homework and (b) frequency of phone coaching were associated with therapeutic changes and treatment outcomes in a DBT intensive outpatient programme (DBT-IOP). Medical records and diary cards of 56 patients who had completed a four-month treatment cycle of DBT-IOP were reviewed and coded for proportion of skills homework completed, frequency of phone coaching calls, and reported urges for and engagement in suicide. Results suggest that within a DBT programme modified for an intensive outpatient setting, skills homework and phone coaching may enhance therapeutic change and outcomes in target behaviours. These generalization methods appear to be important ingredients of DBT effectiveness.
Keywords:
DBT skills; dialectical behaviour therapy; intensive outpatient therapy; phone coaching; skills homework; therapeutic homework

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