DBT Bundle - Questions to Ask, Goals, Interventions & More

DBT Therapy Questions to Ask, Prompts, Goals & Intervention Cheat Sheet Bundle (750+ Prompts) 🧠

This DBT Cheat Sheet Bundle is your complete, therapist-designed toolkit to enhance your sessions with over 750 prompts, goals, and interventions rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Whether you're supporting clients through emotional regulation, building mindfulness, or navigating distress, this resource is designed to help you do it with clarity, structure, and ease.

Delivered in spreadsheet format (Excel + Google Sheets), this bundle becomes a fully customizable database you can tailor to each client’s unique needs. Want to add your own categories or notes? You can. Prefer to filter prompts by category or print a curated selection for a session? Done. It’s all organized, editable, and user-friendly.

You’ll also get a step-by-step PDF instruction guide that walks you through how to:
✅ Filter by category or topic
✅ Customize text and colors
✅ Add your own prompts or interventions
✅ Print or share sections with ease

🔍 What’s Inside the Bundle:

1. Mindfulness (100 prompts)

Organized to build present-moment awareness and inner balance:

• Awareness Building

• Present Moment Anchoring

• Thought & Emotion Noticing

• Non-Judgment & Acceptance

• Real-Life Integration

2. Distress Tolerance (100 prompts)

Designed to help clients survive emotional crises and build resilience:

• Crisis Skills

• Distraction & Comfort

• Acceptance

• Turning the Mind

• Resilience & Meaning

3. Emotional Regulation (100 prompts)

Encouraging insight, control, and healthy coping strategies:

• Identifying & Understanding Emotions

• Increasing Positive Emotions

• Reducing Emotional Vulnerability

• Cognitive Reappraisal

• Managing Emotional Urges

4. Interpersonal Effectiveness (100 prompts)

Helping clients build stronger, more respectful connections:

• Assertiveness & Boundary Setting

• Active Listening & Validation

• Managing Conflict

• Requesting What You Need

• Self-Respect & Self-Advocacy

5. Theme-Based Prompts (261 prompts)

Targeted prompts based on commonly discussed client concerns:

• Trauma

• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

• Substance Use

• Anxiety

• Eating Disorder

• Suicidal Ideation / Self-Harm

• Depression

• Bipolar Disorder

• Relationship Issues

6. Goal Exploration (70 prompts)

Support collaborative goal setting for therapy or personal growth:

• Personal Development Goals

• Coping Skills & Resilience Goals

• Relationship Goals

• Behavioral Change Goals

• Emotional Regulation Goals

• Mindfulness & Awareness Goals

• Long-Term Life Goals

This bundle is ideal for therapists, counselors, social workers, and DBT-informed practitioners who want a practical, well-organized tool to enrich their sessions. With a clickable table of contents, categorized tabs, and full customization ability, this cheat sheet is as flexible as your clients are unique.

✅ Fully editable in Excel and Google Sheets
✅ Includes detailed PDF instruction guide
✅ Customizable categories and prompts
✅ Click-to-return navigation on every tab
✅ Printable and client-friendly

Empower your practice and streamline your planning with this therapist-friendly DBT bundle—perfect for busy clinicians who want more intention, more impact, and less overwhelm.