The DBT iPhone App

The Hub has been completely redesigned to make data entry quick and easy.

1. Today: Quickly enter your data for today’s diary card.
2. Choose a Day: There are times that you’ve forgotten to complete your diary card and need to go back to fill it in. You can select any previous day here.
3. Coaching: The basic DBT skills coaching section of the app resides here.
4. Customize: Add/Edit/Remove skills here.
5. DBT Reference: All the DBT skills in the app live here. Any that you add yourself are also included here.

All the sections of your diary card are rolled into one page here. You can fill out your Skills, Targets and Notes all here. You can also view skill and targets descriptions here.

• Log all items: You need to tell the app you have finished your section. Tap this button to do that.
• Notes are by default created for with a time stamp but can be changed.
• New text skills and targets are available here.

Another highlight of the app, and one that doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves, is the Coaching module. This part of the app was written to help you generalize your skillful behavior and break out of old patterns that could be making life more difficult for you. It’s not a replacement for a therapist, but it can help in a pinch.

• Coaching is designed to help guide you to a skill that could help depending on your situation.
• Coaching is also useful to help prompt you to use skills that you might have forgotten about.
• Coaching can also help just give you some skill to try in the hopes that you distress will come down enough to respond skillfully.

Achievements are what we psychologists call arbitrary reinforcers. But for some reason, they work to keep us engaged in activities. The app has built-in achievements to help keep you interested. We know the app can be helpful but you need to use it for it to actually help.

A DBT Reference section has been added to allow you to quickly and easily remember you DBT skills without having to lug your binder around or having to deal with searching on the Internet for it. You can also add skills to your “Quick Skills” so you can easily get to the ones you need most.