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DBT Diary Card & Skills Coach app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 5600 ratings )
Health & Fitness Medical
Developer: Durham DBT, Inc.
4.99 USD
Current version: 3.7.4, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 14 Nov 2011
App size: 40.92 Mb

DBT Diary Card is the only DBT iPhone app designed and created by a licensed and DBT intensively trained psychologist.

Highlights of version 3.0:

+ graphing data across time
+ on device PDF viewing
+ daily reminders
+ Password locking to prevent others from seeing your diary cards.

Read what our actual users say:

"***** Best DBT app available!!!
Simply put, this is the most helpful DBT or CBT app available. I bought a new iPhone to be able to use it. DBT skills are priceless. I had tried every, other DBT and CBT app. This one follows the traditional DBT program exactly, and is the only Diary Card. Before I had this app, Id seldom fill in my diary card. Now that I have it, I dont have to keep track of paper, and I rarely miss a day. I can fill in my Diary Card discreetly, from anywhere, anytime, and send it directly to my DBT coach. I no longer have to worry about someone coming across my Diary Cards. You can brush up on skills, use it for distress tolerance suggestions, tailor it to your needs, and even journal. I appreciate that I can add personal goals to my diary. Thank you for this app!" - iTunes US Review

"***** I am in IRL-DBT and this app is the perfect complement. Oh. I love that the app is so flexible, that you can make it kind of your own, and the layout is so nice, simple, yet beautiful. For me, a true life-saver! Genius! Without a doubt the best app in my IPhone... Get it now!" - iTunes Sweden Review

"***** Perfect! Worth the money!" - iTunes US Review

As an educated consumer, its important to know to whom youre listening. DBT Diary Card was created by a Ph.D. psychologist trained directly by Dr. Marsha Linehan and at the Duke University Medical Center; we are experts in DBT, providing consultation to many in our community. And now were giving it to you!

A DBT app can have 3 parts:

- A reference manual
- A behavior tracker
- A skills coach

DBT Diary Card has all 3 of these parts and utilizes the iOS platform in ways that the other apps available dont and cant.

+ PDF generation
+ Notification Pane support
+ Password protection
+ Advanced text editing
+ Media playback

What DBT Diary Card has to offer:

- Skills. LOTS of them. Every DBT skill youve ever heard about in a group is in here. It can be your quick reference to your skills so that you dont have to carry around your book or binder. Every skill is described in readable language to help you understand them easily and its all just a quick tap away.

- Emotions. All the "basic" emotions are presented, again with descriptions and explanations a quick tap away.

- Behaviors. The most troublesome are pre-loaded.

- Coaching. If you know you need to use a skill but cant think of which one or cant remember how to choose, use the app. The coaching can be your virtual therapist.

- Complete customizability. Are you working on something different or do you have a different understanding of a particular skill or emotion? Change it. Its that easy. You are not wedded to the way its presented in the app. Its all completely customizable.

- 911 skills. Put your emergency skills a tap away. You can call directly from the app, listen to your distress tolerance music, remember what apps help in the moment.

- Email. You can email your therapist your diary card on a weekly basis automatically, you can do it manually whenever youd like or you can have the app remind you.

* Telephony features require an iPhone and voice service.

Pros and cons of DBT Diary Card & Skills Coach app for iPhone and iPad

DBT Diary Card & Skills Coach app good for

This is the best DBT app I found, mainly cause you can customise it. You can add skills to the list and make notes for every day. Definitely the best app for the homework sheets.
Ive been involved in a DBT group since September 2012 and have been slowly but surly putting these skills into action and bettering myself. Filling out the diary card given to me, on the other hand, has been a challenge! I was so excited to find this app to help me keep track of my progress. So all in all, Im extremely happy with this app!
For anyone who is in the middle of DBT treatment or was in the past, this app is a valuable resource to manage your own emotions and thoughts more effectively. It really is like having a little coach/therapist in your iPhone! I finding it incredibly helpful.
Im in the middle of DBT right now and downloaded this app a week ago after my therapist recommended it. So far it has been super helpful, and I love being able to do diary cards on the go from my iPod. I used to have a hard time remembering to fill out my diary cards every day, but with this app its so easy to remember. I would definitely recommend this to anyone in DBT :)
I agree with all the 5 star ratings thus far. I am nearing the end of a years journey in DBT Group and have found this app extremely valuable and customizable. - Diary Card - Skills - Coaching - Ability to Email Psychologist, printable etc. - and More! I absolutely like having this App, its at hand 24/7 from my iPhone. Thank you for building this great app. The small fee to buy the app, is a great investment to yourself. Note to the developers: thank you for including feedback, questions etc. you have proven to be very prompt in answering back.
I found this app to be very helpful and provided me with a lot of tools in regard to DBT. The diary cards provide a lot of options, and theres even tips. You can also email it to your therapist which my personal therapist loves. Id highly recommend this to anyone who is going through dialectical behaviour therapy!!!

Some bad moments

Loved this app but now no longer works on iOS7 on my iphone 4S :( I cannot use it at all. It just loads the upper left corner of the screen with no buttons and then crashes.
Good summary of DBT core skills + very poor app!!! I loved it. However, it stopped working out the blue. Very frustrating...
I got this for my group but it didnt even work, it only loaded the left hand side of the screen.
Love and rely on this app but update has left me with a blank screen. Very disappointed!!!!
I have yet to use this app. Every time I open it and try to do something, it closes itself. Pretty chapped that this cost $6.99...
I need help fixing the app because it keeps crashing. I tried to go to the website for tech support but there was an error there as well.

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