The DBT Workbook for Neurodivergent Adults: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Regulate Emotions, Manage Meltdowns, Reduce Sensory Overload, and Build Calm with ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD - Couverture souple

Cox, Gregory

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ISBN 10 : 1806478676 ISBN 13 : 9781806478675

Editeur : Discal SRL, 2026

Synopsis

Does it feel like every coping tool you've tried was built for someone else's brain?

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

• You've tried therapy, breathing exercises, and mindfulness apps, and none of them stuck
• Your emotions hit harder and faster than you can manage, and the crash leaves you exhausted
• You mask all day and arrive home so depleted there's nothing left for yourself
• Meltdowns or shutdowns happen even when you saw them coming and couldn't stop them
• You can't name what you're feeling, only that something is very wrong
• Every framework you've tried assumes a baseline of focus and calm you simply don't have

I get it. You've done the work, read the books, tried the programs, and still felt like the odd one out in every room those tools were designed for. DBT is one of the most evidence-based approaches in mental health. But standard DBT was built for a different nervous system, and when the delivery doesn't fit, the skills don't transfer.

• Generic self-help treats neurodivergence as a footnote, not a foundation
• Mindfulness-based programs assume stillness is calming when it can make things worse
• Most workbooks skip RSD, masking, shutdown, alexithymia, and the specific ways your brain escalates
• This workbook rebuilds DBT from the ground up, for the brain you actually have.

But First, a Warning

This is not a quick fix, and it won't work if you're looking for one. If you're willing to do real work at your own pace, what's on these pages will change how you understand yourself.

Here's what you'll finally understand:

• The real reason standard DBT fails neurodivergent adults and what adaptation actually requires (Page 10)
• Why your nervous system hits its limit faster than others and how to catch the window before crisis (Page 23)
• How masking creates a debt your body collects whether you acknowledge it or not (Page 21)
• The Wise Mind concept rebuilt for a brain that goes from zero to flooded in seconds (Page 37)
• What mindful stimming actually is and how to use it deliberately instead of suppressing it (Page 40)
• Why you can't name your emotions in real time and the body-first system that works instead (Page 61)
• The dissolve threshold: the intensity level where emotions stop being nameable and what to do there (Page 65)
• How to interrupt a meltdown in the build-up phase before voluntary control drops out (Page 101)
• The difference between a meltdown and a shutdown and why the interventions are completely opposite (Page 99)
• A sensory profile you build from your own data, not a generic checklist (Page 110)
• The DEAR MAN skill adapted so it works when your processing speed doesn't match the conversation (Page 126)
• Why neurodivergent people carry trauma at higher rates and how DBT creates a safe starting point (Page 134)

This Book is for You if...

• You have ADHD, autism, AuDHD, or suspect you might
• You've been told you're too sensitive, too intense, or too much
• You shut down or explode and can't always explain why
• You mask constantly and can't remember who you are without the performance
• You want DBT skills that actually account for how your brain works
• You're exhausted by tools that assume a consistency you can't manufacture
• You're ready to stop managing symptoms and start understanding yourself

Imagine finishing a hard day and knowing exactly what your nervous system needs. Imagine having a crisis plan that works because it was built around your actual patterns. You have the opportunity right now to start building that.

Ready to stop managing symptoms and start understanding the brain you actually have?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Discal SRL
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1806478676
• ISBN 13: 9781806478675
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 167
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg