This Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT) workbook and course from Steps2Wellbeing is designed to help people who struggle with emotional loneliness, overcontrol, perfectionism and difficulties with emotional expression or social connection. Based on evidence-based RO-DBT therapy approaches, the resource supports people who may appear highly controlled, emotionally inhibited or perfectionistic while experiencing anxiety, depression, stress or relationship difficulties internally.
The workbook explores how overcontrolled coping styles can affect mental health, emotional wellbeing, relationships and daily life. It helps people develop greater openness, flexibility, emotional awareness and social connectedness through practical exercises, self-help strategies and psychological education. Topics include emotional expression, social signalling, self-control, loneliness, perfectionism, rigid thinking patterns, trust, vulnerability, self-criticism and building meaningful relationships.
Radically Open DBT is a specialist therapy approach developed for people who struggle with excessive self-control, emotional inhibition and social isolation. This resource introduces practical RO-DBT skills to improve emotional wellbeing, increase social connection, strengthen communication and support healthier coping strategies. It may be helpful for people experiencing chronic depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, obsessive traits, perfectionism or difficulties forming close relationships. Skills frameworks such as Flexible Mind SAGE, DEEP, REVEALs, ROCKs ON, ALLOWs, ADOPTS, DARES, LIGHT and HEART are named throughout the contents, which may help practitioners match worksheets to specific treatment targets
Suitable as a self-help mental health resource or alongside counselling, psychotherapy or NHS Talking Therapies support, this free RO-DBT workbook provides practical tools and guided exercises to help improve psychological flexibility, emotional resilience, self-awareness and interpersonal wellbeing.
