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From DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition  by Marsha M. Linehan. Copyright 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. Permission 
to photocopy this handout is granted to purchasers of this book for personal use only (see copyright page for details).General Handout 7a   (General Worksheets 2, 2a) (p. 1 of 2)
chain a nalysis, Step by Step
1. Describe the specific pro Blem Behavior (overeating or overdrinking, yelling at your 
kids, throwing a chair, having an overwhelming emotional outburst, dissociating, not coming or 
coming late to skills training, putting off or refusing to do skills practice, etc.).
A. Be very specific and detailed. No vague terms.
B. Identify exactly what you did, said, thought, or felt (if feelings are the targeted problem 
behavior). Identify what you did not do .
C. Describe the intensity of the behavior and other characteristics of the behavior that are important.
D. Describe the problem behavior in enough detail that an actor in a play or movie could recreate the behavior exactly.
E. If the behavior is something you did not do, ask yourself whether (a) you did not know you needed to do it (it did not get into short-term memory); (b) you forgot it and later it never 
came into your mind to do it (it did not get into long-term memory); (c) you put it off when