Intensive DBT Skills Training
Price
$1250 Student / Early Bird $1350 Regular
Duration
18 Weeks | 37 hours
About the Course
Upcoming Dates:
DBT HOUSE’s 18 week (37-hour) program provides an in-depth look at the DBT skills of Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness outlined in the DBT Skills Handouts and Worksheets: Second Edition by Marsha M. Linehan.
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Participants will learn skills to assist with labelling and managing emotions; tolerating distress and accepting reality; increasing mindful awareness; and communicating needs to others.
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All DBT Group Sessions are 120 minutes in length and conducted virtually. This course involves experiential learning; be prepared to learn DBT by doing DBT!
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Course Outline
Mindfulness
Week 1: Goals of Mindfulness, Wise Mind, What & How Skills
Distress Tolerance
Week 1: Goals of Distress Tolerance, Crisis Survival, STOP, Pros & Cons
Week 2: TIP Skills
Week 3: Distract, Self Soothe, Improve the Moment
Week 4: Radical Acceptance and Turning the Mind
Week 5: Willingness, Half Smile and Willing Hands
Week 6: Mindfulness of Current Thoughts
Emotion Regulation
Week 1: Goals of Emotion Regulation, Understanding and Labelling Emotions, Myths about Emotions, A Model for Describing Emotions
Week 2: Check the Facts
Week 3: Opposite Action and Problem Solving
Week 4: Accumulating Positives in the Short Term and Long Term
Week 5: Build Mastery, Cope Ahead, Reducing Vulnerabilities to Emotion Mind (PLEASE)
Week 6: Mindfulness of Current Emotions, Managing Extreme Emotions, Troubleshooting
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
Week 1: Goals of Interpersonal Effectiveness, Understanding Obstacles, Interpersonal Myths, Clarifying Goals in Interpersonal Situations
Week 2: Skills for Getting Our Needs Met (DEAR MAN)
Week 3: Asking for what you want while prioritizing your relationship (GIVE), Validation
Week 4: Skills for maintaining Our Self Respect in Interpersonal Situations (FAST)
Week 5: Evaluating Options, Troubleshooting
Your curriculum also includes a 1-hr educational recording that provides a detailed overview and introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. It is recommended that this video is viewed prior to the start of the training. Participants are required to attest to watching this recording in order to receive a certificate of attendance. The video will cover the following information:
DBT Overview: Structure, History, Research, Biosocial Theory
Intro to Skills Training: Goals and Guidelines of DBT, Options for Solving Any Problem, DBT Assumptions
*Please note that changes to the Intensive DBT Skills Training curriculum have been made as of April 2024.
DBT Skills Group Weekly Agenda:
Mindfulness Practice
Review of Home Practice
New Skills Training
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Group Discussion and Application to Clinical Practice will be woven into skills training in each session. DBT encourages a home practice to generalize the skills discussed. For this reason, homework is assigned and reviewed in each session.
What You'll Gain:
A thorough understanding of the DBT skills, their function and how to practice them with clients
Strategies to help your clients create lasting behaviour changes
Tools to support individuals that experience their emotions as intense/overwhelming
First hand experience of what it's like to be in a DBT Skills Group as a participant (alongside fellow clinicians and students). You'll develop greater insight into your own habits and learn skills to better your own life
An intimate, engaging learning environment with a maximum group size of 10
A Certificate of Completion (assuming all course requirements have been met)
Required Text: DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, 2014. Participants may consider purchasing the DBT Skills Training Manual instead, which comes with digital access to the Handouts and Worksheets, as well as teaching notes for each skill. This is recommended if you intend on leading a DBT Skills Group
Regarding Attendance:
Our trainings occur live and attendance is required, however we understand that things happen! It is completely understandable to miss a session due to a conflict, emergency, illness, etc. Your facilitator will make every effort to record the Skills Training portion of the session missed. You are required to watch the recording within 7 days, however it will be available up to one month to rewatch. Being absent for more than 20% of the course (e.g. more than 2 sessions of the Abbreviated Course and more than 3 of the Intensive Course) will disqualify you from receiving a certificate of attendance. Missing an entire module will also preclude you from receiving a certificate of attendance. Please contact us directly if this becomes an issue so that we can problem solve with you to assure you meet the course requirements needed to receive a certificate.
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