Full Course Description

DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: 15 Core Techniques to Improve Emotional Regulation, Manage Distress and More

DBT is one of today’s most in-demand treatments, trusted by countless clinicians to provide their clients with the skills they need to manage their emotions, overcome their distress, and create positive change.

Whether they’ve been diagnosed with trauma, anxiety, depression or any number of the conditions you see in your office each day, DBT empowers clients to navigate the challenges of everyday life and relationships so they can heal, grow, and achieve their goals.

And it’s all done from a skills-building perspective that moves you away from change-based models that can feel overwhelming or unattainable for clients.

Now you can take home over a dozen of the most powerful skill-building exercises from DBT in just one day of training.

Led by certified DBT therapist Lexi Mulee, LMHC, C-DBT, this training will equip you to start using the DBT techniques she’s found most effective in her own practice so you can:

Provide clients with the tools they need to better manage intense emotions
Show clients how they can accept distressing situations without judgment or resistance
Quickly build clients ability to cope in healthier ways
Give clients the skills they need to create positive emotional connections with others
Improve communication and boundary setting skills with clients
Rapidly interrupt clients’ self-defeating and self-sabotaging patterns
And much more!

Plus you’ll get printable worksheets that make it simple to start using these proven DBT exercises with clients right away.

Don’t wait to get the fundamental DBT skills you need to succeed.

Program Information

Objectives

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the origins and foundational concepts of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Develop an understanding of the neurobiology of emotional dysregulation and how DBT interventions can effectively address it.
Discuss the effectiveness of DBT in reducing self-directed violence, including suicide attempts, non-suicidal self injury (NSSI), and accessing psychiatric crisis services.
Apply validation strategies in DBT to enhance therapeutic rapport and promote positive change.
Utilize mindfulness exercises for emotional regulation and symptom management in DBT practice.
Evaluate the effectiveness of DBT with a diverse range of clients including individuals with substance use disorders, anxiety, and depression.

Outline

DBT Foundations and Fundamentals

Main goals and history as an evidencebased treatment
DBT practice components and the 4 modules of DBT
Balancing acceptance and change
Validation skills to build a therapeutic alliance
The effectiveness of DBT for clients with depression, anxiety, SUDs, and more
Realities of DBT for clinicians – potential benefits and drawbacks
DBT skills training for suicidal clients
Research, limitations, and treatment risks
Indications, contraindications, costs, and alternative treatments

DBT Mindfulness Techniques: Enhance Treatment through Client Awareness and Acceptance

“Wise mind” in decision making and problem solving
One Mindful: fully engage in the present moment without distraction
Pocket Mindfulness: brief exercises to manage stress and regulate emotions
Cultivating acceptance and letting go of self-judgment and criticism

5 DBT Techniques to Manage Distress and Shift Perspectives

Riding the Wave exercise to navigate emotional turbulence
Radical Acceptance of distressing situations without judgment or resistance
Using the STOP techniques to interrupt automatic patterns
How to teach clients to better manage intense emotions with the TIPP technique
Using ACCEPTS to help clients develop healthier coping skills

The DBT Toolkit for Emotional Regulation and Coping

The connection between emotions and physical sensations
Exercises to enhance emotional awareness and recognition
Opposite action skill to change emotional responses
Checking the facts skill to challenge emotional assumptions and biases

Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills for Better Communications and Boundary Setting

Emotional Bank Account - build and maintain positive emotional connections
Using the DEARMAN technique for effective communication
Assertive skills for saying “No” and setting boundaries
Using the Alternate Rebellion technique to help clients who struggle with oppositional behavior

Other Key Clinical Considerations: Skills Groups, Integration Strategies and Culturally Adapted Practices

Using DBT individually or with skills groups
Best practices in conducting culturally adapted DBT interventions
Integrating and prioritizing DBT skills into a provider’s treatment as usual

Case Studies and Demonstrations

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Mental Health Professionals