DBT Skills Trainings
Transform
Your Practice
Enhance your therapeutic toolkit & make a meaningful impact.
Unlock the full potential of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with our specialized training series. Designed for mental health professionals and led by Linehan Board Certified Clinicians, these sessions will equip you with essential DBT skills and tailored strategies for working with diverse populations, including LGBTQ+ clients, Autistic individuals and adolescents.
Upcoming Trainings
Adolescent DBT
Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-A)
Master Adolescent DBT with our 2-part training, featuring practical strategies and real-life case examples to tackle therapy challenges and engage teens and their families effectively. See Details
January 27, 2025,
12:30pm - 4:30pm CST January 28, 2025, 8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35 full members; $135 partial members & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 8.0
Trainer(s): Henry Boeh, PhD
Note: Participants must attend both dates.
LGBTQ+ Clients & DBT
Effectively using DBT to Meet the Needs of LGBTQ+ Clients
Explore how existing DBT skills and theoretical components can be effectively applied with LGBTQ+ clients' needs, including ways to manage multiple levels of stigma. See Details
February 28, 2025,
8:30am - 12:30pm CST Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15 full members; $60 partial members & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
Trainer(s): Kim Skerven, Ph.D., ABPP
Autism, Suicide & DBT
Evidence-based Adaptations to DBT for Autistic Clients with Suicidality
Enhance your approach in Autism-affirming DBT and learn to differentiate Autism from other mental health concerns, address high co-occurring suicidality and apply tailored strategies for effective therapy. See Details
March 25-27, 2025,
9:00am - 1:00pm CST Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $70 full members; $270 partial members & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 12.0
Trainer(s): Alana McVey, PhD
Eating Disorders & DBT
Incorporating DBT for Treating Eating Disorders
Learn strategies to address and simultaneously prioritize multiple treatment targets, including life threatening medical and psychological ones in patients with eating disorders as well as behaviors that can interfere with treatment and subsequently contribute to patient drop out and therapist burn out. See Details
May 21-22, 2025,
8:30 - 11:30am CST Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35 full members; $135 partial members & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
Trainer(s): Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S, CCMHC
TRAiNING QUeSTIONs?
Our Training Coordinator, Joanne Tulachka, can help. Please reach out to Joanne with any questions about our training offerings.