DBT Individual Therapy Series
DBT Individual Therapy Series-With Elizabeth Plante, LMHC
*This training will be conducted ONLINE in 6 half-day sessions from 1:00pm-5:00pm for $500 including CEUs. Please note, to receive CEU credit you must attend all 6 sessions in the series.
DBT Individual Therapy is the modality that tailors the skills learned in group to the individual, while also targeting specific behaviors to reduce, such as self-injury and suicide. This 6-part series provides comprehensive training and will progressively build your skills.
Participants will develop a full understanding of all aspects of DBT individual therapy including: treatment planning based on a hierarchy of treatment targets, the use of diary cards, identifying and addressing therapy interfering behaviors (client and therapist), conducting chain analyses, and helping the person to generalize the skills learned in skills training. Treatment strategies specific to DBT will be addressed. Dialectics and balancing DBT strategies will also be discussed.
Participants are urged to purchase and read Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha Linehan prior to attending the training. This book will be an integral part of the curriculum and is available on Amazon.com
Please note: The Individual and Skills Training series are designed to be taken separately or together in any order. To effectively deliver individual DBT therapy (even if you do not plan to run a DBT skills group), a sound working knowledge of the DBT skills is necessary. Additionally, if you are taking this course as the educational requirement for DBT Certification by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, both training tracks will be required. (See details at www.dbt-lbc.org.)
Please consider taking the DBT Skills Training Series in the fall. Return to this website for more details then! Please contact traininginstitute@openskycs.org or 508-755-0333 if you have questions about this training.
DBT Individual Therapy Trainings:
Part 1: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Overview of DBT, Orientation and Commitment Strategies-
This training will help participants gain an understanding of the model of DBT as well as to understand dialectics. Participants will gain an understanding of the Biosocial Theory that drives the treatment and learn how to apply it to a client. Beginning treatment with a client and gaining commitment in treatment will also be covered.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the conceptual framework of DBT Individual Therapy
- Understand how to develop the client’s commitment to the treatment
- Understand how to structure pre-treatment and the first 4 sessions
Part 2: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Individual Therapy Goals, Targets, and Structure-
In this training, participants will learn to create a foundation for DBT by developing a life worth living goal with clients. Participants will learn how to break this goal down into smaller goals and target behaviors that get in the way or reaching the goals. Participants will learn how to structure sessions and begin discussions of termination early on in therapy.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the hierarchy of treatment targets
- Understand therapy interfering behaviors
- Understand the secondary targets
Part 3: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Treatment Strategies Part 1: Dialectical Strategies, Validation Strategies, and Behavior Analysis-
In this training, participants will dive into the basic DBT treatment strategies. They will gain a deeper understanding of the principles of dialectics and how they can be used within a therapy session. Participants will learn validation strategies as well as how to conduct behavioral and solution analyses for target behaviors in treatment.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand behavioral assessment and the chain analysis
- Understand dialectics and dialectical strategies
Part 4: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
DBT Individual Therapy Part Four- Basic Treatment Strategies Part II and Change Procedures
In this training, Participants will continue to focus on basic DBT treatment strategies, including helping clients to gain insight, using contingencies in therapy, as well as how and when to use cognitive modification and exposure in therapy.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- This workshop helped me to understand insight strategies
- This workshop helped me to understand cognitive modification
- This workshop helped me to understand exposure techniques
Part 5: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Special Treatment Strategies-
In this training, participants will learn the special treatment strategies of suicide and risk assessment within DBT, utilizing the telephone within DBT for coaching, as well as crisis and coping strategies.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- This workshop helped me to understand the DBT suicide assessment protocol
- This workshop helped me to understand the coaching call
- This workshop helped me to understand crisis strategies
- This workshop helped me to understand hospital strategies
Part 6: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Balancing Communication in Therapy and Taking Care of Yourself-
In this training, participants will learn how to communicate with other providers about DBT as well as how to help their clients consult with other providers. Participants will learn relationship strategies as well as how to keep balanced in the way they communicate with clients. Participants will learn the theory of burnout in the context of DBT treatment as well as the role of the DBT Consultation team and self-care in the treatment of therapist burnout.
Following this training, participants will be able to:
- This workshop helped me to understand communication strategies
- This workshop helped me to understand relationship strategies
- This workshop helped me to understand case management strategies
- This workshop helped me to understand the role and function of the DBT consultation team