DBT Comprehensive | General Questions

All participants are expected to meet the course completion requirements to receive a letter of completion and continuing education credit. Depending on which portion(s) of the program you miss, you may have several options available to you to still meet the completion requirements and earn a letter of completion; however, continuing education boards have specific standards for attendance, so missing portions of training may jeopardize your ability to receive continuing education credit. If you know in advance that you will miss a meeting or consultation, please advise your team and your DBT expert trainer.

Remember, you DO NOT have to complete the weekly online coursework in a single sitting. You can take your time within each week, but please don't fall too far behind because we cannot provide extensions. You will have the most success in the program if you stay current with the weekly online lessons, readings, and exercises.

In addition, participants must attend their weekly DBT consultation team meetings, regardless of which learning pathway they are enrolled in.  

Participants who are enrolled in the program are encouraged to contact the Psychwire Support Team as soon as they are aware that they cannot complete the program. We will work with you to determine what alternatives might be available to you. Contact us at support@psychwire.com

We welcome participants from all over the world. All course content is accessed online, meaning you have 24/7 access to your course, no matter where you are located. Please note, courses are only offered in English.

All participants are expected to meet the course completion requirements to receive a letter of completion and continuing education credit (if applicable). 

Remember, you DO NOT have to complete the weekly online coursework in a single sitting. You can take your time within each week, but please don't fall too far behind because we cannot provide extensions. You will have the most success in the program if you stay current with the weekly online lessons, readings, and exercises. 

In addition, participants must arrange to attend their weekly DBT consultation team meetings, regardless of which learning pathway they are enrolled in. Excessive absences from the DBT consultation team meetings may result in dismissal from the program. 

Information specific to participants in Intensive and Intensive Plus programs:

Participants in the Intensive pathway must attend at least 18 hours of team consultation sessions with the DBT trainer.

Participants in the Intensive Plus pathway must attend at least 18 hours of team consultation sessions with their DBT trainer, not including the additional Team Formation training sessions.

Intensive Plus participants also need to attend all of the Team Formation sessions.

The  DBT Comprehensive Online training program was developed to increase access to rigorous, high-quality training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. The online program is intended to provide comprehensive training via an online learning format. It is intended for mental health providers who want to provide DBT within the context of a full DBT program with all its modes of treatment. In the Comprehensive program, you will learn about structuring individual treatment sessions, targets of treatment, case conceptualization, suicide risk assessment and management, phone coaching, therapist team consultation and other protocols and strategies that are part of DBT.  

Throughout this remote learning experience, you’ll hone your clinical performance by learning through didactics, detailed demonstrations of treatment, practice, and in-depth interviews of expert DBT therapists that bring to life DBT theory and strategies. You’ll learn how to help clients engage in new behaviors, generate hope and maintain commitment, and troubleshoot and address the problems that may hinder those commitments.

The DBT Comprehensive Online training program will enable you to build clinical mastery in the application of DBT and to establish an effective DBT practice.

In contrast, the DBT Skills online course has a specific focus on the four DBT skills modules. It is intended for a broader audience who may or may not work with persons who have complex, severe behaviors. Participants who take the online DBT Skills course may go on to teach DBT Skills training groups but are not prepared to provide the full treatment.