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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

With Marsha Linehan & her team of experts

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Build Your Range of Clinical Strategies & Interventions

DBT Skills

DBT Skills

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Starts 25 Nov
15hrs | 6 weeks
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Learn DBT skills directly from Marsha Linehan, the founder of DBT. This engaging course covers the core skills- Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness - with practical tools, therapy demos, and guidance for everyday clinical practice.

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DBT Skills for Adolescents and Families

DBT Skills for Adolescents and Families

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Starts 25 Nov
12 hours | 6 weeks
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Support teens and families with DBT skills - developed by Marsha Linehan, Alec Miller, and Jill Rathus. Learn practical strategies for delivering the five adolescent modules, including Walking the Middle Path for parent-teen conflict, with therapy demos and guidance for group, family, and individual sessions.

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Applied DBT Skills for Anger and Shame

Applied DBT Skills for Anger and Shame

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Immediate access
14 hours | 12 months access

Anger and shame are two of the most difficult emotions clients bring to therapy. In this advanced course, Annie McCall, a DBT trainer with over 25 years of experience, provides a clear framework for using DBT skills with these emotions. You’ll learn how to work with anger and shame to support regulation, healthier coping, and stronger connection.

Self-directed course
Applied DBT Skills for Trauma

Applied DBT Skills for Trauma

For Mental Health & Heath Professionals, Coaches
Immediate access
14 hours | 12 months access

Support clients with trauma-related problems using DBT skills. This advanced course features expert instruction from Dr. Melanie Harned, a leading authority on DBT and trauma treatment, along with detailed roleplays and practical strategies to build emotional safety, improve regulation, and sustain progress across all phases of recovery.

Self-directed course

Comprehensive Online Training in DBT

Work in a DBT Team

Empowering mental health professionals and organizations with flexible, tailored training solutions to meet real-world challenges in an evolving clinical landscape. Each DBT Comprehensive program is designed to enable you to learn and master the application of DBT with patients.

DBT Intensive Programs

  • Prepares you to work with complex, multi-diagnostic patients supported by your DBT team

  • Is focused on practical ‘real world’ clinical application of DBT 

  • Allows each team to start anytime *subject to approval

  • Has been designed to assist clinical DBT teams work effectively together 

  • Includes DBT expert consultation tailored for every DBT team 

Your Pathway to Certification

Your journey toward certification begins with a DBT Comprehensive course. This is the foundation for building the knowledge and skills needed to deliver DBT with confidence and fidelity.

From there, the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification guides clinicians through a rigorous but supportive process to ensure they can apply DBT effectively and in line with the model as it was researched. Programs are also evaluated to confirm they have the right structure and supports in place to offer DBT with integrity. You can learn more about their certification process here.

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Learning Pathways to Becoming a DBT Therapist

DBT Foundational

DBT Foundational

For Mental Health Professionals
Start anytime
12 Parts | 12 months access

This highly practical course is designed to assist new clinicians learn & apply the strategies of DBT, to seamlessly join an existing DBT Team. *Eligibility criteria applies

This program includes:

  • 30 hours of on demand content broken into sections of approx 2.5 hours per week - 12 months access 

  • Detailed therapy demonstrations which bring the DBT model therapy to life & can be revisited at any time

  • Includes a resource library & bonus “dig deeper” content in areas that interest you

Self-directed course
DBT Intensive

DBT Intensive

Clinical Teams
Start anytime
12 Months (payment plans available)

Tailored to meet the unique needs of new and existing DBT Teams, your DBT Intensive program is focused on assisting your team to work effectively while applying DBT with patients. 

This program includes: 

  • 12 months access to DBT Foundational online course + 2 x 1hr expert led team-forming consultations

  • 20+ hours of ongoing expert DBT consultation, tailored to your team's needs

*Eligibility criteria applies

DBT Training Program
DBT Intensive Plus

DBT Intensive Plus

For Mental Health Professionals
Start anytime
12 Months (payment plans available)

The DBT Intensive Plus program is designed for individual practitioners who are not yet part of a DBT Team. 

This program includes: 

  • 12 months access to the DBT Foundational online course + 6 hours of expert led consultations to ensure effective DBT team formation

  • 20+ hours of ongoing expert DBT consultation, tailored to your team's needs 

*Eligibility criteria applies

DBT Training Program
DBT Foundational for Adolescents and FamiliesNEW

DBT Foundational for Adolescents and Families

For Mental Health Professionals
Starts 1 Dec
12 Months Access
Special Launch Offer | Save $540
Offer Ends December 4

Led by DBT for Adolescent pioneers Alec Miller and Jill Rathus, this foundational training gives you practical, in-depth instruction in the comprehensive model for adolescents and families. Through engaging demonstrations across all six treatment modalities - individual therapy, family therapy, skills training, inter-session coaching, therapist consultation team, and parent sessions - you’ll see exactly how DBT comes to life in clinical practice.

Special Launch Offer | Save $540
Offer Ends December 4
Self-directed course

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a gold standard, evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan.

DBT is commonly used to treat suicidal behaviors, borderline personality disorder and other severe and complex mental health disorders including: emotion dysregulation, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, substance dependence, depression and anxiety-related issues.

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