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DBT Skills

DBT Skills

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Starts 30 Sep
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 30 Sep
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 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

Offering mental health professionals and systems real flexibility and tailored training solutions to meet real world challenges in an ever changing 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*

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

  • Includes DBT expert consultation tailored for every DBT team 

*subject to approval

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.

Marsha Linehan with the Linehan board of certification logo

Three learning pathways to becoming a certified DBT therapist

DBT Foundational

DBT Foundational

For Mental Health Professionals
Start anytime
12 weeks | 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

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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