Applied DBT Skills for Trauma

Join the growing number of therapists who have discovered the powerful impact of DBT skills in supporting clients with PTSD and trauma histories. This advanced-level Applied DBT Skills for Trauma course - led by Dr Melanie Harned, a leading expert in DBT for trauma, and Dr Marsha Linehan, the developer of DBT - will show you how to incorporate the DBT Skills into your practice to directly address the complex challenges faced by trauma survivors. 

What You’ll Learn

• Apply Practical Strategies and Interventions Learn how the four DBT skills modules—Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness—can be used to help clients cope with complex trauma-related problems and gain the stability needed to engage in treatment for PTSD.

• See Detailed Demonstrations and Case Studies Gain real-world insights through comprehensive client demonstrations led by Dr. Harned. See firsthand how to apply DBT Skills to address a range of trauma-related problems and client presentations.

• Build Strong Therapeutic Bonds Learn how to establish a sense of safety and trust from the very first session, which is essential when working with traumatized clients.

• Facilitate Emotion Regulation Explore methods for helping clients manage emotions like fear, shame, and anger —common in PTSD and trauma —while improving their ability to experience intense emotions without avoiding.

• Improve Interpersonal Functioning Learn how to teach the skills clients need to assert themselves effectively, maintain their self-respect in relationships, and develop supportive, long-lasting bonds.

• Help Clients with Crisis Management Equip clients with effective coping skills —such as self-soothing and distraction—to handle sudden spikes in distress and intrusive PTSD symptoms.

• Enhance Existing Therapies Learn how to use a wide range of DBT Skills to augment your current approaches, and discover a flexible toolkit of interventions that will help you to transform the lives of your clients.

• Facilitate Effective PTSD Treatment Bolster trauma-focused treatments for PTSD with DBT skills that increase clients’ capacity to manage the intense emotions that often arise during trauma processing.