The DBT Intensive program is simply “next generation.” Designed specifically for existing clinical teams, it’s tailored to meet the unique challenges of mental health professionals, working together to deliver life-saving treatment in a rapidly changing clinical landscape.
From the outset, this program empowers DBT teams to collaborate effectively, supporting each clinician in applying DBT to complex, real-world cases. Your team will benefit from over 20 hours of consultation with a DBT expert, ensuring your development is guided every step of the way. This specially tailored consultation is designed to support effective team formation, and reinforce the practical application of key DBT strategies. Your expert consultant will adapt their focus to fulfill the specific needs and requirements of your team and setting, to ensure successful implementation of your DBT program.
DBT Intensive is flexible and available to start immediately, suitable for teams of between 5 to 10 clinicians. The program includes the highly practical DBT Foundational course, designed to take you step-by-step through the DBT model with in-depth case studies, core principles, and stylistic strategies. You’ll have access to this course throughout the entire 12 months of the program, allowing for deeper engagement and ongoing reference.
Additionally, the Intensive program includes four free essential DBT textbooks, and an exclusive one-hour recording of a DBT Team Consultation in practice.
DBT Intensive is the complete “hands-on” training experience to become a DBT clinician. The program prepares your team to face complex clinical issues, helping clients find hope, commitment, and transformation.
Key Features:
Start anytime from November (eligibility approval typically takes 4-5 working days)
Ideal for teams of 5-10 mental health professionals
Includes DBT Foundational, accessible throughout the entire 12 months
20+ hours of expert consultation to help your team develop and apply DBT together
Earn CEs at no additional cost
Four essential DBT textbooks, a comprehensive resource library, and optional “Dig Deeper” content to explore key areas that interest you
HIPAA-compliant Zoom button for automatic online connection
Online forum to communicate with fellow team members
Completion certificates and documentation
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
Incorporate DBT assumptions and a dialectical worldview into treatment with multi-problem patients
Understand and apply the biosocial model of DBT to conceptualize client issues
Apply DBT principles and strategies in consultation team meetings
Structure treatment according to the primary target hierarchies
Complete pre-treatment tasks (for example, identifying client’s goals, orienting clients to DBT, and obtaining treatment commitment)
Implement effective phone coaching strategies
Conduct chain analyses for problematic behaviors and generate solutions for specific problematic links
Apply the DBT problem-solving strategies (skills training, cognitive modification, exposure, and contingency management)
Implement the acceptance principles and levels of validation in DBT
Assess acute and long-term suicide risk, and apply DBT Suicide crisis protocols
Implement effective approaches to PTSD within Stage 1 DBT treatment
Structure a DBT Skills Group, and apply effective strategies for teaching in this treatment mode
Prepare a DBT case formulation
Define problem behaviors specifically and behaviorally
Identify the controlling variables influencing a problem behavior
Identify solutions to address the controlling variables influencing problem behaviors
Generate solutions to address barriers in implementing DBT within your program
Identify and address team issues using DBT strategies
Identify DBT skills for clients to use for specific problems and contexts
Ensure that your DBT program addresses the five functions of comprehensive treatment
