DBT Skills Group: A Closer Look at One Mode of the Treatment 12 Hr Virtual

Course overview

DBT Skills Training is the mode of treatment in comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy in which clients learn and practice new coping skills. This two day training covers the fundamentals of facilitating a skills training group, define participant criteria, set group goals, solve common problems in skills groups, give meaningful homework assignments, and teach in a way that promotes active engagement with different client populations and settings. The participants will be provided with a copy of the DBT Skills Training Modules adapted by Nancy Gordon, from the original DBT Skills Training Modules by Marsha Linehan in 1993 and includes updated skills from her 2nd edition DBT Skills Manual and Worksheets. This course is intended for mental health professionals who have some basic knowledge of the DBT model of treatment and want to learn to teach or to improve their teaching of DBT skills to clients. This training assumes that participants already have a working knowledge of the concepts and strategies of the treatment and want to focus on increasing their competence in teaching DBT Skills. At a minimum, it would be helpful for participants to have attended a one or two day DBT training, or have read Linehan's 1993 "Cognitive behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder" prior to attending the training