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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training

Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a powerful, evidence-based treatment that allows clinicians to provide positive outcomes for clients of all ages struggling with stress, depression, trauma, suicidal and self-destructive behaviors, and a variety of other clinical presentations.

This 3-day Certification Training will build the core competencies you need to bring DBT into your clinical practice and effectively use it with a wide range of client types. In just 3 days, you’ll be given a roadmap to treat individuals using the skills and techniques from DBT so you can help your most challenging clients reach new levels of healing.

Even if you’ve attended other Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) trainings, this program will increase your competency and clinical sophistication with DBT when working with adults, youth, substance users, and trauma survivors in a wide variety of settings.

Best of all, upon completion of this live training, you’ll be eligible to become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and clients know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of using DBT in counselling. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CDBT for details.

Sign up today and get the skills and confidence you need to successfully help your clients with the power of DBT!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $249.99 value)!
Simply complete this event and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive documentation of C-DBT designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.

*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CDBT for professional requirements.

Program Information

Objectives

Analyze the origins of Biosocial Theory and communicate the clinical implications of the theory.
Determine how DBT skills can help clients identify unhealthy interaction styles.
Determine how mindfulness skills can empower clients to interpret situations in new ways and react in healthier ways.
Demonstrate how clinicians can effectively teach DBT skills and encourage support and constructive feedback in a group setting.
Develop ways in which clinicians can maximize client buy-in for DBT homework assignments.
Determine how interpersonal skills training can be used with clients to improve relationships.
Determine how DBT skills can be used to decrease the likelihood of compassion fatigue in clinicians.
Demonstrate how DBT skills can be utilized to identify and overcome obstacles to changing emotions and reactive behaviors.
Devise ways in which DBT can be adapted for working with children and adolescents.
Appraise how DBT can be used in working with trauma survivors.
Demonstrate how diary cards can be used by clients to monitor their emotions and track how they are using DBT skills to deal with challenges.
Effectively utilize a chain analysis with clients to help them gain insight into how they can change problem behaviors.
Determine how opposite action strategies can be used by clients to reduce self-destructive urges.
Support how interpersonal effectiveness exercises can be employed in therapy to help clients keep relationship without sacrificing their self-respect.
Utilize a pros and cons list that can help clients see the consequences of their actions and make better choices when they are faced with a difficult decision.
Apply strategies to confront therapy interfering behavior and help clients overcome avoidance.
Determine how Dialectical Behavior Therapy interventions can help clients foster radical acceptance of traumatic events and reduce feelings of shame, guilt and fear.
Demonstrate how the STOP skills can help clients to manage crisis situations and prevent them from doing something impulsive they might regret later.
Determine how clinicians can use the levels of validation to enhance the therapeutic alliance and teach clients to validate themselves.
Employ DBT skills that can be used with clients to reduce self-harm and suicidal behaviors.
Develop a client’s Wise Mind state so they can be more aware and less impulsive in their actions.

Outline

Foundations of DBT

Biosocial Theory
Characteristics of DBT
DBT as an evidence-based practice
Dialectics: the balance of acceptance and change

DBT in the Clinical Setting

Application of DBT in the individual and group therapy setting
Skills training methods
Validation strategies
Research and limitations

DBT Skills Training

Mindfulness: Cultivate the Skills at the Core of Successful DBT Therapy

Acceptance vs. judgement
Wise mind – achieve harmony between emotion and reason
Accessible exercises for building mindfulness skills
- Observation – keep clients calm, centered and aware
- Describe – overcome assumptions
- Participation – release judgement and fear
Strategies for teaching mindfully and exercises for therapy

Interpersonal Effectiveness: Skills to Build Better Relationships and Lives

Tools to identify strengths
Balancing relationships with self-respect
Exercises and role play guidance on how to:
- Develop healthy assertiveness skills
- Enhance conflict resolution skills
- Build empathy
- Keep problems from building up
- Resist pressure
Top strategies for changing behavior

Emotion Regulation: Practical Skills for Healthier Emotions and Greater Resilience

Strong emotions and poor coping skills
How to change unwanted emotions
Reduce emotional vulnerability while practicing self-care
Opposite action skills to reduce maladaptive behavior
Emotion Regulation exercises
Self-soothing strategies that work
Learn the sleep hygiene protocol

Distress Tolerance: Skills to Cope with Painful Moments and Survive Crisis

Developing crisis survival and reality acceptance skills
4 options to solving problems
Problem solving case studies
Using pros and cons to make decisions
STOP skills to manage crisis situations
The steps to practicing radical acceptance
Tools to accept change

DBT in Clinical Practice

Analyzing behaviors; chain analysis & missing links analysis
Diary cards and homework with clients
Identify therapy interfering behaviors
Develop skills to identify and manage self-harming & suicidal behaviors

Self-Harm and Suicidal Crises: A Roadmap for Assessment and Intervention

Screening and assessment tools for self-harming behaviors
Interventions and treatment considerations for the self-harming population
Suicide risk as a skills deficit problem
Tools and techniques to assess for level of risk
Firearms, medications, and lethal-means restriction plans that work
Safety plans and crisis intervention

Adapt DBT with Different Populations

Children and adolescents
Trauma survivors
Substance abusers

DBT: The Therapist and Consultation Group

3 ways to decrease therapist burnout
The characteristics of an effective DBT team
Integrating DBT into your practice

Target Audience

Counselors
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Social Workers
Art Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Mental Health Professionals
Physicians
Nurses

Copyright : 03/26/2025

EMDR and DBT for Interpersonal Trauma

Clients who’ve suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse carry a heavy burden; traumatic memories leaving deep emotional wounds they can struggle to move past.

EMDR can be a lifesaver for these clients, allowing them to process these memories and reclaim their lives.

But even with the best tools, your road to successful treatment isn’t easy. The material is tough. Sessions can get intense. And when sessions end, clients still need to navigate relationships with others (and themselves) that have been complicated by their traumatic pasts.

That’s why if you use EMDR, integrating DBT can be a game-changer – giving you a powerful toolkit for addressing the emotional and relational aspects of interpersonal trauma as you process the traumatic memories they just can’t forget.

Watch this training led by Katelyn Baxter-Musser. Certified in both EMDR and DBT, Katelyn has helped thousands of clinicians get the most out of EMDR and DBT. She’ll provide you a step-by-step guide on how to use DBT skills to enhance the effectiveness of EMDR, resulting in more comprehensive trauma recovery for your clients.

Under Katelyn’s expert guidance you’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate two of today’s most proven approaches, so you can:

Enhance client readiness for EMDR
Help clients better manage emotional intensity during EMDR sessions
Address complex relational issues associated with interpersonal trauma
Boost distress tolerance skills to support trauma processing
Improve interpersonal functioning in clients through DBT-informed interventions
Tailor EMDR and DBT interventions to meet the unique needs of your clients
Skillfully work with a wide range of clinically challenging trauma clients

Don’t miss this opportunity to take your EMDR therapy to the next level with the DBT skills to make sessions more effective than ever before.

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This course is not affiliated with EMDRIA and does not qualify toward EMDRIA credits or training.

Program Information

Objectives

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and explore how these approaches can be effectively integrated to support individuals who have experienced interpersonal trauma.
Acquire an in-depth understanding of how DBT and EMDR can be utilized to help clients regulate their emotions, reduce trauma triggers, and enhance stability in the face of trauma-related symptoms.
Review the existing evidence-based research on the efficacy of EMDR and DBT in managing trauma symptomology, and critically analyze their applicability in clinical practice.
Develop strategies for seamlessly incorporating DBT principles and techniques into the various phases of EMDR therapy, to enhance treatment outcomes for trauma survivors.
Utilize the biosocial theory of DBT and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model of EMDR to effectively conceptualize and understand the complex needs of clients with interpersonal trauma and create comprehensive treatment plans.
Identify specific treatment goals and targets that align with the unique needs and challenges of survivors of interpersonal trauma, and tailor therapeutic interventions accordingly to promote healing and recovery.

Outline

Interpersonal Trauma: Neurobiological, Physiological, and Psychological Perspectives

Exploring physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
Neurobiological, physiological, and psychological processes involved
Long-term consequences of interpersonal trauma
Recognizing risk factors
Prevalence rates and barriers to disclosure of interpersonal trauma
Impacts on relationships with others and oneself

Assess for Interpersonal Trauma in the Clinical Setting

Recognizing warning signs, symptoms, and comorbidities
Differentiating physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in the clinical context
Screening and assessment measures for identifying trauma in clients
- Trauma Symptom Inventory
- CAPS
- Dissociative Experiences Scale
Developing a trauma-informed approach

DBT Skills for Trauma-Related Symptoms, Triggers, and More

Research on DBT and survivors of interpersonal violence
DBT components and how the biosocial theory relates to trauma
Goal and targets of treatment
DBT tools for managing crises and creating safety plans
DBT validation strategies and creating a safe therapeutic environment
How DBT helps clients set healthy boundaries

EMDR for Traumatic Memories Related to Interpersonal Violence

How the AIP model relates to trauma processing
Characteristics and phases of EMDR
Goal and targets of EMDR therapy
Challenges and complexities of working with survivors of IPV
Managing dissociation and other challenges
Resourcing and grounding techniques to enhance stabilization and containment

Integrating EMDR and DBT in Trauma Work: Enhancing Resilience and Coping During Stabilization and Trauma Processing

How EMDR and DBT complement each other
Assessing clients’ needs and treatment priorities
Common goals for survivors of interpersonal violence
DBT treatment planning strategies to identify specific targets for EMDR
Enhancing EMDR readiness with DBT emotional regulation skills
DBT coping skills for calm and focus in EMDR sessions
5 practical ways to fuse DBT skills directly into EMDR sessions
Case studies
Research, risks and limitations

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Therapists
Art Therapists
Physicians
Nurses
Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields