
Set target hierarchies for clients with multiple problems.Structure treatment according to the target hierarchies for each modality (e.g., individual, skills training, phone).Identify client’s life goals that can be used as motivation for engaging in DBT.Describe how levels of disorder and stages of treatment guide treatment planning and targeting.Describe the functions of comprehensive treatment and the corresponding modes employed in DBT to accomplish these functions.Convey the rationale for DBT Emotion Regulation skills.Describe the evidence for the use of DBT Emotions Regulation skills.


It is meant to assist teams who have hired new staff or experienced turnover by allowing newer team members to get trained in the standard content of DBT. The DBT Foundational Training is a comprehensive program of study designed specifically for individual therapists or skills trainers who are members of an established DBT Consultation Team and have not completed Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training themselves.

DBT has been studied and implemented in multiple countries across the globe. One of the benefits of a principle-based treatment is that it can be versatile enough to accommodate the specific situations, cultures, and contexts of the persons it serves. The principles of DBT were specifically designed for cases that often present therapists with novel challenges. We know that severe emotion regulation difficulties result in persons facing multiple problems across many areas of life and that these problems manifest in a variety of ways. Since its initial development in the 1980s, DBT has been shown to be effective for an array of problems related to emotion dysregulation. Level: 3- Comprehensive Training in Standard DBT Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training (Remote Instructor-led, 5-day model)
