Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT - 1)

10 hours | 10 CEs

This On Demand professional training program on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is part of our Certification training and is presented by Michele Galietta, PhD.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive cognitive behavioral treatment that is increasingly being used in a variety of health settings. Comprehensive DBT has been found to have great practical utility for the reduction of violence and self-harm. DBT Skills are an essential component of comprehensive DBT and some evidence suggests that skills alone, with case management may also be efficacious for less acute individuals. This is the first program in our Comprehensive DBT Certification Curriculum. This program will provide participants with a thorough introduction to standard DBT, as well as specific adaptations and strategies useful with a variety of adult and juvenile forensic settings (e.g., jails/prisons, forensic hospitals, juvenile justice settings, probation.) DBT can reduce problem behaviors in individual clients, and also functions to stabilize the milieu by employing eastern principles of acceptance and compassion paired with careful application of behaviorism. The course will discuss comprehensive DBT in forensic settings, and the research supporting this intervention.