Online

DBT was founded in 1993 by Marsha Linehan, initially known as CBT for Borderline disorder.  DBT consists of a series of skills and techniques for working with personality disorders and other areas.  Many people want to familiarise themselves with these skills without necessarily becoming a DBT therapist exclusively, and the introduction course is ideal if you are thinking of taking the first step in becoming a DBT therapist or if you would like to have a better understanding of the concept before referring clients or employees to a DBT service.

Learning outcomes:

• Gaining an understanding of DBT.

• The ability to create validating environments.

• The ability to validate other people in an easy way.

• The ability to give people different perspectives in a fast way.

• The ability to help people to solve problems rather than dwell on them.

• The ability to respond to very severe behaviours in a caring way without reinforcing the severe behaviour.

• The ability to help people to bring some sense of order and predictability to emotions.

• The ability to help people tolerating distress.

This workshop will be delivered live using the free Zoom remote conferencing platform: The course will allow you to interact with your trainer and other participants in a virtual classroom where, in addition to the workshop content, there will be time built in for live discussions, question & answer sessions and skills practice. You can access the course wherever you have an internet connection; on a desktop, tablet or even a smartphone.

Content:

• Validation, the implication of invalidating environments for a child, and for the adult. Using validating responses in the therapeutic environment.

• The use of Metaphors,

• Problem solving strategy.

• Contingency management.

• Emotion-regulation.

• Interpersonal effectiveness.

• Mindfulness

• Distress tolerance.

• Walking the Middle Path.

• The role of the face to face sessions and group sessions.

Suitable for: 

• Professionals who see clients in 1 to 1 sessions and wish to add DBT techniques to their set of skills.
• People or teams working in inpatient or community settings.
• Mental health/psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, probation officers, people working in HR or Occupational Health departments.
• Carers for people with mental health issues.

No specific entry requirements

See course website for more details: https://www.thelearningcurve.ie/online-learning/remote-learning-an-introduction-to-dialectical-behaviour-therapy-2

The Learning Curve Institute offers a unique post course support system whereby students are provided with the contact details of the lecturer and are free to contact him/her with any questions they may have or that they would like the lecturer to help them with.