Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) 3-Day Core Skills Training

Get ready to dive deep into the world of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with this engaging 3-day core skills training. Designed to help you move beyond theory and into real-world application, giving you practical tools you can start using immediately with clients.

This in-person training blends structured, skills-based learning with discussion and clinical application, helping you build both competence and confidence in delivering DBT across a variety of settings.

Hosted by Meta Mental Health, LLC, this training provides 18 CEUs (6 hours per day) and is approved by the following Oklahoma licensing boards:

• Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers
• Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
• Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (3 ADS CEUs)

Certificates of completion are provided upon full attendance.

Throughout this training, you will build a strong foundation in DBT while developing practical, usable skills to support your clients more effectively.

This training is ideal for clinicians seeking a structured, skills-based approach grounded in cognitive and behavioral principles, particularly when working with emotion dysregulation, high-risk behaviors, and presentations commonly associated with borderline personality disorder.

• Understand and apply core DBT concepts, including the biosocial theory and dialectical framework
• Teach mindfulness skills to increase present-moment awareness and client engagement
• Utilize distress tolerance strategies to support clients during high-intensity or crisis situations
• Apply emotion regulation techniques to reduce vulnerability and improve emotional stability
• Strengthen interpersonal effectiveness skills to support communication, boundaries, and relationship functioning
• Incorporate diary cards and behavior tracking into treatment planning and intervention
• Increase confidence in implementing DBT skills in both individual and group therapy settings

Info: Day 1: Foundations & Distress Tolerance
- Introduction to DBT and training overview
- DBT assumptions and dialectical framework
- Biosocial theory of emotional dysregulation
- Mindfulness as foundational DBT skill
- States of mind and mindfulness skills
- Crisis survival skills
-TIPP
-IMPROVE
-ACCEPTS
-Pros and Cons
- Reality acceptance skills including radical acceptance
-When crisis is addiction

Info: Day 2: Emotion Regulation
- Understanding emotions and their functions
- Vulnerability factors and emotional sensitivity
- The emotion cycle
- Identifying and labeling emotions
- Checking the facts
- Opposite action
- Building mastery and positive experiences
- Addict Mind vs. Clear Mind concepts
- Recognizing relapse-related thinking patterns

Info: Day 3: Interpersonal Effectiveness & Integration
- Interpersonal priorities: objectives, relationships, and self-respect
- DEAR MAN, GIVE, and FAST skills
- Boundaries, validation, and self-respect effectiveness
- Teaching DBT skills to clients effectively
- Ethical considerations and scope of practice
- Integration of DBT skills into ongoing treatment

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