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Exploring the Essential Features of “Charles Jacob – DBT Certification Training from Start to Finish: Integrative & Customizable Treatment Strategies for Every Client”
Introducing our first ever DBT training program designed to immerse you in the practical application of DBT skills through in-session demonstrations.
This course cuts to the chase. No theoretical overload.
Just streamlined hands-on instruction on Dialectical Behavior Therapy that shows you what to do every step of the way…
…so you can master the approach, integrate DBT into modalities you’re already using, and emerge a Certified Professional.
You’ll join Charles Jacob, PhD, who’s trained thousands of clinicians like you to use DBT to enhance their treatment of trauma, anxiety, personality disorders, depression, and other conditions.
As you step into the therapy room with Dr. Jacob, he’ll share all he’s mastered in his decades of DBT work — including the best of mindfulness, tips on guiding clients through emotion regulation, building distress tolerance, the keys to improving relationships, and so much more.
No lecture can match the insightful “how-to” power this masterclass style training provides.
So don’t wait.
Register now and become a Certified DBT Professional!
Walk away able to:
- Troubleshoot roadblocks and easily overcome them
- Integrate DBT with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
- Tailor DBT treatment for specific client problems in both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Confidently facilitate DBT groups (with step-by-step instructions!)
- Calmly de-escalate crises, stop self-directed violence, and create contingency management plans
- Sensitively support BIPOC, Veterans, and other client populations
- Treat kids and teens with special training on coordinating with parents and schools
What Will I Learn?
You’ll quickly learn foundational DBT skills, plus go far beyond the basics with new ideas on how to maximize each skill for individualized care and integrate skills into other modalities.
What You Need to Know to Get Started with DBT
This foundational module lays the groundwork by introducing the essential concepts, principles, and strategies required for a successful DBT journey. Gain an understanding of the core framework and tools that underpin the entire program, setting the stage for effective personal growth and therapeutic practice.
Module 1 | Mindfulness
Begin with mindfulness, the cornerstone of DBT, fostering self-awareness and emotional regulation.
- Skill building:Develop greater therapeutic presence and alignment with clients
- Teach clients how to “embrace the here and now” without non-sense
- Cultivate awareness, manage emotions, and reduce reactivity
Module 2 | Emotion Regulation
Explore the second pillar of DBT, Emotion Regulation, designed to equip therapists and clients with the skills necessary to understand, label, and manage their emotions effectively.
Skill building:
- Get a roadmap for helping clients navigate intense emotions
- Build resilience to emotional turbulence
- Foster emotional stability and increase your client’s overall sense of well-being
Module 3 | Distress Tolerance
Learn about Distress Tolerance, a critical module that imparts the ability to cope with distressing situations without making impulsive decisions.
Skill building:
- Gain practical tools to help clients endure difficult circumstances
- Lead clients toward resistance to self-destructive behaviors
- Help ensure emotional crises are managed constructively
Module 4 | Interpersonal Effectiveness
Dive into Interpersonal Effectiveness, an essential component of DBT that teaches the art of navigating relationships and interactions skillfully.
Skill building:
- Teach your clients to communicate assertively, set boundaries, and develop healthy interpersonal dynamics
- Decrease “drama” and promote more fulfilling and harmonious connections
Module 5 | Suicide and Self-Directed Violence
This module addresses one of the most serious aspects of emotional distress.
Skill building:
- Gain knowledge and skills needed to assess suicidal crises and self-directed violence toward appropriate interventions
- More deeply understand ethics and responsibilities related to crises and self-directed violence
Module 6 | Adaptations for Working with Common Diagnoses
Learn to tailor techniques to the unique needs of individuals with various common mental health diagnoses.
Skill building:
- Practical “Radical Acceptance” ideas
- Using exposure therapy for trauma
- How to manage co-occurring OCD
- Anxiety-specific interventions based on DBT skills
- Neuroscience-backed adaptations for treating trauma
Module 7 | Adapt DBT for Children and Couples
Adapt DBT for younger clients, especially in the context of communicating with school-based professionals, as well as parenting-specific interventions.
Skill building:
- Flexible DBT-based interventions for relationship counseling
- Incorporate insight from attachment and developmental models
- Experience exercises for each pillar of DBT
- Parenting-focused skills and how to navigate a whole family in your office
- Ideas for using DBT in a classroom setting and with problem school behaviors
Module 8 | DBT Groups & Diary Cards
In this module, you’ll be introduced to the concept of DBT group therapy and diary card management, illustrating how DBT can be effectively integrated into a group setting and how diary cards serve as valuable tools for tracking emotions, behaviors, and progress throughout the therapy process.
Skill building:
- Practical considerations for effective group dynamics and candidate selection
- Experiential exercises for each pillar of DBT with group-specific considerations
- Considerations for inpatient groups
Module 9 | Adapting DBT and Customizing Skills for Each Client
Learn how to select skills from DBT without doing the full DBT protocol.
Skill building:
- Use the “dismantled conditions” DBT approach customize DBT skills for groups
- Integrate DBT with Internal Family Systems Therapy to help clients gain more insight into internal conflicts
- Use strategies from Motivational Interviewing to help keep clients motivated and engaged
- Incorporate ACT-based interventions to keep clients committed to therapy and deepen mindfulness and acceptance
Module 10 | DBT FAQ
Dr. Jacob answers the most commonly asked questions about using DBT in succinct and practical ways that will help you overcome challenges and apply DBT easily and effectively.
Meet Your Course Expert
Charles Jacob, PhD, received his PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and completed a year of additional training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. He has over 15 years of clinical experience conducting and overseeing the delivery of mental health services to individuals with severe mood and personality disorders as well as their families. Dr. Jacob is an expert in cognitive therapy, as well as a highly regarded clinician and scholar. He has regularly delivered lectures on Cognitive Behavioral Therapies throughout the country and has been an invited speaker at universities throughout the world.
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