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Conducting Effective and Adherent Individual DBT Sessions
Oct 23 - 25, 2024
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Refining Your Use of DBT in Individual and Group Therapy
Oct 22 - 23, 2020
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The New DBT Skills – Part 2: Interpersonal Effectiveness and Emotion Regulation
Dec 02, 2016
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The New DBT Skills – Part 1: Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance
May 06, 2016
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The DBT Centre of Vancouver is pleased to offer a variety of workshops and classes to mental health professionals and is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association as a provider of continuing education (CE) activities. We sponsor multi-day workshops on DBT related topics as well as a 12-week Intro to DBT class in Vancouver that are eligible for CE credits.
At the DBT Centre of Vancouver, we would like to improve the accessibility of training and mental health services for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC), as well as others who are underserved. As one step toward this goal, we have opened up a limited number of spaces in our trainings at reduced rates for BIPOC clinicians or those primarily serving BIPOC consumers who might not otherwise be able to afford our trainings. If you are interested in the availability of these spaces for any of our upcoming trainings, please contact us.
Provided below is a list of some of our commonly presented topics. We also regularly tailor our trainings to best meet your organizations needs (whether it be a 1, 3, or 5 day training). Contact us at info@dbtvancouver.com or 604-569-1156 regarding scheduling and fees.
Customized & Multi-Day Workshops
We can build and facilitate workshops to address your agency’s needs. Contact us at info@dbtvancouver.com or 604-569-1156 regarding scheduling and fees.
Full-Day Workshops
Introduction to DBT – This workshop typically ranges from 1 to 5 days depending on your organizations previous exposure to DBT and training goals. Common topics covered include important theory (such as dialectics), assessment techniques (such as chain analysis), change based strategies (such as emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness skills), and acceptance based strategies (such as mindfulness and distress tolerance).
Mindfulness & Emotional Regulation Skills – This workshop examines the role of mindfulness and emotion regulation in treating multi-diagnostic clients (such as those with borderline personality disorder), with special attention devoted to the use of mindfulness and emotional regulation strategies regularly used in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Strategies in Dealing with Therapy-Interfering Behaviour – This workshop provides clinicians with well-established practices for addressing therapy interfering behaviours often encountered in work with multi-problem clients, such as failure to complete homework, anger outbursts, and a variety of other behaviours that can make treatment quite challenging.
Half-Day Workshops
Assessment of Suicide Risk – This workshop is designed to provide mental health clinicians with evidence-based methods for effectively assessing a client’s risk of suicide. We provide step-by-step procedures you can use to determine your client’s level of risk and help you in responding more effectively.
Borderline Personality Disorder: Theory, Research, and Treatment – Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most challenging psychological disorders to understand and treat. This workshop covers the latest scientific information on the causes, symptoms, course, and available treatments for BPD. In addition, we also cover factors to consider when a clinician assesses for the presence of BPD, as well as some useful treatment strategies.
Assessing and Treating Self-Injury – This workshop provides clinicians with specific methods for evaluating and treating self-injury. Topics to be covered include: the etiology of self-injury, assessing severity and risk, and strategies to help clients stop self-harming and prevent relapse.