Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Dbt)

Become a DBT practitioner and help people manage their mentions and improve their mental health

What you'll learn
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
DBT is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness
Managing difficult and intense emotions
Conducting skills training
Delivering DBT step-by-step
Use DBT to improve people's mental health
Requirements
There are no perquisites as all DBT concepts will be explained from their foundations
Prior knowledge of cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and person-centred counselling will aid understanding but is not required
DBT can be more technical than other psychotherapies, so students are encouraged to make notes and participate in exercises
Description
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) that uses mindfulness-based techniques to help people manage difficult emotions.It was originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder and is now used for a range of problems including suicidal behaviour, self-harm, eating disorders, substance use and depression. DBT helps individuals deliver skills in emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance so they can replace dysfunctional behaviour with healthier alternatives.This course will teach you the fundamentals of what Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is and how to use it. It is aimed at psychotherapists and mental health professionals but will explain all DBT concepts from core principles so is suitable for anyone looking to learn DBT for the first time. We will cover the theory, practice and techniques of DBT including:What DBT is and the underlying theoretical modelWhy CBT is ineffective for some individuals and how DBT solves thisThe four components of DBT: individual psychotherapy, skills training, telephone coaching and consultation teamsExercises and worksheets for the four areas of skills training: core mindfulness skills, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress toleranceDelivering DBT step-by-stepThe course includes video lectures, downloads, quizzes, practical exercises and a comprehensive course handbook. You will gain hands-on experience trying DBT exercises that you can use in your personal life as well as with clients.Things to be aware of:Prior experience in cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and counselling skills is helpful but not requiredDBT is typically delivered in team environments but I will discuss how to adapt it for individual practitionersDue to the nature of the material, we will briefly touch on suicide, self-harm and abuseJoin now to begin learning dialectical behaviour therapy.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Course goals and outline

Lecture 3 How to use this course

Lecture 4 Course handbook

Lecture 5 Meet your instructor

Lecture 6 Student community

Section 2: What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?

Lecture 7 What makes DBT unique?

Lecture 8 What does DBT look like?

Lecture 9 Why was DBT developed?

Lecture 10 Differences between CBT and DBT

Lecture 11 History and development

Lecture 12 Borderline personality disorder

Lecture 13 Evidence for DBT

Section 3: Where do problems come from?

Lecture 14 Primacy of affect

Lecture 15 What are emotions?

Lecture 16 Emotional dysregulation

Lecture 17 Biosocial model

Lecture 18 Characteristics of dysregulation

Lecture 19 Invalidating environments

Lecture 20 What do we do about it?

Section 4: Theory

Lecture 21 What is dialectics?

Lecture 22 Dialectical worldview

Lecture 23 Functions of therapy

Lecture 24 Assumptions in DBT

Lecture 25 Cognitive model

Section 5: Individual psychotherapy

Lecture 26 Working one-to-one

Lecture 27 Treatment stages

Lecture 28 Treatment hierarchy

Lecture 29 Diary cards

Lecture 30 Diary card worksheet

Lecture 31 Behaviour chain analysis

Lecture 32 Behaviour chain analysis worksheet

Lecture 33 Solution analysis

Section 6: Problem solving CBT-style

Lecture 34 Using behavioural techniques

Lecture 35 Effective problem solving

Lecture 36 Problem solving example

Lecture 37 Cognitive restructuring

Lecture 38 Thinking errors

Lecture 39 Exposure

Lecture 40 Contingency management

Section 7: Validation

Lecture 41 Providing validation

Lecture 42 Why do we validate?

Lecture 43 Levels of validation

Lecture 44 Validation step-by-step

Lecture 45 Validation strategies

Section 8: Skills training

Lecture 46 What is skills training?

Lecture 47 Skills training is not therapy

Lecture 48 Orienting the client

Lecture 49 Pros and cons worksheet

Lecture 50 Skills training protocols

Lecture 51 Skills training syllabus

Section 9: Mindfulness

Lecture 52 Introduction to mindfulness

Lecture 53 Wise Mind

Lecture 54 "What" and "how" skills

Lecture 55 Observing

Lecture 56 Describing

Lecture 57 Participating

Lecture 58 Nonjudgmentally

Lecture 59 One-mindfully

Section 10: Interpersonal effectiveness

Lecture 60 What is interpersonal effectiveness?

Lecture 61 DEAR MAN

Lecture 62 Using DEAR MAN

Lecture 63 DEAR MAN worksheet

Lecture 64 GIVE

Lecture 65 Using GIVE

Lecture 66 GIVE worksheet

Lecture 67 FAST

Lecture 68 FAST worksheet

Section 11: Emotion regulation

Lecture 69 What is emotion regulation?

Lecture 70 Thinking about emotions

Lecture 71 Identifying emotions

Lecture 72 Check the facts

Lecture 73 Check the facts worksheet

Lecture 74 Opposite action

Lecture 75 Opposite action worksheet

Lecture 76 Problem solving

Lecture 77 Cope ahead

Lecture 78 Cope ahead worksheet

Lecture 79 PLEASE

Section 12: Distress tolerance

Lecture 80 What is distress tolerance?

Lecture 81 STOP

Lecture 82 Distracting

Lecture 83 Radical acceptance

Lecture 84 Steps to radical acceptance

Lecture 85 Turning the mind

Lecture 86 Turning the mind worksheet

Section 13: Telephone coaching

Lecture 87 Why do we use coaching?

Lecture 88 Setting boundaries

Lecture 89 Using coaching

Lecture 90 Establishing rules

Section 14: Consultation team

Lecture 91 What is a consultation team?

Lecture 92 Consultation teams vs supervision

Lecture 93 Meeting agendas

Section 15: Therapeutic skills

Lecture 94 Counselling skills

Lecture 95 Therapeutic alliance

Lecture 96 Communication styles

Lecture 97 Self-disclosure

Lecture 98 Extending

Lecture 99 Consultation to the client

Section 16: Doing DBT

Lecture 100 Applying CBT

Lecture 101 Pretreatment tasks

Lecture 102 Step-by-step delivery

Lecture 103 Termination

Section 17: Conclusion

Lecture 104 Conclusion

Lecture 105 References

Lecture 106 Bonus lecture

Counsellors and mental health professionals looking to introduce DBT,Anyone who wants to learn about how dialectical behaviour therapy works