About Skills Trainings at DBT HOUSE

DBT HOUSE's Virtual DBT Skills Trainings are designed to provide mental health professionals and students like yourself with effective tools to support your clients. Led by talented and passionate educators, our experiential training model allows you to learn the DBT skills like any client would - through your own self discovery! Our aim is to support you in learning DBT to enhance your professional practice while working on yourself at the same time.

DBT HOUSE’s Abbreviated and Intensive Skills Trainings cover the core DBT skills of Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness outlined in the DBT Skills Handouts and Worksheets: Second Edition by Marsha M. Linehan. 

Choose from the following two course dates:

Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm ET / 3:30-5:30pm MT

February 5 - June 4, 2025

Led by Rama Arora-Persaud OT Reg., & Hailey Goldberg MSW, RSW

OR

Fridays 12-2pm ET / 10am-2pm MT

February 7 - June 13, 2025 (no session April 18)

Led by Hailey Goldberg MSW, RSW

Thursdays 12-2pm ET / 10am-12pm MT

February 13 - April 24, 2025

Led by Dylan Zambrano MSW, RSW

Additional Information:

- Registrants of both courses are provided with a 40-minute DBT Orientation Video prior to their course date, which is accessible up to 6 months following course completion.

- This course is live, participatory and conducted virtually; Participants may join from any location.

- A Certificate of Attendance is provided upon course completion.

- Prices are in Canadian Dollars.

What you'll gain

- A thorough understanding of the DBT skills, their function and how to practice them with clients.

- Skills to assist with labelling and managing emotions; tolerating distress and accepting reality; increasing mindful awareness; and communicating needs to others.

- Strategies to help your clients create lasting behaviour changes.

- Tools to support individuals that experience their emotions as intense/overwhelming.

- First hand experience of what it's like to be in a DBT Skills Group as a participant (alongside fellow clinicians and students). You'll develop greater insight into your own habits and learn skills to better your own life.

- An intimate, engaging learning environment with a maximum participant size of 10.

Who should attend

- Mental health clinicians and students: Social Workers, Psychotherapists, Nurses, Physicians, Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Crisis Workers, Graduate Students, etc.

- Our trainings are suitable for those in a variety of different helping settings such as those conducting: Individual psychotherapy of any modality, group therapy, and/or therapeutic interactions that do not involve psychotherapy (e.g. crisis intervention, case management)

- Our courses are appropriate for both the experienced DBT clinician and those with little to no knowledge of the DBT Skills

- Those who enjoy learning by doing!

Group Discounts & Custom Trainings Available - Contact to Inquire