The Certificate is based on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) as developed by Dr Marsha Linehan. The course is designed to provide a detailed training in the “taught elements” of DBT as well as guidance support in their practical application and maintenance through the establishment of Consult Groups.
For obtaining the BPS Approved Certificate each delegate will need to attend the modules of the Certificate plus pass the online test with min 80% result.
Learning outcomes and objectives:
- Delegates will have an overview of understanding of DBT including its applicability historical development and theoretical underpinnings;
- Delegates will learn how to recognise Borderline Personality Disorder and symptoms and behaviours associated with it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of the Commitment stage of DBT and practice the use of techniques and strategies to facilitate it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of Validation within DBT and practice the use of techniques and strategies associated with it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of Mindfulness in DBT and practice the use of Mindfulness and its appropriate application;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of behaviour therapy within DBT and practice the use of techniques and strategies associated with it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of Contingency Management within DBT and practice the use of skills associated with it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and Problem Solving Skills within DBT and practice the use of techniques and strategies associated with it;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of Exposure techniques within DBT and practice the use of such techniques;
- Delegates will learn the Dialectical and Stylistic strategies and skills associated with DBT and practice their use;
- Delegates will understand the nature and importance of Consult Groups within DBT and how they should be used to address the challenges of working with BPD clients;
- Delegates will learn how to assess and appropriately manage suicidal and self-harming behaviour within a DBT approach;
- Delegates will learn how to assess and appropriate manage the termination of therapy within DBT.
What is the target audience?
Psychologists, Therapists, Counsellors, OTs, Nurses, Doctors, Arts Therapist, Social Workers, Probation Officers.
Course outline
BPS Approved Certificate in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy:
Module 1:
DBT Introductory Course
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy – 2 Days, 14 Hours
Module 2:
DBT Skills Training Groups (STG):
- DBT Skills Training Groups: Distress Tolerance – 1 Day, 7 Hours
- DBT Skills Training Groups: Emotional Regulation – 1 Day, 7 Hours
- DBT Skills Training Groups: Interpersonal Effectiveness – 1 Day, 7 Hours
- Mindfulness: How to use it with your clients – 2 Days, 14 Hours
- Online Exam – 4 Hours
Module 3:
Assessed casebook assignment, consult group attendance, reports and test
Participants will be asked over a period of subsequent 6 – 24 months following Module 2 to:
- Take on at least one individual DBT client
- Provide part of a videoed session with a client demonstrating the use of at least three commitment building strategies during the commitment phase
- Deliver at least one complete cycle of a DBT skills training group (confirmatory reference required)
- Attend consult group regularly with monthly reports to the course tutor. The consult group must represent an existing DBT Team.*
- Complete assigned reading
- Complete a DBT casebook. The case book should have relevant contributions from other DBT Team members.*
- Prepare a presentation of the casebook*
The course tutor will provide UNLIMITED email support during the 6 months period.
Casebooks forwarded for marking to SDS at least 14 days before meeting the course tutor again.
The meeting with the course tutor will cover your presentation of the casebook, feedback on casebook, consult group reports and video submission.
*Format of these and the estimated assessment fee to be provided on signing up.
Certificate Payment Options
- Spread the cost – pay per course as you go along (price does not include Module 3 – please email us for further details):
Total RRP £1115+ vat (£1338) - Book Module 1 and 2 together and save:
Total course price includes:- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Two-Day Introductory Course – 2 Days, 14 Hours
- Essential DBT Skills: Running Skills Training Groups – 3 Days, 21 Hours
- Mindfulness: How to use it with your clients – 2 Days, 14 Hours
- Online Exam – 4 Hours
Total price for booking these modules together: £960 + vat (£1152).
- Module 3: As this module requires a lot of personalised one-to-one work with a tutor, it should be signed up for separately and an individual teaching plan will be agreed for every student undertaking module three. Price on submission of collected evidence based on the number or hours for the assessing tutor.
Course tutors
Catherine Parker
Accredited CBT Therapist
Catherine Parker completed her intensive DBT training in 2001. She was a founder member of the Derbyshire DBT Service, delivering full programme DBT for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a psychotherapist, she has delivered DBT workshops within her NHS Trust and at local universities, sharing her practical experience of using DBT principles to treat a variety of diagnoses in both Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health settings. She has been the Chair of the DBT Special Interest Group of the BABCP since 2013, and has participated in a number of symposia and other events featuring DBT at the BABCP national conferences.
Marie Wassberg
Accredited CBT Therapist
Marie Wassberg qualified as a CBT therapist at Goldsmiths University, London, 2003. She is registered with the HCPC and Accredited with BABCP in the UK. Marie has Diploma in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), gained in 2010, where she trained with Dr Elizabeth Malmquist and Dr Anita Linnér (Sweden), as well as with Professor Alan Fruzzetti and Professor Jill Rathus (USA). She is also trained in Trauma Focused-CBT, including Supervisor training; Prolonged Exposure; and DBT for Schools (STEPS-A). Marie has been part of developing many DBT-informed programmes in different settings, mainly for children, adolescents and families, but also for young adults (18-25), both in Sweden and in England. In 2018 Marie offered support and DBT-informed training to a group of mothers in Mexico.
Prof Nuno Ferreira
PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Catherine Parker completed her intensive DBT training in 2001. She was a founder member of the Derbyshire DBT Service, delivering full programme DBT for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a psychotherapist, she has delivered DBT workshops within her NHS Trust and at local universities, sharing her practical experience of using DBT principles to treat a variety of diagnoses in both Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health settings. She has been the Chair of the DBT Special Interest Group of the BABCP since 2013, and has participated in a number of symposia and other events featuring DBT at the BABCP national conferences.