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Digital Seminar

DBT Certification Training from Start to Finish: Integrative & Customizable Treatment Strategies for Every Client


Speaker:
Charles Jacob, PhD
Duration:
Approx 21 hours
Copyright:
Mar 26, 2025
Product Code:
POS150061
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar

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Description

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 the blueprint you need to start using DBT with clients right away.

You’ll watch Charles Jacob, PhD, one of our most in-demand DBT trainers, directly in the therapy room.

In over 21 hours of step-by-step instruction he’ll give you everything you need - exercises, handouts, diary cards, and scripts, - so you can guide your clients to better emotional regulation, distress tolerance, impulse control, relationship skills and more.

This course is sure to improve your treatment of trauma, anxiety, depression and more, whether you work with adults, kids, couples or almost any clinical population.

This ”how-to” masterclass goes so much deeper than other trainings …

… taking you into the therapy room to SEE exactly how to apply DBT in real world treatment scenarios.

You’ll even learn to integrate DBT with IFS therapy and Motivational Interviewing, giving you the ability to better customize treatment to meet the needs of every client.

Best of all, your DBT Certification is FREE with registration!

So don’t wait.

Purchase now and become a Certified DBT Professional!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

  • No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $249.99 value)!
  • Simply complete this live event and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Evergreen Certifications is complete*

    Attendees will receive documentation of C-DBT designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.
    *Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CDBT for professional requirements.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



* Credit Note - Self-Study CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.

CEs may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

There may be an additional fee for CE certificates. Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details. 

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

Charles Jacob, PhD's Profile

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Charles Jacob, PhD, is a psychologist, research scientist, and author with over 20 years of clinical experience conducting and overseeing the delivery of mental health services to individuals with severe mood and personality disorders. He is a recognized expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) and has delivered workshops, seminars, and courses on these topics at universities and institutions throughout the world. He has held numerous academic positions, and currently works as a research associate for a Washington DC-based consulting firm. He is a past president of the ACA’s Pennsylvania branch and has been a featured interviewee on several episodes of NPR’s The Pulse.

Dr. Jacob completed his PhD in the counseling ed program at the Pennsylvania State University followed by a year of postgraduate training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at Penn. He was a Fulbright Specialist through the US Department of State, is certified in DBT and is an Evergreen Certifications approved CBT-C consultant.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Charles Jacob maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Calco Consulting Group and the University of New York in Prague. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Jacob receives a grant from the United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Charles Jacob is a member of the American Counseling Association.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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Objectives

  1. Identify essential concepts to implement dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
  2. Formulate specific approaches to explain DBT principles.
  3. Utilize mindfulness to manage emotions.
  4. Choose mindfulness-based skill to cultivate awareness.
  5. Use mindfulness principles to embrace the here and now.
  6. Identify emotion regulation principles to navigate intense emotions.
  7. Choose emotion regulation skills to build resilience to emotional turbulence.
  8. Develop emotional stability with emotion regulation tools.
  9. Use distress tolerance tools to resist self-destructive behaviors.
  10. Develop endurance of difficult circumstances with distress tolerance skills.
  11. Identify distress tolerance skills to improve impulse control.
  12. Choose interpersonal communication skills to communicate assertively.
  13. Develop fulfilling connections with improved interpersonal communication techniques.
  14. Utilize interpersonal communication principles to set healthy boundaries.
  15. Integrate ACT-based interventions to deepen mindfulness in DBT sessions.
  16. Choose Motivational Interviewing strategies to improve engagement in DBT sessions.
  17. Integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy into DBT sessions to improve insight into internal conflicts.
  18. Determine considerations needed to facilitate group DBT sessions.
  19. Choose parenting-focused DBT skills to integrate into family sessions.
  20. Develop DBT-based interventions to help reduce self-directed violence.
  21. Identify common adaptations to DBT that target trauma.

Outline

Getting Started with DBT
  • Discover the essential concepts, principles, and strategies required for a successful DBT journey
Customizable Mindfulness
  • 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
  • In-session video demonstration
Emotion Regulation
  • 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
  • Activity demonstrations with real clients
Distress Tolerance
  • Gain practical tools to help clients endure difficult circumstances
  • Lead clients toward resistance to self-destructive behaviors and improved impulse control
  • Help ensure emotional crises are managed constructively
  • Client handouts
Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Teach your clients to communicate assertively, set boundaries, and develop healthy interpersonal dynamics
  • Decrease “drama” and promote more fulfilling and harmonious connections
  • In-session video demonstration
Suicide and Self-Directed Violence
  • 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
Adaptations for Working with Common Diagnoses
  • Practical “Radical Acceptance” ideas
  • Basics of exposure therapy for trauma
  • How to manage co-occurring OCD
  • Anxiety-specific interventions based on DBT skills
  • Research-supported adaptations for treating trauma
Adapt DBT for Children and Couples
  • Flexible DBT-based interventions for relationship counseling
  • Experience exercises for each pillar of DBT
  • Parenting-focused DBT skills that can be integrated into family or individual sessions
DBT Groups & Diary Cards
  • Practical considerations for effective group dynamics
  • Experiential exercises for basic tenets of DBT with group-specific considerations
  • Diary cards as valuable tools for tracking emotions, behaviors, and progress
  • Considerations for inpatient groups
  • Diary Cards and other client materials
Adapt DBT and Customize Skills for Each Client
  • Use DBT basics to support independent practice
  • 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
  • In-session video demonstrations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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