Applied DBT Skills for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Dr. Jill Rathus and Dr. Alec Miller have each devoted their careers to making DBT accessible and usable for thousands of mental health professionals all over the world.  Both certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, they also co-developed DBT for adolescents and families alongside Marsha Linehan, and are co-authors of the leading treatment manuals for DBT in clinical and school settings. They both direct group practices in New York.

Dr. Miller and Dr. Rathus have both received high praise from students, particularly for the way they use clinical demonstrations to bridge the gap between knowing a framework theoretically and actually being able to use a skill in the room with a client.  Their warm, down-to-earth teaching styles and dynamic therapy demonstrations leave students with an embodied, practical confidence that supports their growing theoretical knowledge.

You’ll also hear from a panel of some of the world’s leading DBT experts, including DBT founder Marsha Linehan herself. This extended faculty offers a rich collection of perspectives on the application of DBT skills, drawn from decades of collective experience at the highest level in both research and clinical practice.

Whether you're building your clinical toolkit from the ground up or looking for new skills to support your existing practice, this course will give you clear strategies backed by comprehensive rationales so you can confidently and immediately incorporate DBT skills into your treatment of anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder. At the end of this course, you will:

• Be able to apply the five DBT skills modules - mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and walking the middle path - to address the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder

• Be confident applying DBT skills in clinical practice, either systematically as a comprehensive treatment, or flexibly within other therapeutic approaches and relational therapies.

• Have the tools to identify and address therapy-interfering behaviors that are often associated with anxiety and mood disorders

• Be more confident to take on a wider range of client presentations, including clients with cycling mood disorders like bipolar, or those suffering from multiple comorbid conditions.

This self-paced course includes:

• Eleven modules and 14 hours of teachings focused on applying DBT skills in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders

• Expert instruction with Dr. Jill Rathus and Dr. Alec Miller

• Detailed demonstrations and case conceptualizations with a variety of client presentations and comorbid conditions

• Twelve months access to review the content at any time 

Is This Course Right For You?

This course is designed for psychologists, counsellors, social workers, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals working with clients with anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder, including cases featuring comorbid conditions.

This course is designed for therapists who are:

• Early career clinicians looking for a comprehensive introduction to DBT skills that also supports their work with their most common client presentations

• Established therapists interested in adding DBT skills to their toolkit, either as a stand-alone intervention, or alongside therapeutic approaches they already use

• Therapists who are already familiar with DBT, but are looking for more specialized training in the application of DBT skills with anxiety and mood disorders

The DBT skills taught in this course are distinct from the full DBT protocol, and can be implemented immediately without the need for further training or endorsement.