0171 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Phone Coaching and Consulting

Delivery Options Remote

Course Description

Hours: 12

Two key issues while working with high risk and highly complex clients is how to ensure generalization of therapeutic change within the client’s natural environment and how to reduce the likelihood of burnout within the therapist. The primary function of phone coaching, one of the four modes of DBT intervention, is to assist clients in putting new skillful behaviours into practice when they are needed in the context of their everyday lives. The DBT consultation team is what is affectionately (and accurately) referred to as “therapy for the therapist,” whereby all the same tenets of DBT individual therapy are integrated into a team meeting format that effectively supports DBT clinicians in maintaining their own commitment, motivation and adherence to the principles and protocols of the treatment.

By the end of this Professional Development course participants will be able to:

Explain the purpose and principles of phone coaching to clients
Develop their own limits around phone coaching.
Understand how to use various DBT acceptance and change strategies in short-term coaching applications.
Understand the structure, roles and agreements that guide consultation team.
Learn how to adequately prepare for consultation team.
Implement the core strategies of acceptance and change in DBT within the consultation team format.

It is highly recommended that this course be taken near the end of the certificate program instead of at the beginning as it assumes that participants understand the change strategies within DBT and how to assess and formulate hypotheses for ineffective behaviours which are commonly taught in DBT Individual Therapy and/or Core Change Strategies in DBT.