Foundational DBT Skills for Mental Health Providers
Learn Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills to better support your clients with our American Psychological Association (APA) approved continuing education (CE) program.
Course Overview
Our CE program offers a comprehensive, self-paced curriculum covering the core principles and techniques of DBT. Tailored for mental health providers, this course provides practical knowledge and skills to enhance your clinical practice and improve client outcomes.
- Comprehensive Course: Learn all the DBT skills across four modules, or choose individual modules from Distress Tolerance, Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.
- Mental Health Professionals: Our core curriculum is designed to teach you all of the foundational DBT skills to improve your own mental health and support your clients. No previous experience with DBT required!
- 22 Hours of Instruction: Learn at your own pace with engaging written, video, and interactive content designed to help you learn and master DBT skills.
- Optional CE Credits: Earn up to 22 CE credits with our APA recognized program.
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Dr. Alicia Smart
Psy.D. / DBT-Linehan Board of Certification certified therapist
Dr. Jesse Finkelstein
Psy.D. / DBT Therapist
Guidepost DBT and TheraHive are approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Guidepost DBT and TheraHive maintain responsibility for this program and its content.
Course Modules
This course includes all four DBT skills modules in our 22-week program. All modules are 6 weeks long except for Mindfulness which is 4 weeks long. Mindfulness is slightly shorter because it is integrated into all the other modules and serves as the foundation for DBT. Students can start our program with any DBT module.
DBT
Distress Tolerance
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Mindfulness
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Emotion Regulation
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Program Structure
Written Material
Video instruction
Quizzes
Home practice and exercises
During the course, you’ll receive asynchronous feedback from our coaches on your home practice.
Program Cost
Learn from the most robust DBT curriculum in the world. Our learning options allow you to prioritize what matters most whether that’s a certain set of skills or comprehensive knowledge.
Credits
Credits
Individual DBT Skills Module
$150
Choose a single self-paced DBT skills module.
- Up to 30-days to complete
- Asynchronous home-practice feedback
- 4 to 6 hours of self-paced content per module
- Certificate of completion
- 4 to 6 CE credits upon module completion
Foundational DBT Program
Learn all of the foundational DBT skills over four self-paced modules.
- Up to 30-days to complete
- Asynchronous home-practice feedback
- 4 to 6 hours of self-paced content per module
- Certificate of completion
- 4 to 6 CE credits upon module completion
Individual DBT Skills Module
$125
Choose a single self-paced DBT skills module.
- Up to 30-days to complete
- Asynchronous home-practice feedback
- 4 to 6 hours of self-paced content per module
- Certificate of completion
- 4 to 6 CE credits upon module completion
Foundational DBT Program
Learn all of the foundational DBT skills over four self-paced modules.
- Up to 30-days to complete
- Asynchronous home-practice feedback
- 4 to 6 hours of self-paced content per module
- Certificate of completion
- 4 to 6 CE credits upon module completion
Frequently
Asked Questions
Our Foundational DBT Skills program for mental health providers is a fully self-paced program. Upon receipt of payment, you’ll get access to our program within 1 business day.
Guidepost DBT and TheraHive are approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Guidepost DBT and TheraHive maintain responsibility for this program and its content. Continuing education credits are awarded upon module completion. Please note, no partial credits will be issued for incomplete modules. Module completion includes completing the end of module survey.
Our teaching approach is multimodal, as we've described earlier. This means that regardless of your learning style—whether you prefer visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic methods—you'll learn the skills in a way that works for you. Additionally, this course is designed to teach you skills in the way you'll be teaching them to your clients. This approach allows you to experience both the learning process and the client's perspective, modeling effective skill teaching techniques. By participating in the course, you'll gain firsthand experience of the methods and strategies your clients will use, ensuring a deeper understanding and more effective teaching approach.
If you purchase the entire Foundational DBT Skills: Practicing and Teaching DBT for Mental Health Providers program (all 4 modules), you’ll have 6 months from receipt of purchase to complete your course. If you purchase an individual module (Distress Tolerance, Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, or Interpersonal Effectiveness), you’ll have 30 days from receipt of purchase to complete your course.
If you purchase the entire Foundational DBT Skills: Practicing and Teaching DBT for Mental Health Providers program (all 4 modules), you’ll have 6 months from receipt of purchase to complete your course. If you do not complete all modules of the course within 6 months and you require an extension, please reach out to our Customer Success team. If you purchase an individual module (Distress Tolerance, Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, or Interpersonal Effectiveness), you’ll have 30 days from receipt of purchase to complete your course. If you do not complete the module within 30 days, you will lose access to the course materials and will be required to re-purchase the module to restart your 30-day deadline. Please note, CE credits are awarded on module completion. No partial credits will be issued.
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