Training for DBT Therapists:

DBT WITH COUPLES

Four-day online interactive training with Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.

Dates in 2024:

• December 5, 6, 11, 12

• More dates coming soon!

Training cost: US$700.00 per person for individual registration.

For groups of 3 or more people working on the same DBT team the cost is US$650.00 per person when registering as a team. Discount code details on the registration page and must be applied at time of registration. Please note that one person will need to register the team as a group, it is not possible to have people register separately and use the discount code; we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

You will receive confirmation soon following registration and the Zoom link will be sent to you the week of the training.

A limited number of reduced rate registrations are available for student trainees and others in need working on DBT teams. Contact us for details.

Attendance: This training is limited to the first 24 people who register.

Register: Please complete the registration form linked from the red buttons.

Training Description:

Relationship distress typically includes a lot of dysregulated emotion, including anger, hurt feelings, sadness, embarrassment, and worry, and can include out-of-control behaviors and sometimes very significant individual problems and distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been shown in dozens of studies to be effective in treating the many problems associated with emotion dysregulation. Dr. Fruzzetti has adapted DBT for use with couples, parents, and families, with multiple studies demonstrating successful outcomes. In this training, he will teach and demonstrate: 1) how to think about couple transactions (and patterns) in a DBT way, with the role of emotion dysregulation clearly understood as a core or organizing principle in couple distress; 2) how to decrease invalidating responses, and increase both accurate expression and validating responses to reduce couple and individual distress; 3) how to use DBT couple interventions to organize and manage reactive or dysregulated partners in the session; 4) how to help partners learn emotion management and relationship skills to reduce aversive conflict, increase collaboration and build closeness and connection.

This approach has been shown to improve couple relationships in general, helping partners become less destructive, and more peaceful and loving.

There also will be opportunities to bring in cases for consultation, and for small group practices.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how emotion vulnerability and invalidation transact to create emotion dysregulation in couples, including problematic patterns

2. Build a treatment target hierarchy relevant to couples in distress

3. Conduct a “double chain” to understand how partner transactions evolve and contribute to problem behaviors, and identify points of intervention

4. Teach and coach relationship mindfulness, accurate expression, and validation

5. Teach and coach collaborative problem solving

6. Utilize the double chain to weave in these skills as solutions

7. Manage in-session conflict and dysregulation

CE Hours

Application for social work and psychologist continuing education credits have been submitted. Please contact us for the status of social work and psychologist CE accreditation.