Course Brief
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This course forms part of the following certificate:
The course can also be taken as an independent online course.
This practical one-day course can be taken independently or as part of the BPS Approved Certificate in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Taught by highly qualified DBT practitioners, this course will give you the essential skills for running Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Training Groups with your clients.
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This course forms part of the following certificate:
The course can also be taken as an independent online course.
This module covers the three core areas of DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Training that are typically delivered over a six-week period.
The three core areas include:
- Developing & Maintaining Relationships
- Balancing Change & Acceptance in Relationships
- Assertiveness & Interpersonal Problem Solving
Issues addressed include:
- Learning skills to get what you want and need from others
- How to build relationships and end destructive ones
- How to travel a middle path between change and acceptance in relationships
- DEAR MAN strategy (Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindfully, Appear confident, Negotiate)
- GIVE technique (Gentle, Interested, Validate, Easy manner)
- FAST technique (Fair, Avoid apologies, Stick to values, Truthful)
- How far to go in asking for something and how far to go in saying no
This Course is now available as a full recording via SDS Online Video Training (OVT)
Title: DBT STG on Interpersonal Effectiveness
Modality: DBT
CPD Hours Attached: 7 CPD Hours
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Click here for the full SDS Accreditation terms for the BPS Approved Certificate in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: https://skillsdevelopment.co.uk/certificates/dbt_certificate/
Course Tutor
Catherine Parker completed her intensive DBT training in 2001. She was a founder member of the Derbyshire DBT Service, delivering full programme DBT for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a psychotherapist, she has delivered DBT workshops within her NHS Trust and at local universities, sharing her practical experience of using DBT principles to treat a variety of diagnoses in both Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health settings. She has been the Chair of the DBT Special Interest Group of the BABCP since 2013, and has participated in a number of symposia and other events featuring DBT at the BABCP national conferences.
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