Bring one of the most in-demand treatments into your practice today.
Even if you come with an entry-level understanding… YOU can become a DBT expert on your own schedule.
Effective with borderline personality disorders, self-harm, complex trauma, and more... DBT not only transforms lives, but the way you do therapy.
An expert in DBT training, Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT, brings years of foundational DBT expertise into easy-to-digest modules so you’ll walk away with strategies you can easily adapt to any client.
Register today and get what you need — advanced interventions, client tools and more — to treat even your most challenging clients when other approaches fall short.
Nearly 10,000 clinicians have already trusted PESI to provide the in-depth training they need to effectively use DBT in the therapy room.
Clinicians like you have seen proven results — are you ready to join the top echelon in our field?
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$1,429.99 Value
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“Excellent presentation by a top-notch presenter. This is extremely useful for my clinical practice! I highly recommend this Webinar to others.” — Scott, LMFT
“The material presented was exceeding expectations." — Tonya, MSW
“Great presenter, helped me understand DBT a lot better than before, especially since I am working with dual diagnosis clients" — Barb, Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training
Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT | Click here for information about Katelyn Baxter-Musser
In this online self-study, DBT expert Katelyn Baxter-Musser will walk you through the core principles of DBT grounded in real-life case studies so you’ll gain updated DBT strategies that you can apply immediately.
More than just the basics, you’ll get the ins-and-outs of the foundational approach of DBT so you can easily customize your DBT approach client by client. You’ll learn how to:
- Adapt DBT with different populations to maximize flexibility and positive outcomes
- Overcome common stumbling blocks to implementing DBT
- Employ exercises to help clients keep relationships without sacrificing self-respect
- Successfully confront therapy interfering behaviors
- Use interventions to reduce feelings of shame, guilt and fear
- Reduce self-harm and suicidal behaviors
- Teach clients how to use diary cards to monitor emotions… and MORE!
Plus, if you act now, you can add a valuable certification to your resume and become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) at NO additional cost ($324.99 value — yours free!*). *Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at ca.evgcert.com/cdbt.
THAT'S NOT ALL - You'll also get a FREE BONUS MODULE (Includes 6 FREE CE Hours!)
Foundations of DBT
- Building a Life Worth Living
- DBT as an evidence-based practice
- Characteristics of DBT
- Biosocial Theory
- Dialectics: the balance of acceptance and change
DBT in the Clinical Setting
- Application of DBT in the individual and group therapy setting
- Culturally responsive DBT, research, and limitations
- Skills training methods
- Validation strategies
DBT Skills Training
Mindfulness: Cultivate the Skills at the Core of Successful DBT Therapy
- Neurobiology of Mindfulness: Effectiveness in DBT
- Wise Mind – achieving harmony between emotion and reason
- Accessible exercises for building mindfulness skills: What and how skills
- What Skills
- Observation - Keep clients calm, centered, and aware
- Describe - Overcome assumptions
- Participate - Release judgment and fear
- How Skills
- Non-judgmentally - See without evaluating
- One-mindfully - Do one thing at a time
- Effectively - Do what works
- Strategies for teaching mindfully and exercises for therapy
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Skills to Build Better Relationships and Lives
- Tools to identify strengths
- Balancing relationships with self-respect
- Exercises and role play guidance on how to:
- Develop healthy assertiveness skills
- Enhance conflict resolution skills
- Build empathy
- Keep problems from building up
- Resist pressure
- Top strategies for changing behavior
Emotion Regulation: Practical Skills for Healthier Emotions and Greater Resilience
- Strong emotions and poor coping skills: identifying patterns that fuel emotion dysregulation
- How to change unwanted emotions
- Checking the facts
- Opposite action skills to reduce maladaptive behavior
- Problem solving
- Reduce emotional vulnerability while practicing self-care
- Emotion regulation exercises
- Self-soothing strategies that work
- Learn the sleep hygiene protocol
Distress Tolerance: Skills to Cope with Painful Moments and Survive Crisis
- Developing crisis survival and reality acceptance skills
- 4 options for solving problems
- Problem-solving case studies applying distress tolerance skills to real-life clinical situations
- Using pros and cons to make effective decisions during crises and emotional overwhelm
- STOP skill to manage crisis situations
- The steps to practicing radical acceptance
- Tools to accept change
DBT in Clinical Practice
- Analyzing behaviors; chain analysis & missing links analysis
- Diary cards and homework with clients
- Identify therapy-interfering behaviors
Self-Harm and Suicidal Crises: A Roadmap for Assessment and Intervention
- Develop skills to identify and manage self-harming & suicidal behaviors
- Screening and assessment tools for self-harming behaviors
- Interventions and treatment considerations for the self-harming population
- Suicide risk as a skills deficit problem
- Tools and techniques to assess for level of risk
- Safety plans and crisis intervention
Adapt DBT with Different Populations
- Children and adolescents
- Trauma survivors
- Substance abusers
DBT: The Therapist, Consultation Group and Burnout
- The characteristics of an effective DBT team
- Integrating DBT into your practice
- 3 ways to decrease therapist burnout
PLUS, get TWO bonuses when you register now ($649.99 VALUE — YOURS ABSOLUTELY FREE!)
Certification Made Simple (a $324.99 value!)
We’ll pay for your certification so you can become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT)* — FREE!
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at ca.evgcert.com/cdbt.
EMDR and DBT for Interpersonal Trauma: An Integrated Toolkit to Treat Survivors of Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse training from Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT (A $324.99 Value!)
Interpersonal trauma can leave clients with fractured relationships, overwhelmed by intense emotions, and with memories that won’t let go. EMDR is a powerful path to trauma resolution—but without the right support, sessions can become emotionally taxing and difficult to sustain. Integrating DBT with EMDR can transform your work, giving clients the skills they need to stay regulated, engaged, and empowered throughout the healing process. In this practical training, Katelyn Baxter‑Musser shows you step by step how to blend these two proven approaches to enhance trauma processing, strengthen emotional resilience, and support deeper, more comprehensive recovery for even your most complex clients.
You’ll gain tools to:
- Prepare clients for successful EMDR processing
- Manage emotional intensity during and between sessions
- Strengthen distress tolerance and emotion regulation
- Address relational patterns rooted in interpersonal trauma
- Improve interpersonal effectiveness using DBT-informed strategies
- Customize EMDR + DBT interventions for diverse, high‑acuity trauma presentations
for Therapists, Counselors, Social Workers and More
$1,429.99 Value
Just $779.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!
Are you ready to step into the life awaiting you as a Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) Professional?
This course fulfills the educational requirements you need to become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy*.
Click Here to Learn More About the Certification and Requirements.
Get Certified and Go Further...
Become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) through Evergreen Certifications and show your employer, clients, potential clients and fellow professionals your commitment to honing your skills and keeping current on the latest best-practices within your profession.
Professional Reputation and Credibility
Distinguish yourself from your peers and increase your opportunities for career advancement, earning potential, and client growth. Certification is a personal accomplishment and an unbiased barometer of your skills.
Client Trust
Provide assurance to consumers and clients when you display your certification. When you complete your certification, they can be confident you are providing them with the best tools and strategies for improving clinical outcomes.
Certification Made Simple
In just three easy steps, you can become Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) starting today:
Step 1: Watch the online course.
Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your CE certificates.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.*
That’s it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at ca.evgcert.com/cdbt.
for Therapists, Counselors, Social Workers and More
$1,429.99 Value
Just $779.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
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Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT is a licensed clinical social worker in
private practice in Maine where her areas of expertise include domestic violence, abuse, trauma,
PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, personality disorders and relationship issues.
Her
clinical experience includes working for ten years in various roles as a case manager, child and
family therapist, and trauma therapist for several agencies and Native American reservations. Ms.
Baxter-Musser served as the Trauma Healing Services Clinical Coordinator for La Frontera Arizona, a
non-profit organization dedicated to providing behavioral health counseling, crisis intervention and
support to families and individuals facing domestic violence, abuse, hate crimes and other
issues.
Ms. Baxter-Musser is certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and EMDR. She
is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American Academy of Experts in
Traumatic Stress, the National Center for Crisis Management and EMDRIA. She sits on the EMDRIA
Standards and Training Committee and part of the Southern Maine EMDR Coalition.
PESI
and Katelyn Baxter-Musser are not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her
organizations.
Watch your email for your order confirmation and get instant access to all course materials designed to help you effectively integrate these solutions into your practice and your life. Click here for course objectives and outline.
Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You'll have Unlimited Access to all course videos and materials. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on your phone or tablet. Choose video or audio-only versions of online courses from the world's best instructors, and complete your CE requirements anywhere, anytime, at your own pace.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating supervisory strategies into clinical practice, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences, and to build your professional network.
Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 27 CE hours! Click here for Credit details.
for Therapists, Counselors, Social Workers and More
$1,429.99 Value
Just $779.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Led by seasoned clinician, trainer and DBT expert Katelyn-Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT, this course will increase your competency and clinical sophistication with DBT when working with clients in a wide variety of settings.
When you register, you'll get Unlimited Access to:
- Easy-to-digest modules you can watch again and again to ensure mastery
- Practice tips distilled from our expert’s years of DBT work
- Demonstrations and case studies that bring the training to life
- Dozens of worksheets, exercises and interventions you can start using right away
Here’s what this training will enable you to do:
- Adapt DBT with different populations to maximize flexibility and positive outcomes
- Overcome common stumbling blocks to implementing DBT
- Employ exercises to help clients keep relationships without sacrificing self-respect
- Successfully confront therapy interfering behaviors
- Use interventions to reduce feelings of shame, guilt and fear
- Reduce self-harm and suicidal behaviors
- Teach clients how to use diary cards to monitor emotions
- Empower clients to interpret situations in new ways
I’m still not sure about the course; do you have a guarantee?
With over 27 hours of online video training, insightful commentary, case studies and examples, you will take away powerful new clinical strategies to immediately apply in your own practice! We encourage you to take the time to fully absorb everything. Watch the videos. Read the materials. Get your CE hours! But, if you review all of the course materials and are still not satisfied, Contact Us. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
How long will I have access to this course?
This course comes with Unlimited Access. You can pause, replay, and review the material whenever it works best for your schedule. During your access period, you can revisit the content as often as you like!
How many CE hours will I earn with this course?
You can earn up to 27 CE hours (exact hours depend on your licensing board and location). CE credit is included in your registration—no extra fees.
We’re that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
