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Why do therapists doing DBT need to be on a DBT Team?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is designed to effectively treat pervasive emotion dysregulation. DBT teams provide therapists with the necessary support to maintain the high level of motivation and skillfulness needed for successful treatment. The team members also help each other stay in the DBT frame with adherence to the Linehan model that has been established as an evidence-based practice.
What is the function of a DBT Consultation Team?
The typical DBT team has 6 to 8 members and meets for 60-90 minutes weekly or every 2 weeks. Being on a team is required for taking the Behavioral Tech DBT Foundational and Intensive Trainings. We have recieved many requests to join the practice in order to recieve the consultation that a team provides, While we are not able to add additional team members at this time, a consultation team will allow members to learn DBT and gain feedback and learning how to be part of a consultation team, led by Dr. Richardson, who is DBT-LBC Board Certified in DBT.
What are the qualifications of the team leader.
Dr. Richardson is board certified in DBT (DBT-LBC).
Dr. Richardson is on the Board of DBT-LBC.
Dr. Richardson has been running a training practice for adult and adolescent DBT clinicians for more than a decade.
What are the times and costs for the team?
Every other Thursday 1:00-2:30. The cost is $125 per session.
What is the function of a DBT Consultation Team?
The typical DBT team has 6 to 8 members and meets for 60-90 minutes weekly or every 2 weeks.
Being on a team is required for taking the Behavioral Tech DBT Foundational and Intensive Training.
We have received many requests to join the practice in order to obtain the consultation that a team provides.
While we are not able to add additional team members at this time, a consultation team will allow members to learn DBT and gain feedback and learning of a consultation team.
What do team members agree to when participating on a team?
Marsha Linehan recommends that team members discuss and agree to the following commitments...
Remain compassionate, mindful, and dialectical.
To function as a therapist in the group (to the group) and not just be a silent observer or a person that only speaks about his or her own problems.
To treat team meetings in the same way one treats any therapy session, maintaining attention and focus on the meeting.
To come to team meetings adequately prepared.
To be willing to give clinical advice even to people that have more experience than you (especially when it’s hard to imagine yourself as being able to offer anything useful)
To have the humility to admit your mistakes/difficulties and the willingness to have the group help you solve them
To be nonjudgmental and compassionate of your fellow clinicians and clients. To ring the judgment bell to remind yourself to not be judgmental or mindful.
To properly assess the problem before giving solutions.
To call out “elephant in the room” when others are ignoring or not seeing the elephant
To participate in the team by sharing the roles of Leader, Observer, Note Taker, or other tasks critical to team functioning.
If you feel that the consulting team is not being useful or you don’t like the way it is being run, say something about it rather than silently stewing in frustration.
To carry on even when feeling burnt out, frustrated, tired, overworked, underappreciated, hopeless, ineffective.