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Phone Coaching in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

12 CE Hours
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About the Course

Phone Coaching in Dialectical Behavior Therapy is the first comprehensive guide on this topic. Phone coaching is often a challenging aspect of delivering DBT treatment, and this book addresses the many questions clinicians have about implementing this vital DBT component. Topics include setting limits, managing suicide risk, how to coach core DBT emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills, and how to structure coaching calls.

This course is based on the book, Phone Coaching in Dialectical Behavior Therapy created by Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, in 2018.

Publication Details

Publication Date: November 2018

Course Material Author

Alexander L. Chapman
Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, Rpsych, is a Professor and Clinical Science Area Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He is also the president of the DBT Centre of Vancouver and a DBT Trainer and Consultant with Behavioral Tech. He is the author of numerous scientific publications, presents widely at scientific conferences, and is on the editorial boards of Personality Disorder: Theory, Research, and Treatment, Journal of Personality Disorders, and Behavior Therapy.

Alexander L. Chapman authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge. This content is at an intermediate level.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 List the common concerns clinicians have about phone coaching in DBT.
  2. 2 Describe the three reasons for using phone coaching.
  3. 3 Summarize the pros and cons of using electronic communication in coaching.
  4. 4 Formulate how to structure a DBT coaching call, and list the phone coaching treatment hierarchy.
  5. 5 List several core skills coaching strategies and describe the two major sets of skills utilized during DBT coaching calls.
  6. 6 Distinguish how suicide crisis calls may differ from other coaching calls.
  7. 7 Summarize how clinicians can observe their limits in DBT phone coaching.

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Course Details

12 CE Hours
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Course 102737

Related Topics

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2028.

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