April 7 - 8:45am-12:00pm CST
April 8 - 8:45am-12:00pm CST
April 16 - 8:45am-12:00pm CST
April 17 - 8:45am-12:00pm CST

Originally developed for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder in an outpatient setting, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has now shown effectiveness in 30 Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s) across additional contexts, for increased populations, and at substantial cost savings to communities over “treatment as usual”.  Research and clinical success has resulted in an explosion in the popularity of this treatment.

Informal adaptations to the DBT model have also proliferated as agencies with limited funding for formal training and staffing respond to competing demands to provide high quality treatment and to serve a large population.  Concerns about the effectiveness of these simplified adaptations has become an important issue to consumer groups and to those who fund this service.  

This introductory training will provide an overview of the DBT model, highlighting each component of the comprehensive treatment.  The training will also highlight the complexity of issues surrounding this “adapt or adopt” conflict.  Creative responses that represent a synthesis of these polarities to preserve adherent treatment will be discussed and time made available for consultation on program start up.

In addition, new developments in accreditation of programs and certification of providers will be introduced, with discussion of implications for treatment funding.  

Who should attend?

This training is open to providers of all training levels in mental health settings.  Certificates of attendance will be provided for those who attend the full training.  

Presenter Information:

Jeff Brenneman, MSW, LCSW, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™, is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of LifeWork, LLC, a counseling and education agency with offices in St. Louis and St. Peters, MO that specializes in providing DBT.  He has been doing comprehensive DBT since 2008.  He has experience providing DBT services in CMHC and private sector settings.  He has consulted with schools, hospitals, doctors, and other mental health settings surrounding implementation or adaptation of DBT.  As a Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician, he has met the most rigorous standards for adherent provision of DBT available.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Caleb S Reese, PsyD, LP, DBT-LBC™ is a licensed clinical psychologist and DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ with a demonstrated work history in the behavioral health field since 2007. He has worked in forensic inpatient hospitals, subacute units, intensive outpatient programs, community mental health, and private practice settings. He has been providing comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) since 2016. Dr. Reese has trained clinicians in DBT and Motivational Interviewing (MI) as well as mindfulness techniques in schools. He is a member of the Empty Cloud Sangha and serves as a Member at Large for the Board of Directors.

Registration Information: 

This training is offered by the Missouri Department of Mental Health, in collaboration with Joni Bennett LLC DBA White Crane Training Collective. It will be provided via Zoom.

General admission: $250 
Student rate:  $200.00
Free for the first 50 clinicians employed by member organizations of the Missouri Coalition for Behavioral Health clinicians

Zoom ID and Password provided upon completion of registration and receipt of payment.