Author: Eric Matsunaga

Resources While You Wait

You are not alone. Being on a waitlist for mental health care can feel frustrating and defeating, so we want to offer you these DBT resources. Because of the mental health crisis increased in part by COVID-19, our wait list

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Recording of Learn and Earn Over Lunch – Chasing Your Tail in Treatment: When OCD is Missed

We are happy to offer a recording of PDBTI’s September Learn and Earn Over Lunch seminar – Chasing Your Tail in Treatment: When OCD is Missed, presented by Christopher Conley, MSW, RSW on September 8th, 2021. If you are interested in

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Licensed and unlicensed clinician positions available at Portland DBT Institute (with moving incentives!)

Do you want to do rewarding work with individuals who are truly suffering and experience stigma in the mental health community?  Are you interested in DBT? Do you find the idea of a $10,000 relocation bonus (with additional start up

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Announcing two new Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs): Adult Standard and Teen & Family

For many people with intense emotion dysregulation, standard outpatient DBT is enough. Sometimes, however, a more intensive approach may be preferred for one or more of the following reasons: to avoid hospitalization and other higher levels of care. when you

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New book release from Institute Director Dr. Linda Dimeff

Adding to her long list of renowned publications and authorships, PDBTI director Linda Dimeff, PhD, along with Shireen Rizvi, PhD, ABPP, and Kelly Koerner, PhD, is excited to announce a second edition of the clinical guidebook Dialectical Behavior Therapy in

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DBT Training Calendar

Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
April 3, 2026
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Culturally Adapting Mental Health Treatment for Ethnic-Racial Minoritized Clients
April 8, 2026
Alayna Park, PhD


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers 
April 16 - 17, 2026
Jamie Bedics, PhD, ABPP


Introduction to DBT Next Steps 
April 23 - 24, 2026
Adam Carmel, PhD, DBT-LBC


DBT for People with Substance Use Disorders
April 30 - May 1, 2026
Dorian Hunter, PhD, DBT-LBC


Optimizing Eating Disorder Treatment with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol
May 7-8, 2026
Dean Malec, PhD


(Free CE Hour) Working With Interpreters in a Therapeutic Setting: How to Ensure Effective Communication with Clients That Speak Languages Other Than English
May 13, 2026
Toby Lyons, LCSW


Diving into DBT Skills for Adolescents and Caregivers
May 14-15, 2026
Andrea Gold, PhD


DBT in a Nutshell: Treating Multi-Diagnostic, Complex Individuals
May 28-29, 2026
Leah Smart Gordon, LCSW, DBT-LBC


Doing DBT with LGBTQ+ Clients
June 5, 2026
Colleen Sloan, PhD


(EXCLUSIVE) Liberating Healing, A Deeper Look: Healing Racial Trauma and Cultivating Collective Wellbeing
June 26, 2026
Shawntell Pace, PhD


Diving into DBT Skills
July 16-17, 2026
Claudia Avina, PhD, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Your Parent Compass: DBT and Parent Management Training for Parents who Support Struggling Youth
October 2 & 9, 2026
Nancy Cohen, PhD
Tracy Kalloway, MA, LPC


(EXCLUSIVE) Terminating Effectively in DBT: Treatment Contracts, Ethical Considerations, and Lots of Stuff In Between
November 6, 2026
Christopher Conley, MSW, DSW, RSW


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