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Digital Seminar

The 10 Best DBT and CBT Interventions for Emotion Regulation

Simple, Effective, Evidence-Based Techniques for Any Setting or Population

Speaker:
Corey Pitts, LCMHC
Duration:
Approx 6 hours
Copyright:
Jul 07, 2026
Product Code:
POS150701
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar

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Description

Get The Ultimate Emotion Regulation Toolkit for Clinicians in Just One Day of Training

  • Strategies backed by research and clinical success
  • Step-by-step guides for applying the techniques
  • Tips for common barriers like resistance or avoidance
  • Real-world examples and case scenarios
  • Ready-to-use tools, handouts, and scripts

 

CBT and DBT are some of the most trusted approaches in psychotherapy.

Because the skills clients gain from these evidence-based therapies are so effective at putting them in charge of their emotions.

And let’s face it. No matter what you treat, if clients can’t regulate their emotions, therapy is going to get nowhere.

That’s why we created this all-new training with Corey Pitts. Corey is a seasoned counselor who’s helped countless licensed clinicians up their game in CE trainings where students call him “one of the best instructors” they’ve ever learned from.

Now he’ll share a toolbox of the DBT and CBT interventions he’s found most effective at reducing emotional overwhelm, building distress tolerance, and creating lasting emotional stability for clients.

The techniques he’ll share are easy to learn, simple to apply with clients right away, and can help the vast majority of clients who walk through your door …

… whether you work in private practice, community mental health, intensive outpatient settings, schools or almost any setting.

You’ll walk away from this training ready to:

  • “Let the air out” of distressing thoughts so they lose their power
  • Quickly increase clients’ positive emotions using proven behavioral activation strategies
  • De-catastrophize worst-case thinking that fuels anxiety and panic
  • Challenge thinking errors that keep clients stuck in shame, guilt, and hopelessness

Whether you’re a newer practitioner looking to build your toolbox with the best techniques available, or a seasoned pro wanting to brush up on proven approaches, this training is sure to build your skill and confidence.

So don’t wait.

Purchase today!

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Speaker

Corey Pitts, LCMHC's Profile

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Corey Pitts, LCMHC, is a mental health therapist and clinical supervisor working in private practice. Corey has been a therapist for close to ten years and is an adjunct instructor with the Division of Mental Health Counseling at The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He specializes in the treatment and management of co-occurring disorders such as trauma, anxiety/depression, substance use, as well as aspects of various mood and personality disorders. He uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and has several years of experience implementing it in a wide array of treatment settings including community outreach models as well as Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in a rural community that was once fifth in the nation for opioid-related overdoses. Corey also holds tenure in providing DBT within co-morbid hospital-based intensive outpatient (IOP) settings (primarily substance use disorders/borderline personality disorder) holding both skills-based DBT groups and individual DBT therapy interventions. Corey is known for a teaching style that makes vague concepts seem simple to grasp and use.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Corey Pitts has employment relationships with BetterHelp.com, UNC School of Medicine, Teladoc Health, and E-Care Behavioral Health Institute. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Corey Pitts has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Identify the mechanisms involved in the neurobiology of emotion dysregulation.
  2. Analyze the efficacy of CBT and DBT interventions on improving emotion regulation.
  3. Identify the mechanisms by which mindfulness influences emotion regulation and symptom reduction in therapy.
  4. Apply  mindfulness strategies with clients to reduce binary thinking and cognitive rigidity.
  5. Utilize cognitive restructuring techniques to challenge common cognitive distortions.
  6. Utilize core DBT emotion regulation skills (Check the Facts, Opposite Action, Problem-Solving) clients can use to reduce emotional intensity and respond thoughtfully rather than react automatically.

Outline

CBT/DBT Foundations

  • The evidence base behind CBT and DBT
  • How they compare to other therapeutic models
  • Mindfulness as the foundation for both modalities
  • Limitations, contradictions, and empirical support

Mindfulness for Emotion Regulation Made Simple

  • The neurobiology of emotional dysregulation
  • Wise Mind and the balance of Reasonable vs Emotion Mind
  • “What” and “How” skills for observing, describing, and participating
  • Common barriers and troubleshooting mindfulness with clients

DBT Emotion Regulation Skills

  • Dialectical thinking explained
  • Acceptance vs change strategies
  • Check the Facts, Opposite Action, Problem-Solving
  • How to apply these skills in real-world scenarios

Build a Life Worth Living

  • Short-term strategies: Pleasant events and behavioral activation
  • Long-term strategies: Values-based goal setting
  • Create meaning and resilience through incremental change
  • Help clients design a personalized “life worth living” plan

CBT Toolbox for Thinking Errors and Cognitive Restructuring

  • Common cognitive distortions that fuel emotional dysregulation
  • De-catastrophizing: Challenging worst-case thinking
  • Cognitive defusion techniques to “unhook” from distressing thoughts
  • Core beliefs and their role in emotional vulnerability

Practical Application and Integration

  • How to combine CBT and DBT techniques in session
  • Adapt interventions for different populations and settings
  • Troubleshoot resistance and skill generalization
  • Case examples

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Case Managers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Mental Health Professionals

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