Whether you’re treating clients who have been diagnosed with trauma, anxiety, depression or any number of the conditions you see in your office each day, DBT has been trusted by countless clinicians to empower their clients and give them the skills to manage their emotions, overcome their distress, and create positive change.
It’s all done from a skills-building perspective that moves you away from change-based models that can feel overwhelming or unattainable for clients.
You’ll take home over a dozen of the most powerful skill-building exercises from DBT to help your clients navigate the challenges of everyday life, heal, grow, and achieve their goals!
Sign up today and as a thank you, you’ll also receive a free ready-made DBT worksheet straight from Lexi’s new book, DBT Made Doable.
Register for FREE today!
Register FREE Today!
Can’t attend live? Register anyway for 3-day free archive access to the training!
DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: 15 Core Techniques to Improve Emotional Regulation, Manage Distress and More
December 8, 2026 — 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 9.5 CE hours.
PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.
“Alternate Rebellion” — a ready-made DBT worksheet straight from Lexi’s new book, DBT Made Doable. Pull it up in session with clients who push back against structure, authority, or being told what to do.
- Provide clients with the tools they need to better manage intense emotions
- Show clients how they can accept distressing situations without judgment or resistance
- Quickly build clients’ ability to cope in healthier ways
- Give clients the skills they need to create positive emotional connections with others
- Improve communication and boundary setting skills with clients
- Rapidly interrupt clients’ self-defeating and self-sabotaging patterns
- And much more!
You can also take your experience to the next level by purchasing one of the CE upgrade packages that includes your CE credits, a copy of Lexi’s brand-new book, “DBT Made Doable: A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Skills That Stick”, and a bonus training from Lexi, “High-Impact Therapeutic Relationships: 8 Must-Have Skills to Create Authentic Connections, Navigate Tough Conversations, and Repair Alliance Ruptures!”
Plus, you’ll get printable worksheets that make it simple to start using these proven DBT exercises with clients right away.
Don’t wait to get the fundamental DBT skills you need to succeed.
Register for FREE today!
We know professional training costs add up fast — especially when you’re trying to stay current, serve complex clients well, and meet CE requirements.
So for this event, the live training is free to attend.
You can register, join Lexi Mulee, LMHC, C-DBT, live, take notes, ask questions, and bring the clinical tools back into your work with clients.
That’s it. No hidden catch. Just free access to the live training.
Register for the free training first, then upgrade after you sign up.
“High-Impact Therapeutic Relationships”
(Up to 3.25 Self-Study CE Credits) $169.99
Whether you’re new to DBT or looking to sharpen how you apply it, this training connects the model’s foundations to the clinical realities you face every day — from crisis-level risk to the everyday work of building skills with a diverse caseload.
Understand DBT’s foundations and clinical mechanism
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the origins and foundational concepts of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
- Develop an understanding of the neurobiology of emotional dysregulation and how DBT interventions can effectively address it.
Address the highest-stakes clinical outcomes
- Discuss the effectiveness of DBT in reducing self-directed violence, including suicide attempts, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and accessing psychiatric crisis services.
Build core DBT clinical skills
- Apply validation strategies in DBT to enhance therapeutic rapport and promote positive change.
- Utilize mindfulness exercises for emotional regulation and symptom management in DBT practice.
Apply DBT across a diverse caseload
- Evaluate the effectiveness of DBT with a diverse range of clients including individuals with substance use disorders, anxiety, and depression.
- Main goals and history as an evidence-based treatment
- DBT practice components and the 4 modules of DBT
- Balancing acceptance and change
- Validation skills to build a therapeutic alliance
- The effectiveness of DBT for clients with depression, anxiety, SUDs, and more
- Realities of DBT for clinicians — potential benefits and drawbacks
- DBT skills training for suicidal clients
- Research, limitations, and treatment risks
- Indications, contraindications, costs, and alternative treatments
- “Wise mind” in decision making and problem solving
- One Mindful: fully engage in the present moment without distraction
- Pocket Mindfulness: brief exercises to manage stress and regulate emotions
- Cultivating acceptance and letting go of self-judgment and criticism
- Riding the Wave exercise to navigate emotional turbulence
- Radical Acceptance of distressing situations without judgment or resistance
- Using the STOP techniques to interrupt automatic patterns
- How to teach clients to better manage intense emotions with the TIPP technique
- Using ACCEPTS to help clients develop healthier coping skills
- The connection between emotions and physical sensations
- Exercises to enhance emotional awareness and recognition
- Opposite action skill to change emotional responses
- Checking the facts skill to challenge emotional assumptions and biases
- Emotional Bank Account — build and maintain positive emotional connections
- Using the DEARMAN technique for effective communication
- Assertive skills for saying “No” and setting boundaries
- Using the Alternate Rebellion technique to help clients who struggle with oppositional behavior
- Using DBT individually or with skills groups
- Best practices in conducting culturally adapted DBT interventions
- Integrating and prioritizing DBT skills into a provider’s treatment as usual
DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: 15 Core Techniques to Improve Emotional Regulation, Manage Distress and More
December 8, 2026 — 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 9.5 CE hours.
PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.
No catch. The live training is free to attend and the free bonus resource is yours to keep. You can register, join Lexi Mulee, LMHC, C-DBT, live, take notes, ask questions, and bring the clinical tools back into your work with clients. If you want CE credit, recording access, the bonus training recording, or Lexi’s new book, you’ll have the option to upgrade after registration — but the live training itself is free.
Yes! The training is LIVE and you’ll be able to submit questions for Lexi Mulee, LMHC, C-DBT! Though she may not get to all questions, Lexi will try to answer the most relevant and frequent ones.
Yes! Just register above and then click the “Self Study” CE button on the next page and purchase the recording package. You’ll get 30-day access to the recordings and be able to earn self-study CE at your pace.
To obtain CE for this event, you must first purchase the credit upgrade package that’s right for you.
For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
If you choose to watch on-demand you get 30-day access so you can finish at your pace. Once complete just finish the CE quiz and evaluation. On-demand recordings for CE are typically available 2-3 weeks after the live event. You will be notified when the content becomes available.
The live event will be held Tuesday, December 8 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time. Break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. All times are Central Time.
| 8:00 AM–11:50 AM | CE Training |
| 11:50 AM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–4:00 PM | CE Training |
*Please note: There will be two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.
Yes! You get replay access for 3 days after the event. Replays will be available within the week after the event ends and will be in the same place where the live sessions took place in your account portal. You also get to keep any session slides and handouts that you download!
Please note you would need to watch the presentations as they are presented live in order to receive live credit. Self-study credit is not available for the archive recordings of the live training sessions.
Yes! The self-study CE package, including up to 9.5 self-study CE hours (Lexi Mulee’s free training plus a bonus recorded training) and Lexi’s brand-new book, DBT Made Doable, is just $99.99 — exclusively for registrants — when you upgrade before our event starts at 8:00 AM Central Time on December 8, 2026. After the event starts you can upgrade for $129.99.
Yes! The free bonus resource will be delivered to you by email and also available in the event’s portal for download. Simply download the resource from either source and it’s yours to utilize with clients!
Yes! This training is designed for:
Yes! The self-study CE package includes up to 9.5 self-study CE hours (Lexi Mulee’s free training plus a bonus recorded training), 30-day recording access, and Lexi’s brand-new book, DBT Made Doable. The 30-day access period starts when the recording is made available in your PESI account portal. Cost is just $99.99 when you upgrade before our event starts at 8:00 AM Central Time on December 8, 2026. After the event starts you can upgrade for $129.99.
Just register today with your name and email, then click the “LIVE CE” button on the next page to purchase your credit package for just $99.99 — for up to 6.25 live CE hours if you attend the training in full, PLUS a bonus recorded training (with up to 3.25 self-study credits available) and Lexi Mulee’s book, DBT Made Doable, included as part of your purchase! After our event starts at 8:00 AM Central Time on December 8, 2026, you can upgrade for $129.99.
DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: 15 Core Techniques to Improve Emotional Regulation, Manage Distress and More
December 8, 2026 — 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 9.5 CE hours.
PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.