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Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. 2026 Schedule for This Training

    3. Course Handouts

    4. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $360.00
  • 4 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Modality

Virtual Via Zoom

This is a live, interactive, training that will also be presented through Zoom as an online Webinar. The link to the program will be available on the course webpage after registration. Zoom recommends having a broadband wired/wireless connection, speakers, and a microphone to effectively participate via this platform. (requirements listed on zoom’s website here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-Zoom-system-requirements-Windows-macOS-Linux).

Program Summary:

This course introduces therapists to the foundational principles of behaviorism and behavioral therapy. Participants will learn how behavior is shaped, maintained, and modified using evidence-based behavioral strategies, with an emphasis on behavioral chain analysis and practical clinical application in the DBT frame.

Therapists are encouraged to complete this training prior to advancing through other portions of Mindfully's DBT Program (i.e. The DBT Intensive, Parts 1-4, etc.)

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe the foundational principles of behaviorism, including classical and operant conditioning. 
  • Differentiate between types of reinforcement and punishment, including positive and negative forms. 
  • Identify and apply appropriate reinforcement schedules (fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, variable interval) to support behavior change. 
  • Explain how reinforcement schedules influence the acquisition, maintenance, and extinction of behavior. 
  • Apply a behavioral chain analysis to assess the sequence and function of target behaviors. 
  • Analyze behavioral chains to identify vulnerability factors, prompting events, and maintaining consequences. 
  • Develop intervention strategies that target multiple points within a behavioral chain. 
  • Create measurable, behaviorally defined treatment goals based on assessment findings. 
  • Apply behavioral techniques (e.g., exposure, behavioral activation, contingency management) in clinical scenarios. 
  • Evaluate the ethical considerations involved in implementing behavioral interventions.

Audience & Skill Level: Introductory

This session is designed to introduce mental health clinicians (Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and related professions) to the topic. Those with little to no experience or previous training in this area will benefit.

Course Outline & Agenda

Course Outline/Agenda:

Day 1 Schedule

  • 10:00 – 10:15 AM   Welcome, Introductions, Course Overview
  • 10:15 – 10:45AM   Introduction to Behaviorism 
    • 11:15 – 11:30 AM — Break (15 min)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM  Classical Conditioning
    • 12:45– 1:30 PM — Lunch (45 min)  
  • 1:30 – 3:00 PM   Operant Conditioning and Terms
    • 3:00 – 3:15 PM — Break (15 min)
  • 3:15 – 4:15 PM   Reinforcement Schedules
  • 4:15 – 5:15 PM   Brief Introduction to Behavioral Chain Analysis
  • 5:15 Discussion, Closing


Day 2 Schedule

  • 10:00 – 10:45 AM  Review of Day 1 / Q&A
  • 10:45 – 11:45 AM  Behavioral Chain Analysis in Practice
    • 11:45 – 12:00 PM — Break (15 min)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Behavior Intervention Planning
    • 1:00 – 1:45 PM — Lunch (45 min)
  • 1:45 – 3:15 PM   Behavioral Techniques in Therapy
    • Exposure-based approaches 
    • Behavioral activation 
    • Contingency management 

    • 3:15 – 3:30 PM — Break (15 min)

  • 3:30 – 5:00 PM  Behaviorism in DBT and Review
  • 5:00 – 5:15 PM  “Post-Test,” Summary
  • 5:15 Discussion, Evaluation, Closing

Course Credit

For course credit, participants must:

  • Attend and engage with the entire training.

  • Complete the post-training evaluation.

  • Certificates will be available through the course webpage on Thinkific once all requirements are met.

Your Instructor(s)

Charles Roberts

ED.D, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS

Charles Roberts (LPCC-S) is the SVP of counseling for Mindfully LLC. He has decades of experience in both research and the clinical application of DBT with a wide range of clients. As a dialectical behavioral therapist, Charles has developed the specialized skill of working with clients engaged in patterns of difficult and maladaptive behaviors such as chronic suicidal thinking and behavior, self-harm, eating disorders, or substance abuse. He is equally passionate about helping other clinicians learn how DBT may also improve their own clinical work.

Charity Chaney

LPCC-S

Charity Chaney is a licensed supervisor and professional counselor in the state of Ohio, and the lead therapist of Mindfully’s DBT team. Charity has years of experience leading Mindfully's DBT team and applying DBT with her own clients and skills courses. Charity also focuses on helping neurdivergent clients (i.e. with autism, ADHD, etc.) and has presented internationally on strategies for using DBT to serve these clients.

Program Approvals

Ohio CSWMFT Approval 

This training is approved for counselor, social work, and marriage and family therapy continuing education. In addition, it is approved by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Board for chemical dependency continuing education. Check CE Broker for detailed breakdown of CE types (provider number 50-24074). 


ASWB ACE Approval 

Mindfully (ACEP provider #1862), is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/27/2024 – 6/27/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits. 


NBCC ACEP Approval

Mindfully Academy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7322. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Mindfully Academy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

For questions, comments or concerns:

Please contact [email protected] or call 513-939-0300.

Grievance Policy: If you are dissatisfied with your experience, we welcome your input via email at [email protected] or call 513-939-0300. All concerns will receive a response within 7 business days, outlining actions taken and proposed responses. These may include issuing a refund, credits for future training, updating course content, or taking appropriate action with the presenters, among others.

Request for Accommodations: Should any accommodations enhance your program experience, please contact us via email at [email protected] or via telephone at 513-939-0300, to explore possible options.

References

Blanchard, K., Lacinak, T., Tompkins, C., & Ballard, J. (2002). Whaledone!: The power of positive relationships. Free Press.

 

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Linehan, M. (2025). DBT skills training manual. The Guilford Press.

 

Linehan, M. (2025) DBT skills training handouts and worksheets. The Guilford Press.

 

McLeod, S. (2025, September 9). Little Albert Experiment (Watson & Rayner). Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/little-albert.html

 

McLeod, S. (2024, February 2). Pavlov’s Dogs Experiment & Pavlovian Conditioning response. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html

 

McLeod, S. (2025a, March 17). Operant conditioning in psychology: B.F. Skinner theory. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html

 

Little Albert Experiment (Watson & Rayner)

The Little Albert Experiment by Watson and Rayner tested whether an infant could be classically conditioned to fear a neutral stimulus.

 

Pavlov, I. P. (1927). Conditioned reflexes: An investigation of the physiological activity of the cerebral cortex.Oxford University Press.

 

Pryor, K. (2009).  Don’t shoot the dog!: The new art of teaching and training(Rev. ed.). Bantam Books.

 

Rizvi, S. L. (2019). Chain Analysis in dialectical behavior therapy. Guilford Publications.


Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and human behavior.Macmillan.

 

Watson, J. B. (1913). Psychology as the behaviorist views it. Psychological Review, 20(2), 158–177.


YouTube. (2026, January 14). Sheldon uses chocolate to train penny 😂 | TBBT. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p-tg53P-xQ4 


YouTube. (n.d.). The Super Mario Bro’s Movie in Dominoes. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsR8WNx6qbc&list=PLNPDtUHUkSPZ6Qpdklf-iyCh8ANJym5Jp&index=4