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Course curriculum

    1. Handouts for your program

    2. Book List for the Course

    3. Additional Links

    4. Zoom Link DBT Intensive Day One Monday 8/18/25

    5. Zoom Link DBT Intensive Day Two Tuesday 8/19/25

    6. Zoom Link DBT Intensive Day Three Wednesday 8/20/25

    7. Zoom Link DBT Intensive Day Four Thursday 8/21/25

    8. Zoom Link DBT Intensive Day Five Friday 8/22/25

    9. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $900.00
  • 9 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Modality

Virtual: Live Interactive Session with Activities & Discussion

NOTE: This is a live, interactive, training presented through Zoom as an online Webinar. . 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:

The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy® (DBT®) Intensive training is a weeks-long opportunity for clinicians to become oriented to the foundational concepts of DBT as well as strategies for integrating these practices into clinical work. In this five-day program (30 total CE's offered) we cover most of the content offered in our individual programs: DBT Part 1- Becoming a Competent DBT Individual Therapist; DBT Part 2- Becoming Competent in the Skills; and DBT Part 3- Helping Clients Move from Chronic Chaos to their Life Worth Living. Participants will have an opportunity to learn these concepts, practice applying these skills themselves, as well as role- playing and practicing methods for incorporating them into their sessions.

Learning Objectives:

Participants who complete this program will be able to:

  • Define the DBT Stages of Treatment

  • Apply principles of behaviorism with their clients.

  • Restructure their session content according to the DBT treatment Hierarchy.

  • Identify the DBT Skills taught in DBT Skills Class.

  • Identify how to apply/review skills in individual counseling sessions.  

  • Identify and apply the DBT strategies that would carry over from the client-therapist relationship into the supervisee-supervisor relationship.

Audience & Skill Level

Introductory Through Intermediate

This course is intended for mental health clinicians (counselors, social workers, marriage & family therapists; psychologist; etc.) who have no previous experience with DBT. Those with some prior experience will also benefit from the thorough review presented in this course. No previous training or experience is required to attend this program.

Course Outline & Agenda

To receive course credit, participants must complete the following:

  • Attend the Entire Program

  • Complete the Course Evaluation

  • Once completed and evaluation is received, certificates are released within seven business days.

Instructor

Charity Chaney

LPCC-S

Charity Chaney is a professional counselor in the state of Ohio and the lead therapist of Mindfully’s DBT team. Charity also leads DBT skills classes where she helps groups apply DBT principles and learn new skills.

Charles J. Potter

PHD, LPCC-S

Charles J. (CJ) Potter is one of the clinical directors at Mindfully and a practicing Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Supervisor (LPCC-S). Part of CJ’s responsibilities at Mindfully includes staying abreast of best practices (including legal and ethical considerations) that impact clinical practice. In this session, CJ shares those insights as they relate specifically to clinical supervision of mental health providers (Counselors, Social-Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists).

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.

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: 6/27/2023 – 6/27/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 30 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 more information

Individuals with comments/questions/concerns can contact Mindfully Academy via the information provided below:

[email protected] 

513-939-0300

Charles Potter (Program Coordinator) [email protected] 


  • Grievance policy: If you are dissatisfied with your experience, please feel free to share this with us via email: [email protected] or via telephone: 513-939-0300, or via your program evaluation.  All complaints will receive a response within seven business days outlining actions taken and proposed responses which may include issuing a refund, credits for future trainings, updating course content or taking appropriate action with presenters, among others. 
  • Request for Accommodations: Should any accommodations enhance your program experience, please contact us via email: [email protected] or via telephone: 513-939-0300, to explore what options you may have. 

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