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Training Schedule
Day One
8:00 – 8:30 Registration, Sign-In and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 Overview of the Treatment and Research Support
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Using DBT to Prepare Clients for PTSD Treatment
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 3:00 Determining Readiness to Begin the DBT PE Protocol
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:20 DBT PE Session 1: Treatment Rationale
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations & Sign-Out
Day Two
8:00 – 8:30 Sign-In and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 DBT PE Session 1: Trauma Interview, Commitments, and DBT Skills Plan
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 DBT PE Session 2: Psychoeducation and Rationale for In Vivo Exposure
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 3:00 DBT PE Session 2: In Vivo Exposure Hierarchy and Assigning Homework; Optional Joint Session
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:20 DBT PE Session 3: Rationale for Imaginal Exposure
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations & Sign-Out
Day Three
8:00 – 8:30 Sign-In and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 DBT PE Session 3+: Conducting Imaginal Exposure
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 DBT PE Session 3+: Conducting DBT-Informed Processing
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 3:00 The Course of Change in DBT PE: Treatment Responders & Non- Responders
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:20 The Course of Change in DBT PE: Treatment Responders & Non- Responders (Cont.)
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations & Sign-Out
Day Four
8:00 – 8:30 Sign-In and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 Addressing Common Problems
10: 00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Addressing Common Problems (Cont.)
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 3:00 Addressing Common Problems (Cont.)
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:20 DBT PE Final Session(s): Relapse Prevention and Consolidation, Stage 3
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations & Sign-Out


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