Author: Eric Matsunaga

Resources While You Wait

You are not alone. Being on a waitlist for mental health care can feel frustrating and defeating, so we want to offer you these DBT resources. Because of the mental health crisis increased in part by COVID-19, our wait list

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Recording of Learn and Earn Over Lunch – Chasing Your Tail in Treatment: When OCD is Missed

We are happy to offer a recording of PDBTI’s September Learn and Earn Over Lunch seminar – Chasing Your Tail in Treatment: When OCD is Missed, presented by Christopher Conley, MSW, RSW on September 8th, 2021. If you are interested in

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Licensed and unlicensed clinician positions available at Portland DBT Institute (with moving incentives!)

Do you want to do rewarding work with individuals who are truly suffering and experience stigma in the mental health community?  Are you interested in DBT? Do you find the idea of a $10,000 relocation bonus (with additional start up

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Announcing two new Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs): Adult Standard and Teen & Family

For many people with intense emotion dysregulation, standard outpatient DBT is enough. Sometimes, however, a more intensive approach may be preferred for one or more of the following reasons: to avoid hospitalization and other higher levels of care. when you

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New book release from Institute Director Dr. Linda Dimeff

Adding to her long list of renowned publications and authorships, PDBTI director Linda Dimeff, PhD, along with Shireen Rizvi, PhD, ABPP, and Kelly Koerner, PhD, is excited to announce a second edition of the clinical guidebook Dialectical Behavior Therapy in

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DBT Training Calendar

(Free CE Hour) Clinician Survivors of Suicide Loss
August 14, 2024
Jeffrey C. Sung, M.D.


DBT in a Nutshell: Treating Multi-Diagnostic, Complex Individuals
August 22-23, 2024
Irmary Rodríguez Rivera, PhD, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Suicide: Reducing Stigma, Increasing Effectiveness
September 11, 2024
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC



(Exclusive One-Day) Maximizing Your Therapeutic Toolbox: An Intro to the Unified Protocol for Adolescents
September 20, 2024
Niza Tonarely-Busto, PhD


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers
September 26-27, 2024
Claudia Avina, PhD, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) DBT for Parents of Multi-Diagnostic Young Adults: Finding Synthesis with SPACE
October 9, 2024
Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S, NCC, DBT-LBC


DBT Comprehensive Implementation & Training Intensive (CITI) Part I
October 7-9 & 15-16, 2024
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC
Erica Tan, PsyD, DBT-LBC


Diving into DBT Skills
October 17-18, 2024
Jason Fritts, LCSW, DBT-LBC


Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
November 18, 2024
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


DBT for People with Substance Use Disorders
December 4-6, 2024
Linda Dimeff, PhD, DBT-LBC
K. Michelle Peavy, PhD


(Free CE Hour) Addressing Therapy Interfering Behavior in Clinical Practice
December 11, 2024
Esme A.L. Shaller, PhD


(Exclusive Half-Day) DBT and SPACE training for Parents of Multi-Diagnostic Young Adults: Expanding on Acceptance and Change
December 13, 2024
Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S, NCC, DBT-LBC


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