Standard Application for Accreditation in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy by the Society for DBT.

Application Process: Standard Application Criteria

In partnership with the DBT Linehan Board of Certification (DBT-LBC) the Society for DBT in the UK and Ireland require the following for accreditation as a DBT Therapist:

  1. You must have a Core Profession. You will be required to produce evidence of this. Please not that if you do not have a Core Profession but are accredited by the BABCP and have been through that organisation's KSA process, SfDBT will recognise this.
  2. You must be working in a DBT Programme that delivers all functions and modes of DBT for a minimum of 1 day per week. Your team leader will have to sign your application to confirm this.
  3. You must have been working in DBT for at least one year. Your team leader's signature on your application will verify this.
  4. You must attend a DBT consultation team meeting once a week. This will be verified by your team leader's signature on your application form.
  5. You must have completed 450 hours of structured teaching/self study and participation, which will include 70 hours of intensive training in DBT. Direct clinical practice may account for up to 225 hours of the 450 hours. You will be asked to submit a training log.
  6. You must have read the Linehan text book and skills training manual. This will be self-certified at present, although in the future there may be a written exam.
  7. You must have attended a mindfulness training (retreat, course, community mindfulness group with teaching). You will be asked to submit a log of this.
  8. You must have treated at least 4 clients with DBT before you apply for accreditation. Two of the four clients must have been treated from pre-treatment to treatment completion. All four of the clients must have been discussed in consultation team. You will be asked to provide a case formulation for one of these clients. You supervisor will be asked to verify the number of clients you have treated. (If you have done the PG Cert in DBT and received a passing mark on your case formulation you will not need to do this again).
  9. You must have had 20 hours of supervised practice on two clients. Some of the supervised practice must include the review of taped sessions by an "accreditable" supervisor (ie the supervisor will had their own tapes rated to adherence, worked in a full DBT programme for more than two years, received supervision themselves and meet all the other criteria for accreditation).
  10. You must have experience of teaching all four modules of DBT skills in group and this will be verified by your team leader.
  11. You must be able to recognise your own therapy interfering behaviours. You will be asked to provide a chain analysis of one of them as part of the application process. (If you have done the PG Cert in DBT and received a passing mark on your chain you will not need to do this again).
  12. You must submit three consecutive tapes to be rated for adherence to DBT.
  13. You must be a member of the Society for DBT (if you attend the annual conference your membership costs are included in the cost of the conference).
  14. You must pay application fee of £195 for a period of 5 years of accreditation prior to the application being processed.

Application for Accreditation in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy by the Society for DBT.

I am submitting this application and believe I meet the requirements for accreditation because I have:

  1. 450 hours structured teaching/self study/participation (50% clinical time)
  2. 70 hours of which must be face to face training in DBT by an approved DBT training. Provide evidence of completing this training and please contact the Society if you have any queries about whether your training was provided by an approved trainer.
  3. Read Linehan book
  4. Mindfulness training and practice at a minimum of once per week:
  5. 2 clients treated from start to finish but at least 4 clients treated
  6. All 4 clients discussed in consult
  7. 20 hours supervised practice (two clients)—some of which included tape listened to by the supervisor
  8. Experience teaching all four modules of DBT skills in group
  9. Ability to recognise ‘therapist TIB’
  10. Membership in SfDBT

In addition, I am submitting the supervisor report form and I will submit tapes of 3 consecutive sessions to be rated for adherence the DBT model when requested to do so.

Applicant Name:______

Address: ______

Email Address: ______

Telephone Number:______

Work Address:______

Supervisor (s) Name:______

Please make payment by BAC:

Account name: Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy:

Sort Code 60-11-10,

Account Number: 17237807

Please put your name in the reference section.

Date of BAC transfer: ______Society for DBT UK and Ireland Supervisor’s Form

Application for Accreditation in DBT – 2015

Name of Applicant:
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Mailing Address
Supervisor’s Email Address
Supervisor’s Daytime phone number

Supervisor’s Professional Qualifications

Supervisor’s Profession(s)
Supervisor’s Qualifications Relevant to Profession
Membership of professional bodies with registration numbers

Supervisor’s DBT Training

Date (years) of DBT Intensive Training
DBT intensive training organisation (or name of trainer(s))
Training in Adaptations of DBT (e.g. DBT-S, DBT-Adolescents, DBT-Eating Disorders, DBT-PTSD)

Confirmation of supervisee activity

Activity / Check if completed
1)Attended/received a minimum of 20 hours supervision
2)Provided a minimum of 10 tapes for supervision
3)Has provided DBT for a minimum of a year
4)Has taught all four modules of a DBT skills group
5)Has attended consult for a year
6)Has provided 1:1 DBT to at least 4 clients, and completed a full treatment with at least 2.
7)Is providing three consecutive sessions for adherence rating of individual sessions with his/her own client

Supervisor comments: (Enclose additional sheet if more room is required)

I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information provided in this form is accurate.

Signature of DBT supervisor: ______

Date:______

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Evidence of 450 Hours of training /self-study in DBT and DBT related learning—70 hours must be face to face teaching in DBT

(no more than 50% may be direct clinical practice)

Date / Duration / Details of training and learning activity (including name of provider of training or learning activity) / Evidence of the training (eg certificate of attendance, signed letter from supervisor / Assessors comments

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Application for DBT Accreditation Mindfulness Practice Log

Date / Description of mindfulness practice and its duration

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