Emotional and behavioral dysregulation is a transdiagnostic feature that cuts across many mental health conditions, including mood disorders, trauma-related disorders, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions, and substance use disorders. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), originally developed for borderline personality disorder, has evolved into a flexible, evidence-based framework for treating dysregulation across diverse diagnostic presentations.

This training explores the application of DBT principles and skills beyond a single diagnosis, focusing on how core DBT strategies—mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness—can be adapted to meet the needs of clients with varying clinical profiles.

Participants will examine how biological vulnerability, environmental invalidation, and contextual stressors contribute to dysregulation across diagnoses. The course emphasizes practical clinical application, including assessment of dysregulation, case conceptualization using a DBT-informed lens, and tailoring interventions to clients’ developmental level, trauma history, and cultural context. Through case examples and skill-based strategies, clinicians will learn how to integrate DBT flexibly within individual therapy, group settings, and broader integrative treatment plans.

Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe dysregulation as a transdiagnostic process and explain how DBT conceptualizes emotional and behavioral dysregulation across multiple mental health diagnoses.
• Apply core DBT skills and strategies to support regulation in clients with diverse clinical presentations, including trauma-related, mood, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Adapt DBT interventions flexibly based on client needs, clinical context, and treatment setting while maintaining fidelity to DBT’s core principles.