Making skills relevant: enhancing skills training in DBT – November 2026 — 13 November 2026

Description

Increasing client skilful behaviour is strongly associated with positive outcomes in DBT. Yet sometimes it can be challenging to get clients engaged in skills training, rehearsal and ‘homework’.
We look at how individual DBT can make best use of solution analysis, skills rehearsal and set relevant ‘homework’. Skills groups can also build a culture of open, supportive discussion around real client problems. We show how to invite ‘real’ discussions, link current problems to the current topic, prompt rehearsal, coaching, and manage emotion in group. We will discuss how to respond to client reluctance or non-completion of tasks.

Details:

Date: Friday 13th November, 2026:

Auckland (NZDT) 3:00 pm
Sydney, NSW 1:00 pm (AEDT)
Perth, WA 10:00 am (AWST)
Beijing, China 10:00 am (CST)
Jakarta, Indonesia 9:00 am (WIB)

Where: Zoom – we will email the link

Price:

• Full membership, Associate membership: AU$0.00
• Guest: AU$25.00 (low income country AU$15.00)

You can join APAC-DBT here.

Please note: This is a live web-based session and will be recorded. Registrations are for one person only.

Presenter bio:

Mike Batcheler is a New Zealand based clinical psychologist and DBT trainer who has been providing DBT in a public mental health setting since 1998. He is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™

see here for bio: https://behavioraltech.org/faculty/entry/968/

Terms and conditions

1. A registration is for one person. To successfully manage the event, we expect only one person to join the webinar as part of your registration.
2. You agree not to record the meeting in any way. You agree not to distribute materials to other persons without prior agreement.
3. Registrations are confirmed only when payment is received. Payment must be made before the training.
4. Payment for the event is non-refundable. If you are unable to attend the event, a colleague may be substituted for no extra charge, if we are notified at least two business days before the event.
5. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration will be fully refunded, but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.