- Live Webinar
March 26, 2027
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Introduction
As mental health professionals, we know how incredibly effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills can be for our clients. It is extremely common to integrate these powerful tools into daily sessions. However, navigating the precise line between offering comprehensive DBT and practicing DBT-informed therapy can often feel ethically murky and professionally challenging. If you have ever worried about accurately describing your services or found yourself experiencing scope drift, this course is for you.
Stephanie Fennell guides you through this highly practical training built to empower your clinical work. This course equips clinicians with clear, actionable strategies for bringing the power of DBT principles directly into a standard individual therapy framework. You will learn how to seamlessly and ethically incorporate core interventions like mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness without ever misrepresenting your practice.
Beyond clinical skills, this training focuses heavily on protecting your license and elevating your professional communication. We will dive deep into establishing strong boundaries and avoiding the common pitfalls of scope confusion. You will walk away with the tools you need to accurately and ethically communicate your services to both prospective clients and referral sources. This course provides the framework you need to document, market, and deliver your DBT-informed services with absolute clarity, integrity, and clinical excellence.
This is a 3-CE online seminar delivered virtually in real-time via an industry-standard webinar platform.
Attendance and Location Details
Friday, March 26, 2027
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (CT)
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM (ET)
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)
Live Webinar Attendees: Zoom link and course materials will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to event date.
Agenda:
Defining the Framework and Scope
- Defining DBT-informed practice within outpatient mental health care
- Differentiating between DBT-informed interventions and comprehensive DBT treatment
- Identifying common risks of scope drift and clinical misrepresentation
Clinical Application and Boundary Setting
- Applying core DBT skills within an individual therapy framework
- Practical strategies for integrating mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness
- Establishing clear and appropriate boundaries when offering DBT-informed services
Ethical Communication and Practice Management
- Demonstrating accurate and ethical communication with clients and professional referral sources
- Developing compliant strategies for documenting DBT-informed clinical work
- Marketing your therapeutic services with clarity, precision, and integrity
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
After completing this training, participants will be able to define DBT-informed practice and its appropriate scope within outpatient mental health care.
After completing this training, participants will be able to differentiate between DBT-informed interventions and comprehensive DBT treatment.
After completing this training, participants will be able to apply DBT skills and principles (e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness) within an individual therapy framework.
After completing this training, participants will be able to establish clear and appropriate boundaries when offering DBT-informed services.
After completing this training, participants will be able to demonstrate accurate and ethical communication of services to clients and referral sources.
After completing this training, participants will be able to identify common risks of scope drift and misrepresentation in DBT-informed practice.
After completing this training, participants will be able to develop strategies for documenting and marketing DBT-informed services with clarity and integrity.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, psychiatrists and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Stephanie Fennell, LCPC, LPC, LMHC
Material Author(s): Stephanie Fennell, LCPC, LPC, LMHC
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Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course Materials – (including the link to view the scheduled live webinar) are made available to all registered attendees 24-48 hours before the event start time
- This training is interactive and provides opportunities to ask direct questions to the trainer as well as request immediate help from staff if needed. The attendee will view the presentation in real-time from their connected device via an industry-standard internet webinar platform.
CE Approvals:
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2025 – July 23, 2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
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- Course Completion Requirements – Complete the Code Word Attendance Quiz by 1.) selecting the correct beginning and/or ending code words, 2.) inputting actual time signed in and time signed out, and 3.) signing your name attesting to your full attendance. Then, complete the Course Evaluation.
- Posttest Requirements (not applicable for most live webinars) – You must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
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