Instructor-Led Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Workshop: An Overview of the Core Elements and Skills

Held April 11, 2025 In-Person at the GCSW

9 am - 5 pm CST (7 CEUs)

By the end of this workshop, fully engaged participants will have a greater understanding of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the core structures of DBT, and DBT assumptions and theory. In addition, engaged participants will learn about the DBT stages, goals of DBT, and learn about the four core skills of DBT (mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness) and core DBT strategies of behavioral chain analysis and diary cards.

Dr. Robin E. Gearing is a Professor of Social Work and the Director of the Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation in Treatment Engagement and Service (MH-RITES). He also has extensive experience practicing as a clinical social worker in psychosocial and mental health treatment service for more than twenty-five years. Dr. Gearing’s research focuses on improving the mental health outcomes of youth and adults with serious mental illnesses and their families. His research is driven by an interest in informing and improving engagement to empirically supported psychosocial and medication treatment and developing evidence-based interventions. As a researcher, his areas of expertise are schizophrenia spectrum disorders, depressive disorders, and suicide intervention. Dr. Gearing’s work focuses on engagement with mental health services, including culturally informed adaptations of empirically supported interventions. Dr. Gearing also holds a clinical faculty appointment at the University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and he serves as a board member on the Board of Trustees for The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD. In addition to other forums, findings from Dr. Gearing’s research has appeared in over 100 publications.