Course Outline – Total video hours are seven and if art work is done the time of each session will be extended.TABLE OF CONTENTSSession 1Introduction – Biosocial Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), DSM IV, V. Description of DBT, Australian and USA Statistics.Session 2Five functions of Treatment, 2015 New DBT Training Manual, Standards and Modes of Treatment, Researched Model of DBT description – Adults and Adolescents. The Four Modules of DBT, Assumptions in DBTSession 3The Styles of DBT, Validation, Dialectics, Encouragement, Genuineness, Irreverent CommunicationSession 4Pre-Treatment Stage, Client/Therapist agreements, Hierarchy of Targets, Hitting and Impass. Primary and Secondary Targets of DBTSession 5 Individual DBT Therapy, session structure and timing, crisis intervention, risk factors for suicide, phone coaching, how to handle calls when your client is lonely, treating wilfulness when it shows up, Diary Card, Chain Analysis, Environmental intervention. Discussion of Adult and Adolescent Training ManualsSKILLSSession 6Wise Mind Skill of DBT, The Brain and EmotionsSession 7MindfulnessSession 8TIPP, Wise Mind Accepts – Distraction, Self-sootheSession 9STOP, Improve the MomentSession 10Checking the Facts, Reality/Radical AcceptanceSession 11Emotional Regulation – Model of Emotions, Opposite Action,Session 12Validate your Vulnerabilities, Know your Triggers, Primary and Secondary Emotions, Mindfulness to current emotions, Managing extreme emotions.Session 13Chemistry, Labelling emotions, Reducing Vulnerability, Building relationships and ending destructive relationships, Increase positive emotions, Coping Ahead, Decrease emotional sufferingSession 14Interpersonal Effectiveness – Goals, DEAR MAN GIVE FAST, Factors reducing Interpersonal EffectivenessSession 15Skills Training GroupSession 16Walking the Middle Path, exclusion criteria, Implementing DBT into a System, DBT Consultation Team Agreements, Structure of a Consult TeamResourcesEvaluation