DBT with Couples
DBT with Couples: A Comprehensive Clinical Training
July 17 & July 31, 2026
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET
10 CE Hours | Live Virtual Training
Cost: $449
DBT with Couples: A Comprehensive Clinical Training is an intensive 10-hour, two-day virtual workshop designed for clinicians who already have a foundation in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and want to extend that expertise into couples work. No prior experience with couples therapy is required.
Grounded primarily in Fruzzetti's framework for DBT couples and family assessment and intervention, and informed by current empirical research, this training provides a comprehensive roadmap for applying DBT to couples experiencing emotional dysregulation, chronic conflict, invalidation, and relationship distress.
Participants will learn how to:
- Conceptualize couple functioning using the transactional model
- Conduct comprehensive couples-specific assessment
- Apply the DBT treatment hierarchy in the treatment of couples
- Build and maintain commitment to treatment
- Use both individual and relationship-specific DBT skills to reduce conflict and increase closeness
- Manage sessions effectively, including preventing and responding to escalation and therapy-interfering behavior
- Integrate couples work as an adjunct to individual DBT treatment when relationship dysfunction is contributing to treatment targets
- Implement practical interventions that can be immediately applied in clinical practice
The training combines didactic instruction, live demonstrations and role plays, case examples, and interactive discussion to help clinicians develop both a strong conceptual understanding of DBT couples treatment and the confidence to begin using these strategies in their own work.
Participants will leave with a clear framework for assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention, as well as practical tools that can be implemented immediately with couples and families. Whether you are looking to begin incorporating couples work into your practice or strengthen your existing work with couples, this training provides a comprehensive and immediately applicable DBT-informed approach.