Consultation Services
Expert educational consultation services are tailored to help you meet your DBT goals. Whether as a one-time service or on an ongoing basis, experiencing personalized guidance by being paired with a DBT expert can serve as a means of putting into practice the many things learned in DBT training. Audio/visual review of treatment sessions is also available and provides you with precise and effective feedback.
STRUCTURE of CONSULTATION SESSIONS
(based on the principles and structure of DBT)
Consultant works with you collaboratively to set an agenda and prioritize targets
The content of your consultation sessions is matched to your treatment goals and skill level.
Consultants use assessment strategies to gain a clear picture of your clinical or programmatic questions.
Consultants use both acceptance and change-based strategies to engage you in active problem-solving.
You and the consultant generate solutions together and troubleshoot obstacles getting in the way of solving your particular clinical or program problems.
Is consultation right for you?
DBT consultation is appropriate for a wide range of DBT clinicians and DBT programs, from those just beginning DBT to those at advanced levels.
If you answer “yes” to any of the questions below, consider how consultation can help you meet your goals.
- Have you received Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training and are now looking for more advanced feedback on your practice?
- Do you need consultation to prepare for DBT Certification with our partner, the Linehan Board of Certification?
- Do you want to increase your precision and effectiveness when delivering DBT strategies?
- Are you seeking individualized feedback on maintaining accurate emotion focus and managing therapy-interfering behaviors?
- Does your program need site-specific feedback to improve fidelity?
- Do you want to become more flexible and confident in delivering a range of behavioral interventions?
- Are you interested in expert review of your session recordings?
Some Available Services
Case-based Consultation
Case-based Consultation centers on how to be an effective DBT provider. Consultants educate providers and/or teams on a range of topics. Examples include case conceptualization, commitment strategies, maintaining accurate emotion focus, identifying the function of behavior and emotions, behavioral rehearsal of DBT strategies, skills training, and incorporating family and ancillary providers into treatment.
Program Consultation
Program Consultation centers on how to run, maintain, and participate in an effective DBT program. Consultants provide expertise on such things as meeting the functions of treatment in specific settings, when and how to adapt standard DBT with fidelity, running a sustainable and effective consultation team, incorporating outcome measures into your program, and ways to integrate DBT within the specific guidelines and policies of your organization.
Session Review
Review of your actual recorded treatment sessions is a valuable opportunity to receive micro-feedback on your session structure and appropriate use of in-session interventions and strategies. Consultants review recordings of treatment sessions; feedback takes place in the subsequent consultation session. You are encouraged to guide the consultant’s review by sending along specific questions or concerns, prior to recording review. BTECH will work with providers to support the secure, HIPAA-compliant transfer of session recordings.
Logistics
The team or individual clinician is responsible for all preparations associated with hosting the consultation. Since most consultations are conducted remotely, these costs include means of telecommunication. In the case of onsite consultations, the team or individual clinician is responsible for the costs associated with consultation site room rental, catering (if needed), and audiovisual equipment, as well as travel-related costs that may include, but are not limited to, airfare, ground transportation, lodging, and meals for the consultant.
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