DBT & Personality Training Pathway

Pathway Overview

This pathway brings clinicians back to the roots of Dialectical Behavior Therapy—its behavioral science, its dialectical stance, and its human heart. Through live workshops and supervision series, participants explore how DBT principles apply to emotion dysregulation, suicidality, self-injury, and personality-based challenges across diagnoses. We emphasize how to “think dialectically,” conduct chain and missing-link analyses, and maintain adherence without rigidity or burnout.

Personality, temperament, and DBT treatment pathway for eating disorders

DBT & Personality: Principles for Practice Training

All trainings are led by Dr. Anita Federici and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski

Theme:
Understanding personality structure and emotion regulation through the lens of DBT.

Purpose:
Equip clinicians with DBT’s core principles and teach them to apply Linehan’s biosocial theory across diagnostic presentations (not ED-specific).

Available Now:

Our current offerings include customized team trainings, case consultation groups, and implementation support for programs integrating DBT principles.

Reach out to arrange live DBT training or consultation for your team.

Pathway
Integration

Distinct disciplines.

Shared purpose.

Unified care.

Foundational Pathways Into MED-DBT

Both the Eating Disorders Foundations Pathway and the DBT & Personality Pathway form the foundation for Learning MED-DBT, where the two streams converge.

Each pathway can be completed independently for CE credit, or sequentially for those pursuing comprehensive MED-DBT training.

Together, these pathways reflect the ethos of EDTI:

Distinct disciplines.

Shared purpose.

Unified care.

Testimonials

"From the very first pages of this book, the authors' determination to relentlessly seek solutions to tough problems is evident. Federici and Wisniewski emphasize that when treatments for people with eating disorders and complex problems fail, it reflects limitations in our methods and skills, not shortcomings in the patient. Early in my DBT career, I realized that eating disorders presented challenges beyond my existing skills. This book addresses a significant gap for many practitioners, offering strategies and hope where we have often felt powerless. It stands out as a promising tool to help therapists facing extreme clinical needs, and encourages a relentless pursuit of more effective ways to help those at greatest risk."

Anthony P. DuBose, PsyD

Vice President for Institute Services, Behavioral Tech Institute, Seattle Washington