MED-DBT Training for Clinicians
Pathway Overview
The MED-DBT Training Pathway equips clinicians with a principle-driven, trauma-responsive framework for treating individuals whose eating disorders coexist with emotion dysregulation, suicidality, self-injury, neurodiversity, or medical instability. Grounded in Multidiagnostic Eating Disorder Dialectical Behavior Therapy, this pathway strengthens clinical conceptualization, supports effective pre-treatment and assessment, and integrates DBT strategies across the eating disorder spectrum. Through live and on-demand learning options, participants build deeper understanding and greater confidence in providing high-fidelity, sustainable care for clients who are often underserved by standard treatment models.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits Available for Eligible Clinicians.
Choose Your Format:
MED-DBT Live Training
Our MED-DBT Live Intensive Training Series offers mental health and healthcare professionals interactive, expert-led learning focused on treating multidiagnostic eating disorders using evidence-based clinical strategies and practical skills.
Treating Multidiagnostic Eating Disorders Using MED-DBT: Intensive Live Training Series
Our most recent live training cohort has concluded. We're currently developing future virtual intensives and specialized clinical workshops.
MED-DBT On-Demand Training
Our comprehensive MED-DBT On-Demand Training Series translates the foundational framework of The MED-DBT Protocol into seven focused, self-paced modules for mental health professionals. Developed by the founders of The Eating Disorder Training Institute, these evidence-based courses help clinicians strengthen their assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment skills while earning professional continuing education (CE) credits.
Modules can be completed individually, allowing clinicians to focus on specific areas of interest or work through the full foundational series at their own pace.
Explore the Foundational Modules
Select a module to read the full course description, or register directly through CEGO. Modules 5 and 6 are offered together as one registration.
The MED-DBT Protocol:
Foundational Framework & Publication
Co-authored by EDTI founders Dr. Anita Federici and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski, Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol presents an evidence-based adaptation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for treating complex, multidiagnostic eating disorders.
Grounded in clinical experience and neurobiological research, the MED-DBT model integrates core DBT principles with specialized approaches to eating disorder behaviors, body image, and medical complexities. This published protocol provides the foundational framework for The Eating Disorder Training Institute's clinician training programs.
