Expert-led team consult

The aim of the expert-led Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) consult team is to support RO DBT therapists with the collective wisdom of their colleagues and an expert in learning and providing RO DBT. Effective delivery of RO DBT requires therapists to practice radical openness skills themselves, as it is experiential, not a therapy that can be learned solely intellectually. The use of outside consultation (such as a team) is one of the most effective ways to make this a reality. A well-functioning consultation team, with open minds, provides not only support but also corrective feedback, enhances empathy for the client, promotes therapist adherence to the treatment and helps prevent therapist burn out.

By participating on an expert-led RO Consultation Team, you learn how to have an effective team on your own. Part of the work on the team involves modeling openness, giving and receiving corrective feedback, practicing RO mindfulness as a team, practicing self-inquiry, practicing identifying social signaling targets and solidifying all RO DBT techniques and principles. With the inconspicuous nature of most overcontrolled (OC) related problems, it is rarely sufficient for therapists to simply verbally describe in consultation what they believe to be the clinical problem. Role plays and videotapes of actual individual sessions or skills classes will be part of the team experience.

Entry requirements:

• You must be seeing patients
• You must have read the RO DBT books (Textbook and Skills manual)
• At least 2/3 of the team must have completed at least Part 1 of the Intensive Training or have completed level 1 of the Blended Learning program and have started on level 2, i.e. in a team of 4, 3 people must have completed parts 1 and 2, in a team of 5, 4 people must have completed the training, in a team of 6, 4 people must have completed the training, in a team of 7, 5 people must have completed the training, and in a team of 8, 6 people must have completed the training.
• For teams who don’t meet this criterion, team supervision is an option. For team supervision, one member of the team must have completed Part 1 of the intensive. This member can have micro-analytic supervision with the full team in attendance to listen. The expectation is the majority of the team members are registered or have plans to register for the intensive training or the full BL program, within the year. Supervision will be directed at the person presenting the tape and the goal will be to support their learning via commentary on the taped session, not to teach any RO DBT techniques not associated with the tape.

Price: $75 per person per 2-hour team consult or $37.50 per 1-hour team consult meeting

Booking Instructions: Please email us to enquire about the availability of our experts to join your team: roelie@radicallyopen-blendedlearning.net