World Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Association

🌍 The World DBT Summit is coming! A 24-hour global DBT-a-thon bringing together therapists worldwide for cutting-edge research, workshops, and real-world impact. Hosted online by Michaela Swales & Alec Miller. Sessions recorded. More soon. ✨

New Oct/Nov 2025 European DBTA newsletter out! 🌍 Insights on dialectics + a research digest from the WDBTA Research Committee (online DBT RCTs, dissociation findings + more). Save the date: World DBT Summit 28–30 Oct 2026. Access the newsletter via your local DBT org.

📣 Join us next Sunday!

Our final free European DBT Association webinar of the year features Prof. Zachary Rosenthal on Therapy Interfering Processes — a must-watch for DBT clinicians.

🗓 7 Dec 2025
🕖 19:00 CET
🔗 www.edbta.eu/live/

Catch up on previous webinars on YouTube: lnkd.in/eRcMCHg8

🌀 No Dead Ends: The Magic of Dialectics

Join Dr Charlie Swenson on 2 Nov 2025, 19:00 CET for an inspiring talk on how dialectics keeps therapy moving forward.

🔗 edbta.eu/live

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📢 Upcoming APAC-DBT Webinar!
🌏 Implementation & Clinical Experiences of DBT in MacKay Memorial Hospital
with Shu-Chin Chen (Clinical Psychologist)
🗓 15 Oct 2025
⏰ 10–11:30 AM CST
🌐 Mandarin w/ live English translation
💡 Free
🔗 Sign up: apacdbt.org
#DBT #MentalHealth #Psychology #SuicidePrevention

🌍✨ Big news from the World DBT Association! ✨🌍

The World DBT Summit 2026 is happening:
🗓️ 28–30 October 2026
💻 Fully online — global access.
For three days, DBT clinicians, researchers & trainers worldwide will connect, share, and innovate. 🌱🔬🎓

More info to come.
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💙✨ Compassion in DBT ✨💙
Join us for the next free EDBTA webinar with Dr. Joaquim Soler.
📅 7 Sept | 19:00 CET
🎥 Live at edbta.eu/live
Miss it live? Catch the replay anytime on our website or YouTube.
Spread the word, and see you there! 🌍
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🧠 July DBT research roundup via @EDBTA:
• New Dialectical Thinking Scale shows change after 12 weeks DBT
• DBT helps autistic adults w/ suicidality
• Dropout predictors: trauma, weak alliance. Skills & phone coaching protect.
• Digital DBT app helps, but engagement lags—can tech tools stick?

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🧠 DBT for BPD Clients with Eating Disorders
📅 Aug 3 | 🕖 19:00 CET
🎙️ Dr. Fragiskos Gonidakis shares practical DBT strategies for this high-risk dual-diagnosis group.

🎥 Live: edbta.eu
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Tribute to Dr. Marsha M. Linehan Watch the free event: 'Tribute to Dr. Marsha M. Linehan

🌟 A Tribute to Dr. Marsha M. Linehan – Tomorrow! 🌟
A special free online event honouring Dr. Marsha Linehan – the founder of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and a true pioneer in the field of mental health.
🌐 Registration: www.artmedacademy.com.br/event/regist...

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🧠If you haven't already, take a look at some of these research digest highlights:

🔹 Gibbons (2025) Rethinking Suicide Prevention
🔹 Zhang et al. (2025) Meta-analysis on DBT for ADHD
🔹 Everett et al. (2025) DBT Skills in Parenting
🔹 Lawson et al. (2025) Negative Experiences of DBT

🌍 #DBT #Research

📣 Don't miss the brilliant Julieta Azevedo this Sunday (6th) as she delivers an exciting webinar on DBT for individuals with bipolar disorder!
🎓 Hope to see you there!
👉 edbta.eu/live/
🌱 #WDBTA #EDBTA #DBT #BipolarDisorder

Announcing the inaugural Asia-Pacific Association for DBT Online Research Forum, 14 July 2025 – a landmark event bringing together our growing DBT community across the region! 🧑‍🎓📜

🔗 apacdbt.org/research-for...

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🌟DBT and Autistic Spectrum Conditions — highly recommended webinar by Prof Luisa Weiner for anyone working with autistic people in DBT.
📺 Watch the full webinar, hosted by the European DBT Association, here:
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=81_n...
🌱 #DBT

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The wonderful EDBTA Congress closed with a range of clinical workshops. Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler provided an engaging workshop on how to keep your DBT Consultation Team vibrant and effective.

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What an emotional ending to the European DBT Association Congress, ending with the Nada te turbe dance in the spirit of Marsha. It has been days filled with connection, learning, and fun.

See you all in 2027 at the next Congress in Italy 🇮🇹🌍

Wonderful symposium on EDI in DBT, focused on working with LGBTQ+, autistic, and race/ethnicity minoritised groups, and people with PMDD.

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Welcome to day 3 of the European DBT Association Congress 2025.

Stimulating seminar reviewing the data on dissociation and how to intervene.

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Fabulous implementation symposium examining the issues in Italy and Ireland and hearing the findings from a recent systematic review of the DBT implementation literature. Thanks to Lavinia Barone, Michele Sanza, Laura Herrera Negrin and Mary Kells.

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Inspiring talks about the integration of lived experience experts in DBT.

Jenifer Dylan highlighted the need to include lived experience in DBT. At the same time, more support is needed to make it possible.

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A wonderful symposium exploring various topics in DBT, including Sarah V Biedermann’s innovation in interventions for sexual functioning in clients with Borderline Personality Disorder.

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A thought provoking and much needed seminar on Assisted Dying for people with a personality disorder. A discussion was had for Assisted Dying in various cultural contexts. A powerful seminar promoting much thought and reflection.

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Inspiring plenary by Ellen Clifford, a lived-experience activist and researcher, on the impact of success austerity measures in the UK on disabled people and access to support.

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Martin Bohus speaking on DBT as a trauma-focused intervention, with the importance of emotion networks and the high levels of social and somatic traumatisation in our clients.

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Welcome to day 2 of the European DBT Association Congress 2025!

What a great way to start the day with Ausias Cebolla’s plenary on mindfulness. Such great tips for how and who it works for.

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Michaela Swales receiving her Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy fellowship, in recognition of over 15 years as president 🥂🎉🌍

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Connecting and laughing in the European DBT Association Congress Grand Bazaar and Poster Session 🤍🌱🌍

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Findings from national benchmarking in the UK suggest that outcomes from DBT programmes within the UK largely match RCTs and effectiveness studies, with some variations. 👏🏽🌱🌎

Michaela Swales at the European DBT Association Congress 2025.

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An insightful end to today’s plenaries, with Michaela Swales sharing implementation tips for DBT based on the literature.

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