Training:

DBTNZ training currently avilable:

DBT Skills Introduction - September 2025 - Online training

Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September 2025

This two-day web-based training covers the fundamentals of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills as well as how to set up teach skills (in individual sessions and groups) and overcome some common skills group problems.


Registrations close on 1 September 2025. Click here for more info and to register online.


Introduction to DBT for adolescents and families: building skills, fostering change - September 2025

Tuesday 16th September 2025, 11am – 3pm (NZT)

This training provides a comprehensive introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for adolescents and families.


Registrations close on 14 September 2025. Click here for more info and to register online.


Readiness in PTSD treatment - September 2025

Friday 19th September 2025, 12:00-1:30pm (NZT)

An online seminar focusing on a practical and emotion-focussed pathway to support people to get ready to treat their PTSD.


Registrations close on 17 September 2025. Click here for more info and to register online.


Crowd-sourcing acceptance: treating shame in PTSD through targeted surveys - October 2025

Friday 3rd October 2025, 12:00-1:30pm (NZT)

An online seminar focusing on applying the principles of the prolonged exposure protocol for dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT-PE) to working with individuals with complex PTSD.


Registrations close on 1 October 2025. Click here for more info and to register online.


Intensive Training in the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Prolonged Exposure Protocol for PTSD

Monday 16th to Thursday 19th February 2026

This 4-day workshop is designed to provide intensive training in how to integrate PTSD treatment into standard DBT. Participants will learn the DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol for treating PTSD, one of the newest developments in DBT research and practice. This training is for mental health professionals who have attended a DBT Intensive or Foundational training (or equivalent) and who currently provide DBT individual therapy.


Registrations close on 3 February 2026. Click here for more info and to register online.

DBTNZ consultations currently avilables:

Specialist DBT Team Case Consultation

A two-hour remote DBT case consultation for you and your team, lead by one of our DBT experts.

Click here for more info and to register online.


Previous DBTNZ trainings:

DBT Foundational Training - July 2025

Thurs & Fridays: 24th, 25th, 31st July; 1st, 7th, 8th August 2025

DBT Team Foundational (Intensive) training -July 2025

Thurs & Fridays: 24th, 25th, 31st July, 1st, 7th, 8th August 2025 AND dates in Feb/March 2026

The individual mode of DBT therapy

Thursday 17th and Friday 18 July 2025

An Introduction to the DBT PE Protocol for PTSD with Melanie Harned

Monday 19 May 2025, 11:30am - 3:30pm (NZT)

Treating shame in DBT - April 2025

Monday 14th April 2025

DBT and Eating Disorders: Treatment Strategies for Complex, Multi-Diagnostic Eating Disorders

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Therapy interfering Behaviour in DBT: from disaster to opportunity

Friday 21st March 2025, 1 - 2.30 pm (NZT)

DBT Skills Essentials - March 2025 - Online training

Thursday 6th and Friday 7th March 2025

Optimizing DBT for Neurodiverse Clients

Total of 8 hours across 4 days: Tue 25 & Wed 26 Feb, Tues 4 & Wed 5 March 2025

A First Look at DBT - February 2025

Friday 21st February 2025 - 1pm to 3pm (NZT)

Ngā Kūaka: Inaugural DBT conference for Aotearoa

Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th of October 2024, 9-4.30pm, Wellington