Regulating Emotion the DBT Way™ - June 2026

We are thrilled to be hosting this event from a top-class trainer - Christine Dunkley has provided training at the annual worldwide DBT trainers meeting in Seattle, and has also taught on the Behavioral Tech induction program for new international trainers. She is ranked in the top-10 current trainers in the world for number of intensive trainings taught, and is the most prolific trainer of DBT intensive trainings in the UK and Ireland.

This is a rare opportunity for a 3-hour live, international instructor-led, on-line event - in our time zone

The role of strengthening emotion regulation skills falls to the individual therapist. Clients may have read about emotion regulation or learned the skills in DBT group, but still tend to over-rely on distraction or distress tolerance when these skills are called for in everyday life. In this training, you will learn the moment-by-moment steps involved in coaching the client to regulate an emotion. The facilitator will share some top tips on managing the common pitfalls in upregulating or downregulating each emotion to fit the facts. Delegates will be shown how to troubleshoot to ensure the client has genuinely grasped the skill. Suitable for DBT and other therapists working with clients who have dysregulated emotion.

This training event is being co-hosted with our colleagues DBT Training Australia.

About Dr Christine Dunkley: 

This training is delivered by Dr Christine Dunkley.

Dr Dunkley is a consultant psychotherapist with the British Isles DBT training team, and the co-founder and first chair of the Society for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (SfDBT). She has over 20 publications including books on mindfulness, and articles in British, American and European psychotherapy journals. Her research paper, "Hearing the Suicidal Patient's Emotional Pain" is the number one 'most read' article in 'Crisis', the journal of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. She wrote the chapter on conceptual and practical issues in the application of emotion regulation in the Oxford Handbook of DBT (edited by Michaela Swales.) She also sat on the expert reference group for Personality Disorders at UCL.

You can read more about Dr Dunkley here.

Training Level

This training is designed for all mental health professionals who:

• Work in a therapeutic role and would like to learn more about coaching emotion regulation, or
• Are currently delivering DBT Skills and would like to receive advanced training on the Emotion Regulation Skill.

About this event:

This is a three-hour online seminar on DBT approaches to strengthening emotion regulation skills.

There will be a maximum of 40 participants at the event. You will need a suitable device with a webcam and a reliable internet connection capable of streaming 'youtube' style video. This training is not recorded. When registered, we will send more information about the process of joining and particpating in the Zoom meeting.

1. A registration is for one person. To successfully manage the event, we expect only one person to join the webinar as part of your registration.
2. You agree not to record the meeting in any way. You agree not to distribute materials to other persons without prior agreement.
3. Registrations are confirmed only when payment is received.
4. Payment must be made before the training. By registering you accept liability for the costs of the training.
5. Cancellations must be notified to us by email (or the website contact form) with full identifying information.
6. Cancellations received more than seven days before the event will receive a refund of the fees paid less an administration charge of $100+GST (for each event).
7. Refunds cannot be given after that date. Refunds will not be available until after the event.
8. A colleague may be substituted for no extra charge if we are notified at least two business days before the training event.
9. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration will be fully refunded but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.
10. Online statements of attendance can be downloaded by all participants from this page. Printed certificates of attendance are not available for this event.
11. You agree to join the online event from a quiet private location. Privacy is required in order for us to show confidential material which may include session videos.