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RO DBT Skills Class Online (Lessons 10-20 on Tuesdays @ 6pm)

RO DBT skills training classes target five OC themes: inhibited and disingenuous emotional expression; hyper-detailed focused and overly cautious behaviour; rigid and rule-governed behaviour; aloof and distant style of relating; and high social comparison and envy/bitterness.

  • Up to 8 attendees

    and 2 facilitators

  • 2.5 hour sessions

    at online via Zoom

  • 30 Lessons

    Course duration

  • Ongoing access

    to RO DBT resources online!
    What you are going to learn

    Radically Open DBT

    Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is a transdiagnostic treatment which targets a spectrum of disorders characterised by excessive inhibitory control or overcontrol (OC). It is intended for clinicians treating clients with such chronic problems as refractory depression, anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

    The treatment is fully manualised (Lynch, 2018a; 2018b) and the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of RO DBT are evidence-based, supported by more than twenty five years of clinical translational research.

    What RO DBT Targets:

    • Inhibited and disingenuous emotional expression
    • Hyper-detailed focused and overly cautious behaviour
    • Rigid and rule-governed behaviour
    • Aloof and distant style of relating
    • High social comparison and envy/bitterness.
    Our RO-DBT SKILLS tRAINERS & INDIVIDUAL THERAPISTS AT THE AUSTRALIAN DBT INSTITUTE

    Meet our team

    Our facilitators and individual therapists are intensively trained by Radically Open Ltd in Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour (RO DBT). Our team has received supervision and development from the team at Radically Open Ltd and led the development of practitioners in RO DBT in Australia from 2022-2024!

    Stuart Langley (Psychologist)

    Stuart, is an experienced Psychologist in both the private and not-for-profit sectors and is an RO-DBT Practitioner. Stuart trained in the United Kingdom where he was born, and has since worked across a wide range of mental health services both as a clinician and within leadership roles, including forensic mental health, adolescent mental health and juvenile justice, drug and alcohol clinics, and multiple modes individual and family therapy. He worked and delivered mental services in Europe, Africa, and Australia. Therapeutically working in culturally safe ways is of utmost importance to me.

    Kelly Allen (Psychologist)

    Kelly is an experienced Psychologist who is also the clinical lead of Essentia Health’s Sydney clinic and Sydney DBT programs. She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Radically Open DBT. As part of the Australian DBT Institute’s National DBT leadership team, Kelly completed the Level 3 blended learning practitioner training program in Radically Open DBT and receives ongoing mentoring and development in DBT and RO DBT.

    Kelly provides both individual therapy and facilitates skills programs in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open DBT (RO DBT). 

    Dr. Peter King (Clinical Director)

    Peter and the Australian DBT Institute team will contribute to this skills class through the development of content on this DBT Assist platform to support the acquisition of essential RO-DBT skills.

    Peter is the developer of Stabilisation Based Therapy which uses a Trauma Informed DBT approach used during the Stabilisation Phase of treatment. His PhD explored effective therapeutic interventions for individuals with extreme emotion dysregulation. He educates and supervises mental health professionals in trauma informed approaches and stabilisation based approaches including DBT.