Training Dates: April 3, 2026  Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Price: $180 per person

Course Description: 

DBT is an approach that combines strategies like mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation.  The main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, cope with stress in healthy ways, identify emotions, manage distressing emotions, and improve relationships with others. DBT has been shown to be helpful with teens and adults with trauma, self-harm, high risk behaviors, and substance abuse.  Training will include lecture, demonstrations, role plays, and coping skill activities to illustrate the principles and strategies of DBT.

By the conclusion of this workshop, participants will:

• Strategies like mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation.
• 3 ways to teach people how to live in the moment, cope with stress in healthy ways, identify emotions, manage distressing emotions, and improve relationships with others.
• DBT has been shown to be helpful with teens and adults with trauma, self-harm, high risk behaviors, and substance abuse.

About the Trainer: 

Lisa Colliss, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Lisa has clinical and training experience in a variety of evidence-based practices and trauma-informed care, including TF-CBT, Seeking Safety, Mindfulness, and the use of movement and yoga in trauma work. She has served as a clinician in large community-based organizations, an inpatient psychiatric hospital and in private practice with experience providing individual and group therapy to clients of all ages.

CE’s: Course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CAMFT Provider #129412. Also for RADT, CADC, and LAADC by CCAPP-EI CADAAC Provider #7213400426.

Community Solutions is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs. Community Solutions maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Course completion certificates will be issued at the end of the course upon verification of attendance and once the required course evaluation has been completed.

Cancelation Policy: Cancellations are requested at least 48 hours prior to the training day. Kindly email Trainings@communitysolutions.org  to un-enroll from the training if you unable to attend after registration in order to receive a refund.

Questions? Please contact our Training Division:
Training@communitysolutions.org or 408-846-4791

If you need special accommodations to ensure a comfortable learning experience please contact our Training Division.

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