Portland DBT Institute is offering an online training by author Maggie Mullen, LCSW (they/them) on Friday, February 5, 2027 at 8:30 am Pacific.

Learning objectives include:

• Describe current research on DBT for clients experiencing psychosis.

• Learn about the prevalence of emotion dysregulation and trauma amongst people with Psychotic Spectrum Disorders.

• Understand the spectrum of psychosis as it applies to people who benefit from DBT, both those with Psychotic Spectrum Disorders as well as with Borderline Personality Disorder.

• Offer adherent DBT and DBT-informed skills and interventions that are optimized for people with Psychotic Spectrum Disorders.

• Discuss experiences of psychosis openly in individual therapy and skills group.

• Employ person-centered, non-pathologizing language to describe psychotic experiences.

• Anticipate how a stigmatizing environment may punish certain healthy coping behaviors in people experiencing psychosis.

Continuing education hours are available for social workers for a fee.

For more information or to register, please click here.