(WEBINAR) Conducting Behavioral Chain Analysis in Dialectical Behavior Therapy July 29, 2026

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*Participants MUST register themselves for training sessions. Employers should NOT register staff for any training

 

Session Date: July 29, 2026

Registration Deadline: July 27, 2026

Registration Status: Open

Instructor: Jessica Scneider and Jesse Homan

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(WEBINAR) Conducting Behavioral Chain Analysis in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

 

Price: 
At no cost

This training runs from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

CE/CEU Type: SW, APA # of CE/CEU's: 6.5 CE's

About This Course

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was created to treat people with multiple, severe problems in multiple areas of functioning.  Prior to DBT, evidence-based treatments focused primarily on a single problem or diagnosis.  DBT clients often present in treatment and in individual psychotherapy sessions with multiple problems behaviors that occurred during the week as well as behaviors occurring in session.  Marsha Linehan, the developer of DBT, often said that 80% of treatment errors in DBT began with assessment errors.  When a therapist moves into problem solving prior to having a clear picture of the problem, the client experiences interventions as invalidating and collaboration often ceases.  

This training focuses on chain analysis.  Each section of the chain will be reviewed.  Assessment questions for gathering data for each position of the chain will be discussed and practiced. The training will focus on problem solving issues that occur during chain, e.g. the client stops collaborating and/or dissociates.  

This training is open to the DBT teams accepted to move forward with comprehensive program development and Linehan Board (LBC) Certification. This training will use PowerPoints, handouts, examples and practices/breakouts to generalize content. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Give examples of when chain analyses should be completed
• Describe the components of the problem behavior that is analyzed with a behavioral chain analysis
• Demonstrate assessing the vulnerability factors for a chain
• Demonstrate some of the questions that are asked to elicit the prompting event for a problem behavior
• Give examples of the 5 types of links elicited in a chain analysis
• Describe immediate versus delayed consequences
• Explain interventions with collaboration wanes during chain analysis

Intended Audience: 

Mental health professionals, medical professionals, teachers, family members of people who may benefit from DBT

Instructional Level: 

Introductory

Completion Requirements: 

Participants must attend the entire session, participate in all activities, and submit an evaluation within the 7 days of training to receive credits and a certificate. All CEU certificates and certificates of attendance will be received through the DBHIDS Learning Hub. Once you have completed your evaluation you will have access to your CEU or Certificate of Attendance through your DBHIDS Learning Hub Account.

Credit Statements:

3.0 CE credit hours for Psychologists awarded.  BHTEN is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  BHTEN maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Behavioral Health Training and Education Network BHTEN, #1779, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards have the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/22/25-9/22/28. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 General continuing education credits.

 

*Participants MUST register using their DBHIDS Learning Hub username/email

*Participants MUST register themselves for training sessions. Employers should NOT register staff for any training