Moving Beyond Supportive Listening into Actionable Growth
Have you ever ended a session feeling like you and your client just talked in circles? Are you worried about clients dropping out of therapy because their lives aren’t changing?
Validation and empathetic listening are essential foundations for therapeutic rapport, but clients often reach a point where they need more than a safe space to process—they crave tangible, step-by-step tools to make real change in their daily lives.
When a client is sitting in front of you in active emotional dysregulation, chronic interpersonal conflict, or a panic spiral, empathetic reflection is only step one. To help them break out of distress loops, they need concrete, evidence-based coping skills they can put into practice immediately.
Introducing a Better Way to Master Skills
You don't need to complete an 18-month comprehensive DBT intensive just to bring practical, high-impact coping tools into your individual sessions or group offerings.
This 8-Week Live Virtual Cohort breaks down the most effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills across Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness into digestible, 60-minute weekly modules.
Instead of sitting through a grueling 8-hour Zoom marathon, you spend one hour a week mastering skills, discussing real-world client application with peers, and obtaining plug-and-play client resources you can use to facilitate real progress.
Why 1 Hour a Week Beats an 8-Hour Marathon
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Zero Lost Billable Hours: Blocking out an entire 8-hour day for a CEU webinar means canceling client sessions and losing $1,000+ in revenue. A Tuesday morning 9:00 AM slot fits seamlessly between your morning coffee and your first client session.
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Learn Tuesday, Use Tuesday: Learn a concrete skill at 9 AM and teach it to your 10 AM client the exact same day.
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Maximum Retention & Practice: Spaced learning allows you to digest, practice, and integrate one skill at a time rather than experiencing information overload.
What’s Included in Your Registration
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8 Live, 60-Minute Interactive Classes: Tuesdays from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST on Zoom beginning January 5, 2027.
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8 Approved CEU Contact Hours: Board-compliant continuing education for Oklahoma LPCs and LMFTs.
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Digital Client Resource Vault: Downloadable skill worksheets, visual handouts, and client scripts to print or share directly with clients.
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Live Case Discussion & Skill Coaching: Practice using skills in simple, human language so you feel completely confident in front of clients.
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Session Recording Access Available: Miss a week due to illness or emergency? Purchase 6-month extended access to recordings to catch up on coursework.
Meet the instructor,
Elaine Bender
LPC, NCC, MBA
Elaine is a Licensed Professional Counselor, practice owner, and MBA holder based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Combining clinical experience with a strategic background in operations, Elaine focuses on helping therapists bridge the gap between clinical excellence and practical, sustainable practice management. Having launched and facilitated clinical skills groups across agency and private practice settings, she builds trainings that cut through academic fluff and deliver immediate, real-world utility for working clinicians.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this training for? This training is designed for licensed mental health professionals and pre-licensed associates who want to integrate practical, structured DBT skills into their individual therapy or group offerings.
Do I need prior formal DBT training to attend? Not at all. This course assumes no prior formal DBT background and translates concepts into straightforward, practical language that any clinician can implement immediately.
What if I have to miss one of the 8 live weeks? To meet board compliance for CEU issuance, live attendance is required for hours that will be issued, so missing weeks will result in fewer hours being issued. The purchase of 6-month access to the entire training is available for missed modules.
Does this training make me a "DBT Therapist?" No. To become a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist, you must hold a mental health graduate degree, maintain an active clinical license, and complete specialized DBT training. Instead, this cohort will allow you to learn and incorporate specific DBT skills into your own style of therapy and improve the efficacy of the clinical care you provide.,
Learning Objectives
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Participants will be able to differentiate the theoretical foundations and structural frameworks of all four core Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) modules to determine optimal clinical application through didactic instruction and discussion.
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Participants will be able to demonstrate at least two foundational Mindfulness skills to help clients anchor in the present moment through didactic instruction and demonstration.
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Participants will be able to implement at least two Emotion Regulation techniques to assist clients in managing intense affective states through didactic instruction and discussion.
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Participants will be able to apply at least two Interpersonal Effectiveness strategies to train clients in assertive communication and relationship preservation through didactic instruction, discussion, and demonstration.
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Participants will be able to utilize at least two Distress Tolerance tools (such as TIP skills or Self-Soothe) to guide clients through acute crisis situations without engaging in maladaptive behaviors through didactic instruction, discussion, and demonstration.
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Participants will be able to formulate a targeted clinical treatment plan incorporating these eight specific DBT skills into structured therapeutic interventions for diverse client presentations through didactic learning.
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Refunds: Please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com if you need to cancel. Cancellations made up to 48 hours before the start of the training will be given a 50% refund. Cancellation made within 48 hours of the training will not be refunded.
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Accommodations: To request accommodations for special needs, please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com.
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Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com.
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Certificates: Course Completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the course in exchange for full attendance and a completed evaluation form. If fewer than 8 sessions are attended, hours issued will be adjusted accordingly.
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Hours: Full completion of course meets qualifications for 8 hours of continuing education credit for LPCs and LMFTs as required by the Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health.