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Atlanta DBT Center
presents the first ever combined
Comprehensive Introduction to
DBT
& RO-DBT 
Training

FREE
for DBHDD contracted providers.

send an email to pinskhrink@atlantadbt.com if you are not a contracted provider, and are located in regions 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6,  & wish to attend a training that will be offered in May 2022.

Non-contracted providers will be offered a training at a date TBD.

By the Original Full-Protocol DBT Clinic in Georgia

teaching you how to

build

a life worth living

&

a life worth sharing

as you 

build a career worth enjoying

Atlanta DBT is bringing you cutting edge treatments to help end mental health suffering.

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HISTORIC! GROUNDBREAKING! MOMENTOUS! UNPRECEDENTED! TRAILBLAZING!

Atlanta DBT is thrilled to present an UNPRECEDENTED training, a COMPREHENSIVE in BOTH ends of the dialectic of Over-Control AND Under-Control disorders with monthly team meetings between seminar weeks to help clinicians implement facility-wide evidence-based treatment protocols.

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DBT TARGETS TARGETS UNDERCONTROL DISORDERS

BIPOLAR

BULIMIA

ADDICTIONS

BINGE EATING

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

RO-DBT TARGETS OVERCONTROL DISORDERS

ANOREXIA

SEVERE ANXIETY

AUTISM SPECTRUM

SEVERE/CHRONIC DEPRESSION

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

NARCISSISTIC/PARANOID/AVOIDANT PD

TRAUMA/POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

DBT vs RO-DBT: what's the difference??

Traditional DBT, DBT-S, helps stop dramatic, erratic, or out-of-control behaviors through skills primarily focused on emotion regulation (i.e. learning to change an emotion when it’s too intense or doesn’t fit the facts of the situation). This means the individual needs help controlling their reactions in public and in private, as they tend to be expressing themselves to everyone all the time.

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RO DBT is nearly the opposite. RO DBT teaches people to learn to relax their bodies and turn off “threat system” physiology, in order to express one’s self better, through communication and facial and body signaling to decrease emotional loneliness . RO DBT is not about regulating emotions, rather it’s about learning to use them to help express oneself according to one’s value goals. The individual the may been feeling a lot on the inside, but isn't necessarily showing it on the outside. Rarely if ever would they show big reactions in public.

10-day Comprehensive Course Overview

Each region will have a

  • Part A (1 week of training) followed by

  • 5 months of supervised monthly team meetings followed by

  • Part B (1 week of training)

Monday - Friday

Registration at 8:30 a.m.

Mindfulness Bell is at  8:59:59 a.m. daily. Door is closed at this time. 

Monday - Thursday: 

trainings are 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Friday:

training is 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

late morning and afternoon snack provided.

breakfast & lunch are on your own.

Flowers midair

Region 1
RSA: HETAL PATEL
PART A: February 21-25, 2022
PART B: September 12-16, 2022

1230 Baldridge Maria Rd. Ste. 800  Cumming, GA 30028

North Georgia

Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, Whitfield

Region 4
RSA: JENNIFER DUNN 
PART A: December 13-17 2021PART B: June 6-10, 2022

Southwestern State Campus, 400 S. Pinetree Blvd. Thomasville GA 31757
Southwest Georgia

Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Worth

Region 2
RSA: DAWN PEEL
PART A: February 7-11, 2022

PART B: August 15-19, 2022
The Thomson, Augusta Tech
388 Tech Dr. 
NW Thomson, GA 30824

East Central Georgia

Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson

Region 5
RSA: JOSE LOPEZ
PART A: March 7-11, 2022

PART B: September 26-30, 2022
Behavioral Health Crisis Center (BHCC)

2121 E DeRenne

Savannah, GA
Southeast Georgia

Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

Region 3A
RSA: GWEN CRADDIETH
PART A: April 4-8, 2022

PART B: October 24-28, 2022 
Viewpoint  Hospital
175 Gwinnett Dr. 
Lawrenceville, GA 30046


Region 3B 
PART A: May 2-6, 2022

Georgia Regional Hospital
Panthersville Rd. Decatur, GA 30034
PART B: December 5-9, 2022
445 Winn Way Decatur GA 30030.
Metro Atlanta

Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton,    Rockdale

Region 6
RSA: ANN RILEY

PART A: March 21-25, 2022
PART B: October 10-14, 2022
New Horizons Behavioral Health

2100 Comer Avenue, Conference Room A

Columbus, GA   31904
West Central Georgia

Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson, Webster

Pink Sugar

Questions?

JANIA'S Office Hours for DBT questions:​

Jania:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9283985862pwd=MUJMN2V1VFZCUkU2MERsdGVickpEQT09

Passcode: 331339

7-9 p.m.

6/13, 7/11, 7/20, 8/13, 8/22, 9/19

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Questions?

MICHAEL'S Office Hours for DBT questions:​

Michael: coming soon............

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REGISTER

Questions? Email:

leah@atlantadbt.com

It is HIGHLY advisable to read Marsha Linhehan's DBT TEXTBOOK  & Lynch's Skills Training manual 

prior to training. â€‹

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Worksheets/Handouts provided.

You will need to purchase the Skills Training Manual 

(the one on the right)

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THE 2-DAY TRAINING IS FOR PARAPROS ONLY, NOT LICENSED  CLINCIANS.
a clincian is someone who has a master's degree or higher.
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IT IS UNDER THE "PARAPRO" TAB.
Details are below.

VIRTUAL 2-DAY PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING DATES
R1: April 28-29: not available 
R2: May 26-27: not available 
R3: June 23-24
R4: July 28-29
R5: August 25-26
R6: September 22-23

**you may register for ANY session**

2-DAY  VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR  NON -LICENSED SUPPORT STAFF.

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This training is for NON-LICENSED/LICENSE INELIGIBLE support staff.

Meet The Team

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Minal Shah, MRC, NCC, LPC
Clinical Director

INTENSIVELY TRAINED IN:

DBT
DBT-PE
RO-DBT
MBT
Psychodrama

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Michael McAleer, MA, EdS, LPC 

INTENSIVELY TRAINED IN:

DBT

DBT-PE
Psychodrama

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Jania Bailey-Boyd, MS, TRS

INTENSIVELY TRAINED IN:

DBT
DBT-PE

EMDR

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Steve Marks, MS, LPC, CPCS

INTENSIVELY TRAINED IN:

DBT
DBT-PE

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