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Treating Trauma using DBT

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online psychology course trains you to manage cognitive disorders using dialectical behavioural therapy. This free online course arms you with the knowledge required to manage and treat trauma and cognitive disorders. We explore the causes of cognitive disorders and how to manage them. We explain how to treat trauma using dialectical behavioural therapy techniques that draw on and enhance mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Sign up to learn how to help people reconnect with their peers and themselves.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID188699
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Identify the differences between DBT and CBT
• Explain the concept and objectives of DBT
• Identify where and when it can be applied
• Define the term dialectic
• Analyze the four skills of DBT
• Define the term psychotherapy and state its aims and goals in therapy
• Explain the role, pillars, and benefits of mindfulness in treating trauma
• Discuss how distress tolerance helps in the treatment of trauma
• Outline the steps of carrying out body scan meditation
• Describe how to establish sensory awareness
• List some prompting events for anger and disgust
• Explain the role of active listening in interpersonal effectiveness
Course Code4266

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