DBT 101: Integrating DBT Into Your Music Therapy Practice for Effective Results- (2 CMTEs)

Learn how DBT skills can help your clients regulate emotions, reduce impulsivity, improve communication, and build coping skills through music therapy.

Many music therapists are not sure what to do when emotions escalate, clients are impulsive, or communication breaks down.

DBT provides structure, language, and skills that music therapists can teach through experiential music therapy, helping clients build real-life coping skills and emotion regulation strategies.

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In this 2-CMTE Introductory Workshop, you will:

Understand what DBT is and why its structured, skills-based approach enhances the effectiveness of music therapy across populations and settings.
Gain tools that help clients reduce impulsive behaviors, cope through difficult emotions, and build stronger emotion regulation skills — all through music-supported interventions you can use right away.
Learn clear, practical formulas for effective communication that improve interactions for your clients — and strengthen your own communication in daily life.
Get an overview of innovative strategies used by music therapists trained in DBT to improve client outcomes and expand their professional opportunities.

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Presented by Deborah Spiegel MT-BC, Founder of the DBT informed Music Therapy Training Program, Author of the book Creative DBT Activities Using Music: Interventions for Enhancing engagement and Effectiveness in Therapy (Jessica Kingsley 2020) and Creative DBT Activities for Children Using Music (Jessica Kingsley 2025)

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What This Course Is and Is Not

DBT 101 is an introduction to DBT and how it fits with music therapy. This course will give you a foundation in DBT skills and ideas for using them in your sessions.
If you decide you want to go further with DBT-informed music therapy, there are additional training and toolkit options available, but this course stands on its own as a practical introduction you can begin using right away.
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Integrating DBT Into Your Music Therapy Practice for Effective Results! is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 2 CMTEs-Continuing Music Therapy Education credits. The Spiegel Academy, CBMT Approved Provider #P-106, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.

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