Subject Matter Expert Application for
Accreditation in Dialectical Behaviour
Therapy by the Society for DBT.
This booklet contains all of the forms required for submitting an application.
Please complete the relevant sections and email the completed forms to accreditation@sfdbt.org.
If you are applying to be accredited as a Subject Matter Expert, you need to complete:
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The Application
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Supervisor Support Form
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Subject Matter Expert Mindfulness Practice Log
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Subject Matter Expert 450 Hours of Training Log.
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Your application will be processed when your fee is received.
The cost of an application for Subject Matter expert is £75.
If your application is approved you will be accredited for a 5 year period
Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Application Process: Standard Application Criteria followed by Subject
Matter ( AKA "Grandparenting") Application Criteria:
In partnership with the DBT Linehan Board of Certification (DBT-LBC) http://www.dbt-lbc.org/, the Society
for DBT in the UK and Ireland require the following for accreditation as a DBT Therapist:
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You must have a Core Profession. You will be required to produce evidence of this. Please not that
if you do not have a Core Profession but are accredited by the BABCP and have been through that
organisation's KSA process, SfDBT will recognise this.
You must be working in a DBT Programme that delivers all functions and modes of DBT for a
minimum of 1 day per week. Your team leader will have to sign your application to confirm this.
You must have been working in DBT for at least one year. Your team leader's signature on your
application will verify this.
You must attend a DBT consultation team meeting once a week. This will be verified by your team
leader's signature on your application form.
You must have completed 450 hours of structured teaching/self study and participation, which will
include 70 hours of intensive training in DBT. Direct clinical practice may account for up to 225
hours of the 450 hours. You will be asked to submit a training log.
You must have read the Linehan text book and skills training manual. This will be self-certified at
present, although in the future there may be a written exam.
You must have attended a mindfulness training (retreat, course, community mindfulness group
with teaching). You will be asked to submit a log of this.
You must have treated at least 4 clients with DBT before you apply for accreditation. Two of the
four clients must have been treated from pre-treatment to treatment completion. All four of the
clients must have been discussed in consultation team. You will be asked to provide a case
formulation for one of these clients. You supervisor will be asked to verify the number of clients
you have treated. (If you have done the PG Cert in DBT and received a passing mark on your case
formulation you will not need to do this again).
You must have had 20 hours of supervised practice on two clients. Some of the supervised practice
must include the review of taped sessions by an "accreditable" supervisor (ie the supervisor will
had their own tapes rated to adherence, worked in a full DBT programme for more than two years,
received supervision themselves and meet all the other criteria for accreditation).
You must have experience of teaching all four modules of DBT skills in group and this will be
verified by your team leader.
You must be able to recognise your own therapy interfering behaviours. You will be asked to
provide a chain analysis of one of them as part of the application process. (If you have done the PG
Cert in DBT and received a passing mark on your chain you will not need to do this again).
You must submit three consecutive tapes to be rated for adherence to DBT.
You must be a member of the Society for DBT (if you attend the annual conference your
membership costs are included in the cost of the conference).
You must pay application fee of £195 for a period of 5 years of accreditation prior to the
application being processed.
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Accreditation as a Subject Matter Expert:
The criteria for accreditation as a subject matter expert is the same as those for standard accreditation
except for the following:
A) to be considered a subject matter expert you must have worked in DBT for at least 5 years and have
engaged in direct clinical practice at some point within the past 5 years.
B) You must have had at least one DBT tape rated to adherence by a DBT adherence rater calibrated to the
University of Washington DBT adherence rating scale. You must also be deemed by your supervisor as
reliably adherent to the DBT model.
C) You will not be required to submit a chain analysis and a formulation as you are already considered a
subject matter expert
D) You are required to pay an application fee of £75 for accreditation for a 5year period prior to your
application being processed.
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Application for Subject Matter Expert Accreditation in Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy by the Society for DBT.
I am submitting this application and believe I meet the requirements for accreditation because I have:
a. 450 hours structured teaching/self study/participation (50% clinical time)
i. 70 hours of which must be face to face training in DBT by an approved DBT
training. Provide evidence of completing this training and please contact the
Society if you have any queries about whether your training was provided by an
approved trainer.
b. Read Linehan book
c. Mindfulness training and practice at a minimum of once per week:
d. 2 clients treated from start to finish but at least 4 clients treated
i. All 4 clients discussed in consult
e. 20 hours supervised practice (two clients)—some of which included tape listened to by the
supervisor
f. Experience teaching all four modules of DBT skills in group
g. Ability to recognise ‘therapist TIB’
h. Membership in SfDBT
In addition, I am submitting the supervisor report form and I will submit tapes of 3 consecutive sessions to
be rated for adherence the DBT model when requested to do so.
Applicant Name:________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________
Email Address: __________________________________________________________
Telephone Number:______________________________________________________
Work Address:___________________________________________________________
Supervisor (s) Name:______________________________________________________
Please make payment by BAC:
Account name: Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy:
Sort Code 60-11-10,
Account Number: 17237807
Please put your name in the reference section.
Date of BAC transfer: ___________________________________
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Society for DBT UK and Ireland Supervisor’s Form
Application for Accreditation in DBT – 2015
Name of Applicant:
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Mailing
Address
Supervisor’s Email
Address
Supervisor’s Daytime
phone number
Supervisor’s Professional Qualifications
Supervisor’s
Profession(s)
Supervisor’s
Qualifications Relevant
to Profession
Membership of
professional bodies with
registration numbers
Supervisor’s DBT Training
Date (years) of DBT Intensive Training
DBT intensive training organisation (or name of
trainer(s))
Training in Adaptations of DBT (e.g. DBT-S, DBTAdolescents, DBT-Eating Disorders, DBT-PTSD)
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Confirmation of supervisee activity
Activity
Check if completed
1) Attended/received a minimum of 20
hours supervision
2) Provided a minimum of 10 tapes for
supervision
3) Has provided DBT for a minimum of a
year
4) Has taught all four modules of a DBT
skills group
5) Has attended consult for a year
6) Has provided 1:1 DBT to at least 4
clients, and completed a full treatment
with at least 2.
7) Is providing three consecutive sessions
for adherence rating of individual
sessions with his/her own client
Supervisor comments: (Enclose additional sheet if more room is required)
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information provided in this form is accurate.
Signature of DBT supervisor: ________________________
Date:___________________
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Evidence of 450 Hours of training /self-study in DBT and DBT related learning—70 hours must be face to face
teaching in DBT
(no more than 50% may be direct clinical practice)
Date
Duration
Details of training and learning activity (including
name of provider of training or learning activity)
Evidence of the training (eg certificate of
attendance, signed letter from supervisor
Assessors comments
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Application for DBT Accreditation Mindfulness Practice Log
Date
Description of mindfulness practice and its duration
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