June is Pride Month, and DBT-LBC™ wants to celebrate and support the important work of helping clinicians be most effective in treating LGBTQ+ clients.
We are pleased to announce an upcoming training “Building Mastery in DBT Skills for LGBTQ+ Clients” presented by Dr. Kim Skerven, ABPP (she/her). This training is sponsored by the Center for Behavioral Medicine and will be held virtually.
DBT’s foundational theoretical framework (biosocial theory) and overarching philosophy (dialectics) help practitioners conceptualize and address a range of problems. For LGBTQ+ clients, minority stress theory provides a way of understanding how environmental invalidation both occurs and impacts individuals. This webinar will focus on how biosocial theory and dialectics can be used as a basis for conceptualizing stigma-related experiences for LGBTQ+ clients and how DBT skills can be used to effectively address them.
This introductory offering is appropriate to mental health professionals across all levels of training and experience.
See below for training information:
Thursday June 26, 2025; 9-10am PT / 11am-12pm CT / 12-1pm ET
Date/Time: Thursday June 26, 2025; 9-10am PT / 11am-12pm CT / 12-1pm ET
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams Webinar
Cost per session: $25 for professionals, $20 for students
- Attendees will be able to describe how biosocial theory can inform the conceptualization and management of minority stress for LGBTQ+ clients.
- Attendees will be able to apply dialectics to the conceptualization and management of minority stress for LGBTQ+ clients.
- Attendees will be able to apply DBT skills to assist in the management of minority stress for LGBTQ+ clients.
CE credits: 1 hour
This training will be recorded. Please note that CEs are only offered to those who attend the webinar live and in full.
Learning Objectives:
Presenter: Dr. Kim Skerven, ABPP (she/her) is a Licensed Psychologist and a Certified Clinician through the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. Kim facilitates a dedicated DBT group for LGBTQ+ adults at CBM and publishes in this area. Kim is active in professional organizations including the Wisconsin Psychological Association where she is the Advocacy Cabinet Director, the American Psychological Association where she Co-Chairs the Public Policy Committee for Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity), and Co-Chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. She is an APA Fellow through Division 44.
