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If you’re exploring DBT training, you’ll quickly discover that not all programs are designed the same way. Some are focused on teaching clinicians how to deliver DBT treatment, while others are designed to teach the DBT skills themselves. In this post, we’ll compare TheraHive’s Foundational DBT Skills for Mental Health Providers with Psychwire’s DBT Skills Program, and briefly note the role of Psychwire’s Foundational Program.
TheraHive vs. Psychwire DBT Skills
Both TheraHive and Psychwire offer programs centered on learning DBT skills, but the format, depth, time commitment, and cost are quite different.
- TheraHive’s program is broken up into 22 units of content, designed to be completed over 22 weeks. Learners can move faster if they choose, but the course typically takes about 25 hours in total.
- Psychwire’s DBT Skills Program is a 6-week course, totaling about 15 hours.
The learning experience is also distinct:
- Psychwire is almost entirely video-based.
- TheraHive uses a blended model with written materials, instructional videos, case study videos, and interactive practice experiences — supporting multiple learning styles and making it easier to integrate the skills into your own life.
Side-by-Side Comparison
What About Psychwire’s Foundational Program?
Psychwire also offers a Foundational DBT Program designed for licensed clinicians joining established DBT teams. This course is focused on how to deliver DBT as a treatment model — covering consultation team participation, managing multi-problem patients, and structuring DBT across individual therapy, skills groups, and phone coaching.
Importantly, it does not teach DBT skills. It’s focused on team leadership and program delivery, not skills integration.
Which Program Is Right for You?
If you believe that personally knowing the DBT skills, practicing them, and integrating them into your own life is the foundation for being a great DBT teacher, then TheraHive’s Foundational DBT Skills program is the most robust way to learn. With 22 units of immersive content, interactive practice, and CE credit available, it’s the program designed to help you live the skills so you can teach them authentically.
If you’re looking for an introduction and overview of the skills, then Psychwire’s DBT Skills Program could be a fit. This program is best suited for associates or clinicians who are joining an established DBT practice and will have the support of a consult team or clinic-based training to help integrate what they’ve learned.
Finally, if you are working in a clinic environment with in-person DBT groups, the Psychwire Foundational DBT Program is widely regarded as the gold standard for learning how to lead and run groups effectively.
👉 Ready to integrate DBT skills into your life and practice? Explore TheraHive’s Foundational DBT Skills for Mental Health Providers
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