Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Master’s Level DBT Individual Therapist and Team Leader Information Guide and Practice Knowledge Exam
This course is only open to employees who have successfully completed the five-day DBT training through the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan. This course contains an information guide to prepare for the Master's level DBT examination for Individual DBT therapists and DBT Team Leaders. The information guide doesn't guarantee that you will pass the examination but will assist you in being as prepared as possible, narrow your focus on specific topics you will be expected to know and give you an overview of the exam format. After reviewing the guide, the Master’s level exam will become available to you. Please note that this is a closed-book exam. Referring to any materials or consulting colleagues during the exam is strictly prohibited.
Preparing Licensed Behavioral Health Professionals and Leaders to Join a DBT Team
This course has been designed as a study guide for those behavioral health professionals that are licensed and plan to take the Dialectical Behavior Therapy exam. Topics of this course will be provided in the study guide, but will not be provided here to ensure proper test-taking behavior.
Josh Smith
Josh Smith, MSW, LMSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in the State of Michigan as well as a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician. Upon getting his Master's Degree in Social Work in 2002, Josh became an outpatient therapist for Pines Behavioral Health in Coldwater, Michigan. After leaving Pines, Josh went on to lead numerous DBT program development trainings in all levels of care (inpatient, partial/day programs, outpatient, residential and forensic) for both adolescents and adults.
Josh is a Clinical Instructor in the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University where he teaches DBT to MSW students as well as psychiatry residents. He currently provides supervision to a number of clinicians in DBT from across the country in a variety of settings. Josh obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Michigan State University and received his 10-Day Intensive DBT Training by Behavioral Tech in 2004. From 2012-2014, he received DBT supervision from international DBT expert and author Linda Dimeff, PhD. He is currently only one of four people in Michigan to obtain Certification in DBT by the Linehan Board of Certifiers.
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