Committees

Committee on Research and Development

The Research Committee of the WDBTA supports and connects researchers to conduct high-quality research on DBT.

Committee on Training and Standards

Chair

Michaela Swales

Committee on Training and Implementation

Chair	Katie Dixon-Gordon
Members	Ann Berens, Tony DuBose, Alan Fruzzetti, Pablo Gagliesi, Cesare Maffei, Alec Miller, Azu Palacios, Francesca Perepletchikova, Charlie Swenson, Weis van den Bosch

The Training Committee of the WDBTA aims to produce guidance, informed by research and expert opinion (where research does not exist), for individuals, training organisations and DBT learned societies seeking to deliver DBT training to the highest possible standards.

Guidance will be developed in relation to the qualifications and skills necessary to train the treatment; recommended contents of curricula for training; qualifications and skills for supervisors and consultants; and strategies for effective implementation within systems and in countries.

Committee on Dissemination

Chair

Tony DuBose

Committee on Treatment Integrity

The WDBTA Treatment Integrity Committee works to maintain DBT treatment integrity by providing standards for essential theoretical and intervention aspects of DBT, and reviewing new DBT work products with regard to these standards upon request.

Chairs	Jill Rathus and Kate Comtois
Members	Emily Cooney, Janice Kuo, Kathryn Korslund, Shireen Rizvi, Geri Rodriguez