WDBTA Mission

What we do

• Maintain DBT treatment integrity by providing standards for essential theoretical and intervention aspects of DBT.
• Create and support a community of practice for people who share Dr. Marsha Linehan’s passion for compassionate and evidence-based behavior therapy.
• Stimulate the continued advancement of research and practice of DBT.
• Bridge the science-practice gap by providing a platform for development based on collaboration among clinicians, researchers, consumers and other stakeholders.
• Foster the dissemination and implementation of DBT across the world, especially in underserved areas and populations, while maintaining treatment fidelity.
• Provide standards for quality training relevant to diverse cultural variations while maintaining core or essential DBT elements.
• Establish standards for DBT training.
• Build a strong, informed and connected membership body and act as their advocate.

For Whom

• For people who are suffering from serious mental health problems; for their families; for at-risk populations; for health care practitioners; for scientists; for other mental health care stakeholders.

How

• Commitment to an expert-driven, transparent, representational, and non-commercial structure.
• Establishing a leading international authority on the science, practice and delivery of DBT.
• Encouraging innovation and creativity in DBT research and treatment delivery.
• Protecting the quality and standards of practice of DBT by developing guidelines on training and certification of DBT under consideration of the currently established national standards.
• Providing access to information and resources through website and social media.
• Providing annual international meetings.