The Hawaiʻi Psychological Association and Hawaiʻi Behavioral Health Connection (HiBHC) have partnered to present a 6 APA CE Training Presented by Dr. Trevor Coyle on Dialectical Behavior Therapy Training on Friday, September 05, 2025 from 8:00am - 3:30p, virtually via Zoom!

Many individuals across diagnostic and clinical presentations struggle with modulating, or regulating, their emotional states in desired ways, and this can lead to intense and prolonged suffering. Decades of research suggests that the skills taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are effective in reducing a range emotion regulation difficulties and improving outcomes and functioning across diagnoses and populations studied, such that the DBT skills group alone (as but one piece of full-model DBT) is beginning to amass an evidence base of its own.

In this one-day training, Dr. Coyle (a recognized national expert in DBT) will provide orientation to and instruction in each of the core DBT skills taught across all four of the modules of DBT skills training: mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

This training, intended for mental health professionals and trainees, will incorporate didactic instruction, modeling, experiential learning, and role-play to assist learners in not just learning but generalizing the DBT skills learned into their practice with the diverse populations they serve. As such, Dr. Coyle will provide tips for teaching, model how to address common barriers to skill implementation, demonstrate fit between skill and problem conceptualization, and model flexible adaptation of DBT skills to fit unique cultural contexts of populations served.

Details

Cost: FREE

When: Friday, September 05, 2025 from 8:00a - 3:30p HST

Where: Via Zoom (link will be sent via email)

What: A full-day online training offering 6 APA CEs, introducing the theory and application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for understanding and treating pervasive emotion dysregulation, with special attention to culturally attuned, recovery-oriented care for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

Who: Everyone! From new trainees to seasoned clinicians, this interactive and experiential workshop is sure to add to and sharpen your clinical tools.

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Meet Our Esteemed Presenter

Dr. Trevor Coyle, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Coyle (he/him) is a staff psychologist working in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS). He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Washington under the mentorship of Drs. Marsha Linehan and Melanie Harned, the developers of DBT and the DBT PE Protocol respectively, and he is board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).

His professional and scholarly areas of interest include treatment for suicidal behavior, trauma-focused recovery, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments, and education/training. Additionally, he serves as a national trainer and consultant for full-model DBT through the VA’s rollout of DBT through Suicide Prevention 2.0, in addition to serving as a trainer in the DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol. His professional diversity interests include culturally sensitive implementation of evidence-based treatments, improving access to effective services for underserved populations (including gender and sexual minorities, women Veterans, and Veterans with SMI), and social justice.

The Hawai'i Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Hawai'i Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.