You Already Know the DBT Skills. That’s Exactly Why a 12-Week Refresher Works.
Already using DBT skills? Here’s why a 12-week DBT skills refresher still helps — and how to tell if it fits you. Telehealth across Saskatchewan.
DBT resource hub
Understand DBT. Find a useful starting point.
Use the library to understand treatment options, learn the purpose of DBT skills, and prepare better questions for intake or therapy. Public information is educational and does not replace individualized assessment or emergency support.
Educational information to support understanding and discussion with your clinician.
On this page
- Topic-led navigation rather than a chronological article list
- DBT foundations, skills, diagnoses, trauma, and family support
- Clinician-authored articles to support learning and reflection
November cohort planned
Put resources and tracking to work in a live group.
The November 2026 DBT Skills Refresher includes STG Online Clinic resources and STG Track access alongside twelve 90-minute online sessions. For adults with prior core DBT skills training. $70 per session; $840 in group-session fees.
The November cohort is being prepared. Exact dates and enrolment arrangements will be confirmed before you commit.
DBT Learning Library
What would be useful today?
I want to understand DBT
I want to understand a pattern
I am supporting someone
I have completed DBT
Information becomes useful when it changes a decision or a behaviour.
Use resources well
Information becomes useful when it changes a decision or a behaviour
Reading can prepare treatment, but it can also become another form of avoidance. Choose one question, one skill, or one action at a time.
Understand the purpose
Know what the skill or treatment component is designed to change before deciding whether it “worked.”
Practise in a specific situation
Define when, where, and how you will use the method rather than waiting to remember it under pressure.
Review the result
Notice what changed, what blocked the skill, and what needs to be adjusted with your clinician.
Latest articles
Recent DBT Saskatchewan writing
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Clinical boundaries
What public resources cannot do
Educational content cannot determine diagnosis, risk, medication needs, treatment readiness, or the correct level of care for an individual.
Not an assessment
Articles cannot replace clinical history, risk review, functional assessment, and diagnostic reasoning.
Not emergency support
Do not use website content or secure messages as an emergency response system.
Not a guarantee of fit
A skill or diagnosis may sound familiar without meaning that a specific DBT program is appropriate.
A practical next step
Turn general information into an individualized next step.
The secure intake helps the clinic interpret the pattern, risk, goals, and amount of support needed.