DBT teams can select specific strategies to use from this program (what we are now calling DBT Next Steps) or they can choose to adopt the comprehensive treatment with all strategies and contingencies working in tandem (what we are now calling DBT-ACES).

Drs. Comtois and Carmel will be offering an online training through Portland DBT Institute on DBT Next Steps in the spring of 2025. For more information, please visit their site: https://www.pdbti.org/introduction-to-dbt-next-steps/

The DBT Next Steps Clinician's Guide and the DBT Next Steps Skills Training Handouts  will be published by Guilford in the summer of 2025. 
 

If you are interested in ordering the manuals, please pre-order the DBT Next Steps Skills Manual, and DBT Next Steps Clinicians Guide through Guilford Press. 

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If you want to conduct research on Comprehensive DBT-ACES, please contact cspartrainings@uw.edu for additional materials specific for researchers. 

The DBT Next Steps online training program will be available in 2026 and is geared towards DBT therapists who are interested in incorporating DBT Next Steps into their clinical practice. 

Please monitor this page for updates on when the manuals are published and when the online training is available. We will also post on the DBT listserv.