- Live Interactive Webinar
- FREE; advance registration required
- 12-1 PM (Eastern)
- Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Held online
- 1 CE Hour
Overview.
This training will review the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills modules…
- Mindfulness
- Distress Tolerance
- Emotion Regulation
- Interpersonal Effectiveness…
and then focus on how to apply DBT skills when treating clients with eating disorders.
We will discuss the eating disorder behaviors each set of skills addresses, and ways the teaching of DBT skills can enhance the treatment of eating disorders.
The training will provide clinicians with examples of specific skills in each module that are relevant to eating disorder therapy, and with tips for teaching these skills and facilitating skills use in the context of eating disorder symptoms. We will conclude by discussing situations in which specific DBT skills use may be contraindicated for clients with eating disorders.
Learning Objectives
Through attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Illustrate how DBT skills modules map broadly on to skills deficits that can maintain EDs
- Apply individual DBT skills to treat a variety of ED-related concerns
- Identify situations in which certain applications of DBT skills may be contraindicated for ED clients
Instructor Credentials
Dean Malec, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and Director of Training for CEBT. He treats adolescents and adults with a variety of presenting programs, including eating disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, and difficulties with emotion regulation.
Valuing evidence-based practices within the context of cultural humility, Dr. Malec welcomes working with people of all identities and life experiences. Dr. Malec oversees CEBT’s practicum/internship program and provides clinical supervision to trainees.
Cindy Pikus, PhD, CEDS-C, has been working with individuals with eating disorders and their families for more than 25 years.
She has treated children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders at all levels of care (inpatient, residential, PHP and outpatient) and has served as clinical director in multiple eating disorder programs. She also has extensive experience in program development, leading interdisciplinary treatment teams and providing clinical supervision.
Dr. Pikus completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UCLA and post-graduate training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital. She has received the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist designation from the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp), and is an iaedp-Approved Consultant.
As Senior Clinical Advisor at CEBT, Dr. Pikus provides consultation and training to staff regarding eating disorders, oversees the intake and assessment team, and provides clinical evaluations and treatment, primarily for adolescent and adult patients with complex eating disorders.
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