Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy Professional (C-DBT) Training
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Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, C-DBT
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Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, C-DBT, has provided Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training and consultation to over 20,000 professionals in the United States, Australia, South Africa, England, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East through his training and consultation company, Lane Pederson and Associates, LLC (www.DrLanePederson.com). A real world practitioner, Dr. Pederson co-owns Mental Health Systems, PC (MHS), one of the largest DBT-specialized practices in the United States with four clinic locations in Minnesota (www.mhs-dbt.com). At MHS, Dr. Pederson has developed DBT programs for adolescents, adults, people with dual disorders, and people with developmental disabilities. He has served as clinical and training directors, has directed practice-based clinical outcome studies, and has overseen the care of thousands of clients in need of intensive outpatient services.
Dr. Pederson’s DBT publications include The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual, 2nd Edition: DBT for Self-Help and Individual & Group Treatment Settings (PESI, 2017); Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Contemporary Guide for Practitioners (Wiley, 2015); Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings (PESI, 2013) and The DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists: 101 Mindful Practices to Manage Distress, Regulate Emotions & Build Better Relationships (PESI, 2019).
Notable organizations he has trained for include Walter Reed National Military Hospital, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Ontario Psychological Association, the Omid Foundation, and Psychotherapy Networker. He has provided DBT training for community mental health agencies, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospital and residential care settings, and to therapists in forensic settings. Dr. Pederson also co-owns Acacia Therapy and Health Training (www.AcaciaTraining.co.za) in South Africa. Dr. Pederson currently serves on the advisory board for the doctorial counseling program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a peer reviewer for Forensic Scholars Today.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lane Pederson maintains private practice and is the founder and CEO of Dialectical Behavior Therapy National Certification and Accreditation Association. He receives compensation as a national speaker and receives royalties as a published author. Lane Pederson receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lane Pederson serves as an advisory board member to St. Mary's University Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.
Lane Pederson is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organization.
Jean Eich, PsyD, LP
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Jean Eich, PsyD, LP, is a Licensed Psychologist and has experience working in hospital, school, private practice, and community mental health settings. She has provided DBT services for 8+ years at the largest DBT clinic in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Dr. Eich has developed, facilitated, and coordinated DBT programming for adolescents and their parents. Additionally, she has written curriculum and facilitated programming for adults with mental illness and developmental delays and has helped to design and maintain studies examining clinical outcomes of DBT programs. Dr. Eich is an adjunct assistant professor in the Masters of Counseling and Psychological Services program at St. Mary’s University. She currently serves clients at her private practice, Maplewood Psychology, where she continues to assist adults and adolescents with a variety of mental health concerns. Dr. Eich is also the author of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training with Adolescents: A Practical Workbook for Therapists, Teens & Parents (PESI, 2015).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Jean Eich has employment relationship with Maplewood Psychology. She receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Jean Eich is a member of the Minnesota Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association.
Cortney Pederson, MSW, LICSW
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- Media Type:
- Online Course
- Product Code:
- CRS002189
- Duration:
- 33 hours, 5 minutes
- Copyright:
- Feb 25, 2025
Credit Notes:
* Credit Note - **
NOTE: Registration includes CE Certificate(s) for one individual. This online course may include multiple CE certificates. Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others. To receive full credit, participants must successfully complete the online post-test (80% passing score) and evaluation for each certificate.
Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before purchase.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.
For Planning Committee disclosures for each course component, please see credit breakdown link at the bottom of this page. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography. Evergreen Certifications is owned by PESI, Inc. Counselors please note: This activity is not offered for NBCC CE hours.
* Credit Note - ---
Earn up to 34.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession.
Available Credits:
Counselors
Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. This activity is not offered for NBCC CE hours.
California Counselors
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Counselors
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 34.25 continuing education credits.
Illinois Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 33.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Per the IDFPR: Social Work Continuing Education Sponsors approved by the Division in accordance with the rules for the administration of Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act (225 ILCS 201), 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1470.95; PESI, Inc. is a registered social work continuing education sponsor with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance, pass a post-test, and who complete the program evaluation.
Kentucky Counselors
CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 41.25 continuing education credit hours for Kentucky Counselors. The Continuing Education Requirements for the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors (201 KAR 36:030 Section 2) state continuing education programs from providers sponsored or approved by a state counseling licensure board shall be approved without further review by the board. PESI, Inc. is approved by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
Missouri Counselors
CE credit is available. This formal, asynchronous course consists of 2.75 continuing education clock hours for Missouri Counselors. The Missouri Committee for Professional Counselors accepts continuing education programs relevant to counseling that are provided by organizations recognized by national social worker associations. PESI, Inc. is recognized by a national social worker association. Please see social work approvals for this program.
Montana Counselors
The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Counselors
PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 34.25 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Counselors
PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 41.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Ohio Counselors
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 34.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Counselors
The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Counselors
This self-study program has been approved for 33.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Texas Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 33.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.
Social Workers
California Social Workers
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Colorado Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 34.5 continuing education hours.
COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.
Social Workers
You may earn up to 32.75 clock hours. For more information on specific continuing education hours, please see individual components. Or, scroll to the bottom of the CE information page and click the link for CE Credits breakdown.
Florida Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 34.25 continuing education credits.
Illinois Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 33.5 contact hours.
Kansas Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 33.5 continuing education hours.
Minnesota Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 33.5 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.
Montana Social Workers
The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of instruction.
New York Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 41.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Ohio Social Workers
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 34.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Social Workers
The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Psychologists
Canadian Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 33.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement
Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 34.5 self-study continuing education credits.
Kentucky Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202411I. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 34.25 contact hours.
New York Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0014. This self-study activity will qualify for 41.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Ohio Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 34.25 Standard hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 34.25 continuing education hours.
Pennsylvania Psychologists Suicide ACT 74
1.0 clock hour(s) of this activity consists of continuing education instruction in the assessment, treatment and management of suicide risks.
Marriage & Family Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
California Marriage & Family Therapists
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Marriage & Family Therapists
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 34.25 continuing education credits.
Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists
PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 33.5 credits.
Montana Marriage & Family Therapists
The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists
PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 34.25 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Marriage & Family Therapists
PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 41.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 34.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists
The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study program has been approved for 33.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Texas Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 33.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.
Addiction Counselors
California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 33.5 CEUs (continuing education hours).
Connecticut Addiction Counselors
Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 34.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.
Addiction Counselors
You may earn up to 33.5 clock hours. For more information on specific continuing education hours, please see individual components. Or, scroll to the bottom of the CE information page and click the link for CE Credits breakdown.
Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors
PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20270032. This self-study activity consists of 34.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Nurses
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
You may earn up to 34.25 clock hours. For more information on ANCC credit availability, please see individual components. Or, scroll to the bottom of the CE information page and click the link for CE Credits breakdown.
California Nurses
PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 33.5 self-study contact hours.
** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Florida Nurses
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 33.5 self-study contact hours.

Educators, Teachers & School Professionals
California Licensed Educational Psychologists
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 2.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists
This self-study program has been approved for 33.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Other / No Jurisdiction
New York Creative Art Therapists
PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Art Therapists. #CAT-0087. This self-study activity will qualify for 41.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 34.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
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