Testimonials

I have gained a lot from drawing sketches (rating and downrating), validation, accurate reflecting and control of presence; the chain analysis and finding self-strategies and solution helping patients at that crisis point.

I would highly recommend this training to those at the frontline workers like my colleagues working in crisis team/Home treatment team.

Beebee

Crisis Practitioner

In Part Two of the intensive  training course there was a lot more information given which was great as there were a lot of examples on how to present assignments and lots of handouts and valuable information shared with everyone. It is so helpful to have examples of how to present course work as it is quite different working from home  and not being in the university and working in a face to face  class room with fellow students and Tutors.

Tracy

Community Mental Health Nurse

The training was very in depth and gave me a good insight into the best practices for treatment of CPTSD using the new DBT for PTSD protocol. The instructor was very knowledgeable and I came away feeling confident in my understanding and ability to apply the skills in practice. I will definitely be doing more courses with British Isles in the future.

Cordelia

Psychiatry doctor

Excellent training – would recommend to anyone working in a DBT team. I’ve applied a lot of the skills in my DBT group and the training answered lots of my questions about how to handle different situations. For example, what to do when clients haven’t done the home practice.

Amy and Christine made the training interesting, enjoyable and very relevant. They brought personality into the teaching and I think this is super important. Plenty of chance to ask questions and interact with others in the training too.

Sian

Assistant Psychologist

The training, as ever, was really engaging and grounded in practical opportunities to learn. Amy and Christine worked well together and bring different but complimentary approaches to providing DBT Skills Training. Both Amy and Christine are incredibly patient as there is so much to get to grips within learning about and applying DBT skills in skills training. I feel much more confident and competent in providing DBT Skill Training for clients and I refer to the training frequently. The trainers have such a great wealth of experience in diverse settings which makes the training more credible since so many clients struggle with buying into it as approach and this impacts the buy in of practitioners as well. So having this experience between them enables a broad range of practitioners to train and trust that DBT is applicable to a wide range of clients in various settings and circumstances. Amy and Christine were very open, authentic, and very willing to answer questions and take the time to explain concepts and applications that can at times be harder to apply. Thank you once again for amazing training!

Mandy

Counsellor and Director

The training event was extremely informative and the skills I learnt over the 5 days has enhanced my daily practice by reaffirming that transparency, honesty and respect with young people and their families/carers is well received especially when you have to be more direct with them in understanding and supporting during very difficult times to empower change.

Both trainers enthusiasm and passion for DBT came through brilliantly, the way they made it feel more real by sharing stories of people they have supported over many years gave us a context on each day of the training on different skills which really embedded the ability to learn new skills even for me who has 30 years of experiences (just proves you’re never too old to learn new things haha)

Thank you all 😊

Pushpa

CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner and Systemic Family Practitioner