About CMHE Academy

The CMHE Academy education portal offers a comprehensive platform for mental health practitioners to expand their knowledge and clinical competence in evidence-informed modalities, including DBT as well as approaches beyond the DBT framework.
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DBT

An evidenced based approach for maladaptive under-controlled coping!

RO DBT

An evidenced based approach for maladaptive over-controlled coping!

Trauma Informed

A range of trauma informed approaches including Somatic Trauma Therapy!

And More!

A range of other approaches  including CBT, Schema Therapy and more!
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We support you as you advance your career

We care about our mental health community and that is why we offer a wide range of online courses, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Radically Open DBT, Trauma Informed Approaches, and more. We want to help individuals live the healthiest lives possible by connecting with well trained and supported mental health professionals!
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CMHE Academy

World Wide Faculty

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CMHE Academy

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Independent Faculty

CMHE Academy

The CMHE Academy was established by the Asia Pacific DBT Institute in 2018 to broaden the scope of professional development opportunities available to mental health practitioners beyond Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-informed approaches. As part of the DBT Institute’s credentialing program, practitioners are expected to possess a diverse clinical toolkit. The CMHE Academy provides a platform for expanding knowledge and competence in evidence-informed modalities outside of DBT.

We are committed to enhancing the quality of training and professional development across the mental health sector. To this end, we offer a comprehensive suite of online and in-person programs led by local and international clinical and academic leaders. These programs include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Radically Open DBT, Trauma-Informed Approaches, and other evidence-based frameworks.

Our mission is to support individuals in living healthier and more fulfilling lives by equipping their mental health practitioners with high-quality, clinically grounded, and contemporary therapeutic approaches.

25+ Years of Experience

Students

Clinical Leaders

Awards

Commitment & Dedication

We’re dedicated to our shared vision and mission: to empower mental health practitioners, support organisations, and work together to make a collective impact.

Clinical Excellence through CPD

We strive for the highest standards of clinical training, clinical applications through our DBT Clinics, and support to clinicians. We value the evidence base and are committed to reviewing our practices through continuous improvement activities.

Accessibility through blended learning

We are dedicated to supporting mental health practitioners receive quality training and support to deliver evidence informed approaches. Our mentoring, supervision and CPD approaches are accessible through multiple platforms.

Respect for others

We believe respect is valuing and honouring diversity. Respect also goes hand in hand with being transparent. It is about being inclusive and collaborative as well as expressing the value and dignity we have for the people we interact with.
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Our team is ready to help develop your practice!

Dr. Peter L. King

Clinical & Academic Lead
Dr. Peter L. King is the developer of Stabilisation Based Therapy and the trauma informed adaption of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. He has been an educator since 2004 and has a Ph.D. in Social Work.
Dr. King holds an adjunct position with the faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. 

Dr. Sophie Rushbrook

International Faculty & RO DBT Lead
Dr Sophie Rushbrook is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is the Head of the Intensive Psychological Therapy Service in Dorset. Dr. Rushbrook was one of the first clinicians to be endorsed as a supervisor and trainer and has been supervising RO-DBT therapists since 2015.

Stuart Langley

ACT & Forensic Lead
Stuart trained in the United Kingdom, and has worked across a wide range of mental health services including forensic mental health, adolescent mental health and juvenile justice, drug and alcohol clinics, and multiple modes individual and family therapy. He has worked and delivered mental services in Europe, Africa, and Australia.

Allan Murray

ATSI Program Lead
Allan Murray is a proud Dhudhuroa-Yorta Yorta man with a passion to embed traditional Aboriginal LORE practices in everything he does. Allan has been a Senior Advisor to the Minster of Aboriginal Affairs, held a range of training and development roles and has developed the ATSI adaptions of DBT in partnership with the Australian DBT Institute since 2010.

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