Australian DBT Institute's

Trauma Intensive Training Program

This program provides clinicians with a clear and practical approach to providing safe trauma therapy. The focus is on working with individuals with emotion regulation difficulties and preparing individuals for safe trauma memory processing and insight work.
Intensive Training Program
The program is scheduled over 6 months to support progress with your identified clients using this safe trauma therapy approach.
Phase Based Approach
Following both a Somatic Trauma Therapy and Stabilisation Based Therapy approach, the Trauma Intensive Workshop is split into three phases. Participants follow the phase-based approach with their clients and this is replicated within the treatment.
Flexible Learning Online!
Attend our flexible learning program run over a 6 month period and includes three weekend intensive practice based workshop blocks (2 days each) via Zoom in addition to all the components of the online learning program.

Years experiences

Intensives complete

2025-26 Trauma Therapy Intensive Training

Dr. King's safe trauma approach has been taught around the world!

Dr. Peter L. King provides training that closely aligns with the findings of his PhD as well as the original intent and techniques of Somatic Trauma Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, maintaining treatment fidelity and accuracy in its delivery. Dr. King has taught the Trauma Therapy Intensive Course and Supervised therapists throughout Australia, Singapore, Thailand and South Africa.

Dr. King received mentoring from Babette Rothschild, the author of "The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment" and developer of Somatic Trauma Therapy. 
Program Facilitator
Dr. King was mentored by Babette Rothschild for four years and co-facilitated training with Babette in Australia and the UK! 

Dr. Peter L. King

Clinical & Academic Lead
Asia Pacific DBT Institute

Asia Pacific DBT Institute

We are a specialist service founded to provide leadership in the delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and DBT Informed approaches throughout the Asia Pacific Region.
  • Over 17,000 mental health professionals have attended our CPD programs

  • Provided training to RCT practitioners who have identified DBT to be more effective than treatment as usual.

  • Expanded our services to the Southeast Asian region including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore forming the Asia Pacific DBT Institute in 2018.

  • We have published our unique online DBT approach and had many of our workshop participants publish their successful implementation of a DBT Informed approach

  • Successfully hosted international teaching tours with Behavioral Tech LLC (2003-2008), Babette Rothschild (2014-2018) and Dr. Sophie Rushbrook from Radically Open Ltd (2023 to current)

  • Our credentialed DBT practitioners have developed and facilitated will over 200 DBT programs in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore and Thailand.
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