About Us – The South African DBT Institute

WHY DBT CAMPUS:

Interactive Online Training through our Virtual Campus ensures that you can upskill yourself from the comfort of your own home. This cost-effective, efficient platform makes training in scientific treatment modalities easily accessible.
Face-to-Face Intensive Training Opportunities are provided in a workshop format and in collaboration with our partners. Empowering yourself through further investment in evidence-based treatment will ensure valuable outcomes for your patients.
Efficient Mental Health Treatment is not only our mission, but also a passion. Whether utilising our online skills-training opportunities or in-person individual treatment, DBT Campus aims to provide you with the latest evidence-based, cost-effective treatment.

OUR VISION

To provide accessible, evidence-based treatment, flexible, world-class training and rigorous research.

OUR MISSION

To increase access to evidence-based, community-focused and cost-effective treatment for individuals with complex, multi-diagnostic behavioural health conditions.

To train mental health professionals and treatment teams to use a range of evidence-based strategies to effectively treat individuals with complex, multi-diagnostic behavioural health conditions.

OUR CORE FACULTY

Werner Teichert

Werner Teichert is a registered clinical psychologist in South Africa (HPCSA: PS0123684) and Australia (AHPRA: PSY0002192885)(MAPS). He was trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) by Behavioral Tech, in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) by The Albert Ellis Institute (New York) and in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) by The Beck Institute. As the managing director of the South African DBT Institute, he has been involved in program formation, training and supervision of clinicians in DBT for the last 4 years.