Ukraine
About Us
A significant event that marked the beginning of DBT development in Ukraine was the conference in 2016 with Martin Bohus introducing DBT for Ukrainians. The first program (classical training for specialists) was held in Odesa, the leading trainer was Tetyana Reinhardt, born in Ukraine, who lives in Germany and works in Martin’s team. Since then, the German institute AWP Frieburg and our DBT Center Ukraine in joint cooperation conduct a one-year training course for new therapists in Ukraine every year. In 2019, the first two Ukrainian therapists were accredited. They are now studying further to become DBT trainers, participating in the training as co-trainers. We hope that there will be accredited Ukrainian-speaking trainers and supervisors in Ukraine, as teaching through translation carries its own difficulties and additional financial burden. Despite all the difficulties of the war, DBT is flourishing in Ukraine. We are grateful to Martin Bohus and Tetyana Reinhardt for their long-standing cooperation and invaluable contribution to the development of DBT in Ukraine.
Local therapy programmes
1. DBT skills training. Online. 5 groups every half a year. People fund the training by themselves.
2. Individual therapy. In-person, online. People fund the therapy by themselves.
3. Therapists’ team meetings
4. DBT and DBT PTSD trainings for psychologists. Online. Conducted by Tetyana Reinhardt (as main trainer), Yuliia Padun and Yuliia Dzhezhelii (as co-trainers). Psychologists fund the training by themselves.
5. Educational trainings for psychologists in DBT-C method (DBT for children), DBT basics, DBT training for parents. Online. Conducted by Francheska Perepletchikova (as main trainer), Yuliia Padun and Yuliia Dzhezhelii (as co-trainers). Psychologists do not pay for the training. Francheska Perepletchikova offers Ukrainian participants the opportunity to attend free of charge.
Members
Ukrainian Association of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (UADBT) was founded in 2019 and now has 67 members. The association members include: psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists who have been trained in the DBT method.
President — Yuliia Padun
Vice-President — Yuliia Dzhezhelii