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Testing an Alliance-Focused Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training for Borderline Personality Disorder

NCT07119541 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-12-02

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Summary

The study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and effect sizes of two alliance-focused dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) training interventions to improve therapists' abilities to recognize and respond to alliance ruptures with clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either a 4-week training as usual (TAU), which include didactic training plus reflective practice (i.e., thinking about past actions to gain insight for future actions) or a 4-week didactic training plus deliberate practice training (i.e., setting individualized training goals, skills coaching, and opportunities for repeated practice with expert feedback). A pre-post design will be used to assess effect sizes for change in participants' abilities to recognize and respond to alliance ruptures. Therapist characteristics will be assessed to determine moderating effects on training outcome. Feasibility and acceptability of the training intervention will be assessed following the trainings.

Conditions

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Emotion Dysregulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Alliance-Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy plus Deliberate Practice

The alliance-focused DBT training plus deliberate practice is a 4-session weekly intervention delivered to therapists working with individuals with borderline personality disorder or emotion dysregulation. This training intervention involves a didactic component, video analysis, and case-based learning. Deliberate practice methods (e.g., setting individualized training goals, skills coaching, feedback, and opportunities for repeated practice) will be integrated both within and between training sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Alliance-Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy plus Reflective Practice

The alliance-focused DBT training plus reflective practice is a 4-session weekly intervention delivered to therapists working with individuals with borderline personality disorder or emotion dysregulation. Trainings will involve a didactic component, video analysis, and case-based learning. Reflective practice methods (i.e., thinking about past experiences to gain insight for future actions) will be integrated both within and between training sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • York University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tali Boritz, Ph.D. · York University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-01
Primary Completion
2025-11-28
Completion
2026-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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