DBT KOREAㅣHistory

History of DBT KOREA | DBT Institute of Korea

Dr. Cho Yong, who founded DBT KOREA | DBT Institute of Korea, initiated individual DBT therapy and DBT skills training classes for Korean immigrants at Zucker-Hillside Hospital in New York in 1997. Dr. Cho’s work with Korean immigrants in therapy was featured by The New York Times.

 

From 2003 onwards, the DBT team led by Dr. Cho provided DBT services in Seoul for both Korean-speaking and English-speaking clients. In 2007, together with Dr. Marsha Linehan and Dr. Jill Rathus from the EBTCS Institute in Seattle at the time, the team launched the DBT Center of Korea, a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center.

 

To ensure ethical and responsible DBT therapy in clinical settings, DBT KOREA translated and published Dr. Marsha Linehan’s [DBT Skills Training Manual, 2nd Edition], [DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, 2nd Edition], and Dr. Alec Miller and Dr. Jill Rathus’s [DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents]. These translations are protected by Korean, U.S., and international copyright laws.

 

In 2008, DBT KOREA invited Dr. Marsha Linehan to conduct a workshop, aiming to provide the same high standard of DBT therapy in Korea as in the United States. Following Dr. Linehan’s guidance, they introduced Experiential classes for professionals dedicated to DBT therapy and have consistently conducted high-quality educational training programs in Korea.

 

In 2018, after completing the translation of two volumes of Dr. Marsha Linehan’s DBT Skills Training Manual, 2nd Edition, and the 2nd Edition of DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets for Clinicians, Dr. Cho began preparations to launch the DBT Intensive Training and DBT Experiential Classes for professionals in partnership with the Behavioral Tech Institute in Seattle.

 

Initially, DBT KOREA aims to start the DBT Intensive Training course, a training program widely attended by DBT therapists and teams worldwide in Korea. In collaboration with Dr. Jill Rathus’s team at Behavioral Tech, it has been planned to launch the first DBT Intensive Training program in Korea in December 2023.

 

To fulfill their educational mission alongside institutions like the Behavioral Tech Institute, DBT KOREA officially established the DBT Institute of Korea as a separate entity under its umbrella.

DBT Center of Korea and Dr. Linehan's workshop

DBT Center of Korea was founded