2-Day Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Intensive
1/20/2020 - 1/21/2020
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans - Convention Cen, New Orleans
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an empirically validated approach for working with mental health, chemical dependency, and complex comorbidity. Designed to empower clients to establish mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, DBT assists clinicians in treating clients with emotional problems, suicidal, self-harm, and self-sabotaging urges and behaviors, and challenging interpersonal styles.
Attend this 2-day intensive training and receive a detailed understanding and foundation of the skills of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as applied to clients with mental health and chemical dependency issues. Going beyond symptom management, these skills are designed to improve functioning to build satisfying lives.
This course explores DBT’s theoretical basis, specific DBT interventions, and how to teach skills in individual and group settings. Familiarity with these skills and techniques along with experiential exercises will enhance your clinical skills and professional development.
Guided by the latest research and policy in evidence-based practices, this course teaches the clinical process and content of DBT from theory to practice. Going beyond prescriptive applications, this course shows you how to use essentials such as validation, dialectical strategies, communication styles, and the best ways of changing behaviors in order to effectively balance acceptance and change with your clients. Complete with education on user-friendly diary cards and chain analysis protocols, you will leave this seminar with increased DBT competency as well as many new tools including client worksheets to bring to your clinical practice.
Course Highlights
- Use DBT flexibly, creatively and effectively for a variety of clients
- Build a foundation of DBT competency
- Integrate DBT skills into individual and group therapy
- Use case examples as a guide for effective application of skills in clinical situations
- Learn DBT “inside-out” form theory to application
- Practice diary cards and chain analysis protocols
This course counts towards the educational requirement when applying for Certification in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Evergreen Certification Institute (EVGCI).
For more information or to register: https://www.pesi.com/events/detail/76177/2-day-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt-intensive-training
This workshop has been approved for 12.5 CE clock hours in Diagnosis. It has not been reviewed for NBCC credits.
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