VIRTUAL DELIVERY - "Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - Beyond the Basics" -Many therapists have been introduced to core concepts of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) through Sheri Van Dijk’s workshop "Calming the Emotional Storm", as well as through her books. The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - Beyond the Basics workshop is intended for clinicians with a basic understanding of DBT who want to develop more sophisticated and targeted interventions by: 1) Delving further into treatment planning from a DBT perspective and learning how to decide which DBT interventions will best suit a client’s needs |
Online: | Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:00AM - Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:55PM |
General: | Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:00AM - Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:55PM |
Information and Requirements Learning Outcomes • How to use DBT strategies and skills to treat psychiatric illnesses other than borderline personality disorder, including bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety, and issues such as anger, grief, and self-esteem • Awareness of challenges that new DBT therapists encounter, ideas to help therapists deal with client "resistance", and techniques to help clinicians manage escalating emotions during the session • Expand your knowledge of DBT strategies and skills through lecture, small and large group discussions, and practical exercises • Focus more on how to apply the DBT skills to your own personal and professional life, and learn how these skills will help to reduce feelings of ineffectiveness and burnout with clients • Enhance your skills in validation and being non-judgmental in order to help your clients learn to tolerate their emotional experiences and move forward • Practice considering clients from a behaviour theory perspective to help you analyze what might be keeping people stuck • Learn more dialectical strategies to help clients move forward in treatment, and to elicit commitment to working “We strongly recommend students complete the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Workshop offered through UNBC Continuing Studies prior to taking the DBT Beyond the Basics workshop.” | |
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