Join us for an intensive one-day workshop on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for mental health professionals. Led by an experienced DBT practitioner, this workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to incorporate DBT into your clinical practice. The workshop will cover the core principles of DBT, including emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Alexa Mulee, MA, LMHC, CASAC-T is a licensed mental health clinician in the state of New York who specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, specifically in applying it to substance use disorders, eating disorders, and borderline personality disorders. She is the owner of Wise Mind Counseling, LLC where she provides weekly DBT groups and individual psychotherapy sessions.
OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1) Understand the theoretical framework and key principles of DBT, including its four components and their functions.
2) State knowledge of the skills needed to implement DBT in their clinical practice, including strategies for teaching clients the core skills of DBT, such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
3) Provide an overview of the evidence-based research supporting the effectiveness of DBT in treating a variety of mental health conditions, particularly borderline personality disorder, and to discuss the potential benefits and limitations of using DBT in clinical practice.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, March 29, 2024/ 8am - 5pm EST
8am-11am
DBT overview
History & Foundation of DBT
What is dialectics
Who does it help most
Biosocial theory
The 4 practice components
The 4 modules
7 Assumptions
BPD Review
What is BPD
Diagnostics
Subtypes
Myths
Client knows themselves best*
Validation skills (levels of validation)
Why is validation essential to DBT?
Levels of validation 1-6
BREAK 15 mins
11:15am-1pm
What & How Skills
Pocket mindful skills
Inner dialog/ Inner critic
Wise Mind
LUNCH 50 mins
1:50pm-3:30pm
ACCEPTS
TIPP / STOP
Riding the Wave
Radical Acceptance
BREAK 15 mins
3:45pm-5pm
Opposite Action
Emotion Identification
Emotional Bank Account
Boundary setting
DEARMAN
Q&A
LOCATION:
Virtual
COST: $200; an additional $50 for 8 CE’s.
Sign up for course HERE
CANCELATIONS AND REFUNDS/ MISSED TIME:
Partial credits will not be given. You must participate in the entirety of the workshop.
GRIEVENCE POLICY:
We take your feedback seriously. For grievances, questions or concerns, please contact Heather Claibourn, LCSW, CE coordinator at Heather@ShinePsychotherapy.org
CERTIFICATES:
Upon completion of the workshop and evaluation, certificates will be issued via email.
PROVIDER STATEMENTS:
SOCIAL WORK: Jumana Grassi LCSW NY# 0556 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the New York State Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers.
ACE: Jumana Grassi, #1721 is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Jumana Grassi maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/14/23-6/14/26. Social Workers completing this course receive 8 continuing education credits.
ADA Accommodations: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact us at least 7 days in advance of the event so that we can ensure accommodations are made.
*There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.