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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): 8-Week Intensive Certificate Course
Online Course
$700.00 USD
$599.99
Product Details
Format:
Online Course   Instructions
Authors:
LANE PEDERSON, PSYD, LP, C-DBT
EBONI WEBB, PSYD, HSP
Publisher:
PESI
Copyright:
4/21/2015
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
VPC001056
Objectives
[+] [-] 044810 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Conference: Practice-Based Intensive DBT Training
Developing the Foundation
  1. Describe DBT from the contextual model of therapy
  2. Evaluate DBT research in light of the contextual model and the Evidence-Based Practice of Psychology (EBPP)
  3. Connect DBT philosophies and interventions to the therapeutic factors that most improve outcomes
  4. Explain dialectic philosophies and their application in therapy
  5. Demonstrate how the core assumptions of DBT are put into action
  6. Explain how DBT theory drives interventions
  7. Develop the fluid movement between validation and change strategies
  8. Integrate mindfulness into therapy (and your own life)
  9. Implement an effective therapy structure that includes identifying clear treatment targets

Skills Training
  1. Effectively integrate skills training into therapy
  2. Identify teaching strategies for skills training sessions
  3. Effectively teach the 4 standard DBT skills modules
  4. Explain and teach supplemental DBT skills and modules
  5. Practice skills training techniques in small groups

DBT Therapy
  1. Summarize DBT from cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other approaches
  2. Practice a multi-layered approach to validation
  3. Balance validation with the most effective (and practical) methods of behavior change
  4. Practice reciprocal and irreverent communication styles
  5. Demonstrate the key differences between traditional cognitive interventions and DBT-style cognitive interventions
  6. Practice therapy techniques with effective pacing, balance, and flow
  7. Determine when to use (and not to use) exposure techniques

Managing Challenging Behaviors
  1. Master DBT diary cards and chain (change) analysis
  2. Effectively participate with consultative groups and treatment teams
  3. Assess and manage self-injurious and suicidal behaviors with clear protocols and safety plans
  4. Establish clear plans for hospitalizations
  5. Establish a plan for your further development as a DBT therapist
  6. Describe how you will use DBT in your practice

[+] [-] 046210 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Children and Adolescents: Rescuing the Dysregulated Child
  1. List the critical “ingredients” for effective DBT therapy.
  2. Describe the biosocial model of pervasive emotional dysregulation disorders found in innately sensitive children.
  3. Utilize behavior modification strategies at the earliest stage of dysregulation.
  4. Summarize the importance of structure in both skills training and home environments and how to teach parents or care providers to implement these strategies.
  5. Explain how to adapt each skills module to reflect the language of the child.
  6. Explain the role of parents/therapists/care providers and how to reestablish a safe and loving structure that enables the child to learn and generalize skills.

Outline
[+] [-] 044810 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Conference: Practice-Based Intensive DBT Training
Developing the Foundation
  • Essentials of DBT
    1. Explicit focus on validation
    2. Cognitive-behavioral change strategies
    3. Dialectical balance
    4. Skills training
    5. Mindfulness
    6. Consultative approach
  • DBT and the Contextual Model
    1. Understanding how therapy works
    2. Six decades of empirical research
    3. Evidence-based practice
    4. Maximizing therapeutic factors, DBT-style
  • Dialectics in Practice
    1. Dialectics explained
    2. Dialectic assumptions
    3. Dialectics in action
  • Core Assumptions of DBT
    1. Acceptance and nonjudgmental stance
    2. View of clients, therapists, and therapy
    3. What's needed in a DBT clinical process
  • Biosocial Model
    1. Biosocial theory of difficulties
    2. How theory drives therapy
  • Mindfulness and DBT
    1. Mindfulness explained
    2. Mindfulness of the approach
    3. Mindfulness as a therapy technique
    4. Mindfulness in life
  • Getting Started: Structuring Therapy
    1. Structure as a therapeutic factor
    2. Structuring the therapy environment
    3. Identifying treatment targets: suicidality, self-injurious behavior (SIB), therapy-interfering behavior (TIB), and other targets
  • Making It Practical: Structuring Your Therapy or Program

Skills Training
  • Skills Training
    1. Integrating skills into therapy
    2. Using skills to develop new behaviors
  • Mindfulness: The Path to Wise Mind
    1. What skills: observe describe, participate
    2. How skills: nonjudgmental, one-mindful, effectively
    3. Mindfulness practice and application
  • Teaching Dialectics
    1. Identify dialectical dilemmas
    2. Activate Wise Mind action
  • Distress Tolerance
    1. Wise mind ACCEPTS
    2. IMPROVE the Moment
    3. Pros and cons
    4. Radical Acceptance/turning the mind
  • Emotion Regulation
    1. Model of Emotions
    2. PLEASED
    3. Build positive experiences
    4. Opposite action
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
    1. FAST skills
    2. GIVE skills
    3. DEAR MAN skills
  • Other Skill Modules
    1. Boundaries
    2. Problem-solving

DBT Therapy
  • Validation
    1. Multi-layered approach to validation
    2. Validation as an exposure technique
    3. Balance of validation and change
  • Change Interventions
    1. Behavioral principals
    2. Contingency procedures
    3. Best behavior change methods
    4. DBT-style cognitive interventions
  • Exposure Techniques
    1. When to use (and not to use)
    2. E xposure protocols
    3. Alternatives to exposure
  • Communication Styles
    1. Reciprocal
    2. Irreverent

Managing Challenging Behaviors
  • Diary Cards: Standard and Adapted Behavior Chain (Change) Analysis
    1. Getting the client on board
    2. Build awareness and options
  • Consultative Group and Treatment Teams
    1. Increase your motivation
    2. Develop effective responses
    3. Qualities of effective treatment teams
  • Assess and Manage Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB)
    1. SIB assessment techniques
    2. When is SIB life-threatening?
    3. Creating alternatives
  • Assess and Manage Suicidal Ideation (SI)
    1. Suicide assessment techniques
    2. Establishing safety protocols
    3. Safety plans and safety commitments
  • Hospitalization Issues
    1. Effective use of the hospital
    2. Transitions in and out
  • Next Steps
    1. What you learned and what you need
    2. Developing your plan
    3. Taking action

[+] [-] 046210 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Children and Adolescents: Rescuing the Dysregulated Child
Developmental Theory and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Biosocial Model
  • Attachment style
  • Impact of trauma
  • Effects of inadequate validation in early emotional development
  • Symptoms of a pervasive emotional dysregulation disorder
  • Key Dialectical Dilemmas
Adapt DBT to Key Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
  • ADHD
  • Attachment Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)/Conduct Disorder (CD)
  • Eating disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Substance abuse
Skills Training with Experiential Activities
  • Mindfulness (reducing vulnerability to self-medicating behaviors common in ADHD & Depression)
  • Emotion Regulation (attachment disorders, anxiety)
  • Distress Tolerance (ODD /AD HD/eating disorders)
  • Interpersonal effectiveness
  • Validation
Behavior Modification and DBT
  • DBT relationship and change strategies
  • Validation and change
  • Practicing dialectical thinking
  • Creating opportunities to practice skills to avoid ineffective coping behaviors
Group Skills Format
  • Concurrent skills training
  • Multifamily skills training
  • Tracking outcomes to ensure effectiveness of approach

Author

LANE PEDERSON, PSYD, LP, C-DBT

LANE PEDERSON, PSYD, LP, C-DBT Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, C-DBT, has provided Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training and consultation to over 30,000 professionals in the United States, Australia, South Africa, England, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East through his training and consultation company, Lane Pederson and Associates, LLC (www.DrLanePederson.com).A real-world practitioner, Dr. Pederson co-owns Mental Health Systems, PC (MHS), one of the largest DBT-specialized practices in the United States with four clinic locations in Minnesota (www.mhs-dbt.com). At MHS Dr. Pederson has developed DBT programs for adolescents, adults, people with dual disorders, and people with developmental disabilities. He has served as clinical and training directors, has directed practice-based clinical outcome studies, and has overseen the care of thousands of clients in need of intensive outpatient services.
Dr. Pederson’s DBT publications include The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual, 2nd Edition: DBT for Self-Help and Individual & Group Treatment Settings (PESI, 2017); Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Contemporary Guide for Practitioners (Wiley, 2015); and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings (PESI, 2013) and The DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists: 101 Mindful Practices to Manage Distress, Regulate Emotions & Build Better Relationships (PESI, 2019).
Notable organizations he has trained for include Walter Reed National Military Hospital, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Ontario Psychological Association, the Omid Foundation, and Psychotherapy Networker. He has provided DBT training for community mental health agencies, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospital and residential care settings, and to therapists in forensic settings. Dr. Pederson also co-owns Acacia Therapy and Health Training (www.AcaciaTraining.co.za) in South Africa. Dr. Pederson currently serves on the advisory board for the doctorial counseling program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a peer reviewer for Forensic Scholars Today.
Lane Pederson is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organization. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lane Pederson maintains private practice and is the founder and CEO of Dialectical Behavior Therapy National Certification and Accreditation Association. He receives compensation as a national speaker and receives royalties as a published author. Lane Pederson receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lane Pederson has no relevant non-financial relationships.

EBONI WEBB, PSYD, HSP

Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP, opened the private practice Kairos in Middle Tennessee in July 2010. Kairos, now The Village of Kairos, offers diverse DBT specializations including DBT or trauma-based disorders and co-occurring disorders. The Village of Kairos has expanded therapy programs, better known as Restorative Services, to include individual and group therapy sessions for adolescents, parents, families, and adults including in-the-moment coaching for patients.

Dr. Webb earned her Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Webb began her clinical work as assistant clinical director and program director at Mental Health Systems in Minnesota, a large clinic specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She has extensively practiced DBT, developing two special treatment programs for clients with developmental disabilities and borderline-intellectual functioning.

Dr. Webb has completed Level II training and is currently in the process of completing her board certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy as an Advanced Certified Practitioner, which has become a prominent feature of therapy offerings in the Village.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Eboni Webb maintains a private practice, and she has public speaking relationships with Acacia Therapy and Health Training and Jack Hirose and Associates, Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Eboni Webb is an Executive Board Member for Mental Health America-Middle Tennessee.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
[+] [-] Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
[+] [-] 044810 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Conference: Practice-Based Intensive DBT Training
[+] [-] 046210 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Children and Adolescents: Rescuing the Dysregulated Child
Audience
Counselors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Mental Health Professionals, Nurses, Nurses and other Mental Health Professionals