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Dialectical Behavior Therapy’s guiding theory and deep use of acceptance-based and CBT tools and techniques makes it one of the most adaptable and useful treatments across settings and diagnoses.
Watch Lane Pederson, PsyD, as he hosts this one-day summit where you will hear from top DBT practitioners with real-world experience applying it to PTSD and attachment issues, dual diagnosis disorders, and even bipolar disorder.
In addition, you’ll learn:
- Distinctions between DBT and CBT that increase the effectiveness of this approach with clients that struggle with emotions and harmful urges
- The keys to making practice-based applications of DBT evidence-based
- Bring DBT online via Telehealth in the age of Covid-19
This summit concludes with a roundtable discussion of current client and DBT issues of concern to you. Watch faculty members: Lane Pederson, PsyD; Eboni Webb, PsyD; Sher van Djik, MSW and Steve Girardeau, PsyD for this exciting day of learning and connection with colleagues!
Session 1 – Trauma-Informed DBT Strategies – Eboni Webb, PsyD
- Propose the critical steps in clinical sessions for effective TFDBT therapy.
- Determine the biosocial model of pervasive emotional dysregulation disorders found in innately sensitive clients most vulnerable to trauma.
- Demonstrate validation of client’s self-defeating beliefs and feelings (e.g. trauma reenactments)
- Adapt DBT to somatic interventions for the clinical need of the client.
Session 2 – DBT-Informed Treatment of Bipolar Disorder – Sheri van Djik, MSW
- Determine the research and nature of current evidence base for using Dialectical Behavior Therapy with clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
- Integrate the core skills of DBT (mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness) in your clinical treatment planning for clients with bipolar disorder diagnosis.
- Propose how to conduct DBT sessions in both individual and group settings for this client base.
Session 3 – DBT for Dual Diagnosis: Innovation and Integration – Steve Girardeau, PsyD
- Determine three specific ways to plan therapy that integrates DBT and chemical health treatment.
- Extrapolate how an innovative model of care can more successfully address the special needs of a population with dual diagnoses.
- Propose how the model of care can support a different model of payment that best meets the needs of the population.
Session 4 – DBT in Action: Fundamentals, Following the Evidence, and DBT via Telehealth – Lane Pederson, PsyD
- Assess three important distinctions between DBT and CBT.
- Evaluate the differences between treatment fidelity and evidence-based practice.
- Determine three best practices for providing DBT via telehealth.
Session 1 – Trauma-Informed DBT Strategies – Eboni Webb, PsyD
Trauma and attachment
- Biosocial model
- Symptoms of a pervasive emotional dysregulation disorder
- Developmental vs. attachment trauma
Trauma and brain development
- Biphasic arousal model
- Core organizers of experience
TF-DBT survival resources
- Survival resources
- Somatic resources
Critical interventions
- Proximity maintenance: restructuring boundaries
- Creating a secure therapeutic base
- Creating a safe therapeutic haven
- Validation: Connection before redirection
Session 2 – DBT-Informed Treatment of Bipolar Disorder – Sheri van Djik, MSW
How DBT evolved as an effective treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BD)
On-target DBT skills applied to treatment of BD:
- Mindfulness
- Distress tolerance
- Emotion regulation
- Interpersonal effectiveness skills
Special considerations for teaching skills in group vs. individual sessions
The Research: Risks, limitations and the nature of current evidence base
Session 3 – DBT for Dual Diagnosis: Innovation and Integration – Steve Girardeau, PsyD
DBT and Chemical Health Treatment
- Separate tracks
- As they have been combined
What needs to be covered in interventions
- Breaking out of ineffective patterns
- Alternatives to emotional blunting
- Skillful addressing of issues vs. reactivity
- Development of healthy and supportive relationships
The special role of Dialectical Abstinence
- A process of change vs. an on off switch
- Leaving shame behind and replacing it with choices to reinforce
Key issues and applicaton in practice
- Full integration
- Address the full set of issues
- Expect slips/lapses and program to address them
- Focus on change and hope vs. shame and failure
Session 4 – DBT in Action: Fundamentals, Following the Evidence, and DBT via Telehealth – Lane Pederson, PsyD
Key similarities and differences between DBT and CBT
- Different theories drive different interventions
- Integrating acceptance to open the doors of change
Bring acceptance strategies to the session
- Key tips that will transform your use of mindfulness
- Debunking mindfulness myths
- Tolerance in the moment: What therapists commonly miss
How to make practice-based DBT evidence-based for special settings and populations
- Treatment fidelity and evidence-based practice
- Different, yet equally legitimate ways of following evidence
- Determine what works for your clients and setting
DBT online? Yes, you can!
- Telehealth in the age of Covid-19
- Future directions for DBT online
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