1. Dbt Dialectical Agreements
2. Examples Of Dialectical Thinking Dbt
3. Dbt Diary Cards
4. Dbt Diary Card

Where:

PASADENA, CA

Dbt Dialectical Agreements

When:

Thursday, February 20, 2020 - Friday, February 21, 2020

Introduction to DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). Including: Definition, Stages and Goals, Overview, and an explanation of dialectical thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) diary card DBT skills training manual is not only constructed on the basic codes of cognitive behavior therapy but also uses the formulas of psychotherapy such as talk therapy also pays attention to the psychosocial domain that may cause various mental disorders. The overarching aim of the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification is to provide to the public at large and to relevant stakeholders a source that clearly identifies providers and programs that reliably offer DBT in a way that conforms to the evidence-based research. Are you a mental health professional seeking to implement a DBT program and learn the core principles and strategies of DBT? The goal of the DBT Comprehensive Online program is to enable you to establish an effective DBT practice so you are prepared to treat patients with challenging and difficult-to-treat behaviors.

1. Explain the underlying theory of Dialectics and Dialectic Behavior Therapy.
2. Integrate DBT skills for individuals and group therapy treatment into practice.
3. Teach DBT skills in the areas of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness to clients.
4. Utilize specific DBT skills for the treatment of a range of mental health symptoms, chemical dependency and complex co-morbidities.
5. Describe DBT tools and resources used to effectively change behavior.
6. Articulate a variety of strategies for teaching DBT skills to clients.
7. Demonstrate the use of crisis survival strategies to enhance distress tolerance.
8. Discriminate the DBT model from cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other treatment modalities.
9. Practice a multi-layered approach to validation of clients’ thoughts and feelings.
10. Apply DBT diary cards and chain (change) analysis techniques to address specific clinical issues in practice.
11. Summarize how to effectively operate consultative groups and treatment teams.
12. Assess and manage self-injurious and suicidal behaviors with clear protocols and safety plans.
13. Discuss the limitations and risks of DBT and areas of ongoing or future research regarding DBT effectiveness.

• Dialectics explained
• Core philosophies in practice
• Skills training techniques
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Examples Of Dialectical Thinking Dbt

• Grounded in the present while being connected to past & future
• Using core skills to achieve “Wise Mind”
• Learn classic and innovative mindfulness skills
• Mindfulness exercises

• Building frustration tolerance
• Utilizing crisis survival strategies and plans
• Learn classic and innovative distress tolerance skills
• Distress Tolerance exercises

• Understanding emotions and reducing vulnerability
• Incorporating self-care, opposite action and building positive experience
• Learn classic and innovative emotional regulation skills
• Emotional regulation exercises

• Balance in Relationships
• Objective, relationship and self-respect effectiveness
• Learn classic and innovative interpersonal effectiveness skills
• Interpersonal effectiveness exercises

• Understanding how therapy works: The Contextual Model
• Evidence-based practice
• Maximizing therapeutic factors, DBT-style
• Essential elements and functions of DBT revisited

• Structure as a therapeutic factor
• Structuring the therapy environment
• Identifying treatment targets:
Suicidality, self-injurious behavior (SIB), Therapy-interfering behavior (TIB), and other targets

• Levels of validation
• Validation as an informal exposure technique

• Self-monitoring with the diary card
• Behavioral contingencies
• DBT-style cognitive interventions
• Behavior Chain (Change) Analysis

• Increase your motivation
• Develop effective responses
• Qualities of effective treatment teams

• Counselors
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Case Managers
• Nurses
• Mental Health Professionals

BRAD SIMPSON, DSW, LCSW

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Dr. Stephanie Vaughn, PsyD, introduces the basic principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She discusses DBT's history, structure, stages and targets.

Sections

1. History of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Very Brief Introduction
2. What is the Meaning of Dialectics in DBT?
3. Biosocial Model in DBT: How Symptoms Arise and Are Maintained
4. Structure of Standard DBT: Pre-treatment and 4 Different Components
5. The 4 Stages & Targets in DBT
6. DBT Assumptions About Patients
7. Targets & Goals of DBT

Module 1 duration: 00:48:25

Dr. Vaughn focuses on how to create and run a DBT group. She takes a closer look at the most significant modules in DBT skills training, the most common problems in group work, and the importance of Mindfulness.

Sections

1. Starting a DBT Skills Group
2. How to Run a DBT Group
3. Problems in DBT group
4. Mindfulness & 3 States of Mind
5. What and How Skills
6. Interpersonal Effectiveness Module
7. Emotion Regulation Module

Module 2 duration: 00:58:13

In this module, we dive into the roles of the individual therapist in DBT. Dr. Vaughn discusses commitment strategies, specific agreements, and the use of the diary card and behavioral chain analysis in session. She also highlights the significance of prioritizing targets.

Sections

1. DBT Individual Therapist Roles
2. DBT Agreements & Commitment Strategies
3. Individual Session Overview
4. Diary Card
5. Prioritizing Targets: The DBT Hierarchy

Module 3 duration: 00:50:06

DBT is the only psychotherapy model which formally incorporates the use of intersession contact. Therefore, it is important to understand the corresponding protocols, utility, and functions. Dr. Vaughn also explores common therapist beliefs regarding this type of contact.

Sections:

1. Introduction to Inter-session Contact
2. Functions of Telephone Coaching
3. Orienting the Patient to Inter-Session Contact
4. The 24-Hour Rule
5. Observing Limits & Inter-session Contact

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Module 4 duration: 00:48:44

In this module, Dr. Vaughn explains how to identify and define therapy-interfering behaviors in order to properly address them. She also emphasizes the role of a dialectical stance when defining these behaviors.

Sections

1. 3 Types of Patient “Therapy-Interfering Behaviors”
2. Operational Definitions & Therapy-Interfering Behaviors
3. Taking a Dialectical Stance in Defining What is Therapy-Interfering Behavior
4. 4 Tips for Overcoming Fear of Addressing TIB’s
5. Therapy-Interfering Behavior of the Therapist

Module 5 duration: 00:49:57

In this module, we look closely at behavioral patterns that are essential to resolve and balance in therapy. Dr. Vaughn also guides us on how to provide a validating environment in which the patient may change more easily.

Sections

1. Dialectical Dilemmas Overview
2. Emotional Vulnerability vs Self-Invalidation
3. Unrelenting Crisis vs Inhibited Grieving
4. Active Passivity vs Apparent Competence
5. Basics of Validation
6. Invalidation in Therapy
7. Using Validation in Therapy
8. Six Levels of Validation

Module 6 duration: 01:10:52

All our sections are concise and clinically relevant, none of them lasts more than 12 minutes. That's our rule.

Stephanie Vaughn, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist-HSP is the owner of Psychē, PLLC, a boutique outpatient therapy practice located in the Gulch area of Nashville specializing in treating adults and adolescents utilizing Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

She is an Associate faculty member at Vanderbilt University for both the Psychology and Psychiatry Departments and is active in the teaching and supervision of Psychology students, Counseling students, and Psychiatry residents. She founded and currently leads Vanderbilt’s DBT peer consultation group and has served as a trainer and consultant for a variety of institutions including the U.S. Department of Defense, Kennedy Krieger Hospital in Baltimore, Jacksonville Naval Hospital, Kentucky State Hospital, and Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base.

Dr. Vaughn is one of only two DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinicians in Tennessee and is considered to be an expert within the field of DBT in treating Therapy-Interfering Behaviors and managing high-risk and oppositional adolescent behavior.

In addition to private practice, Dr. Vaughn has served as the interim Director of a women’s residential treatment center for Substance Use Disorders (DBT-SUD) and worked for 2 years in the intensive PTSD program at the Nashville Department of Veteran Affairs with soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq and female soldiers who experienced Military Sexual Trauma. She is a national speaker for and travels around the US teaching DBT and Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD.

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The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Psychopharmacology Institute (PSYIN). Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team

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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Psychopharmacology Institute (PSYIN). Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team

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