$99.99

4.5 CEs
CEU Course

DBT Intensive Part 1: Foundation, Model, and Culturally Responsive DBT (April 2024)

This workshop is Part 1 of a 5-Part Series on DBT theory, skills, and practice. It is recommended to attend all five parts to receive the full DBT training, however you may attend a portion of the series if you are unable to attend all parts. 4.5 Continuing Education credits will be provided for attending each part, totaling 22.5 total CE credits if attending all five parts.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally created to treat adults with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and suicidal behaviors (Mehlum, 2021). The creation of DBT was ground-breaking in providing a highly effective approach for previously stigmatized presentations. DBT is a cognitive behavioral treatment that incorporates dialectics of acceptance and change, behavioral conceptualization, and concrete skills in mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. DBT has been shown to be highly effective in reducing symptoms such as suicidal and self-harm behaviors and improving quality of life for adolescents and adults struggling with BPD (Gillespie et al., 2022).

Date

4/12/2024 11:00AM - 5:00PM EST

Instructors

Emily Wharton, PsyD

Cost

$99.99

Credit Hours

4.5 clinical CEs

Course Overview

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally created to treat adults with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and suicidal behaviors (Mehlum, 2021). The creation of DBT was ground-breaking in providing a highly effective approach for previously stigmatized presentations. DBT is a cognitive behavioral treatment that incorporates dialectics of acceptance and change, behavioral conceptualization, and concrete skills in mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. DBT has been shown to be highly effective in reducing symptoms such as suicidal and self-harm behaviors and improving quality of life for adolescents and adults struggling with BPD (Gillespie et al., 2022).

The full adherent treatment model of DBT, called “Comprehensive DBT” consists of four components: weekly skills group (2 to 2.5 hours long, with modules consisting of Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance), weekly individual therapy, 24/7 in vivo phone coaching, consultation team (attended by all DBT therapists) (O’Hayer, 2021). However, many patients do not have access to comprehensive DBT programs, and many clinicians are unable to provide every component of the model (Valentine et al., 2020). Thus, many clinics offer standalone DBT skills groups, and many providers offer DBT-informed individual psychotherapy.

Since DBT became the “gold standard” treatment for BPD, self-harm, and suicidal behaviors, numerous studies have emerged regarding the effectiveness of DBT for other disorders as well. Emerging studies have found strong outcomes in using DBT for substance use disorders (Warner & Murphy, 2022), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and complex trauma (Bohus et al., 2020), and eating disorders (Brown et al., 2020). Researchers have developed cultural adaptations of DBT to more effectively support communities of color and marginalized groups that were not sufficiently represented in earlier DBT studies (Haft et al., 2022). DBT practitioners and critics have examined ways to challenge problematic aspects of DBT interventions and have suggested ways to hold an anti-racist DBT stance, such as ideas presented in the article, “You Didn’t Cause Racism, and You Have to Solve it Anyways”: Antiracist Adaptations to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for White Therapists (Pierson et al., 2022).

Given these multicultural, diagnostic, and practical considerations, flexibility and responsiveness are key in providing effective, individualized DBT. While some DBT trainings often focus on only the fully adherent, BPD-specific application of DBT, this training will teach the core DBT interventions and discuss how to provide DBT flexibly with responsiveness to different presentations and cultural populations. Experiential exercises, case examples, and multimedia will be used to provide applied, practical, clinical learning. The primary focus of this training series is on how to provide DBT in a flexible, responsive, and individualized manner, while maintaining fidelity to DBT core principles and practices.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will explain the dialectic of acceptance and change.
  • Participants will describe the core tenets and underlying theory of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
  • Participants will explain how the DBT model fits the presentation of Borderline Personality Disorder.
  • Participants will list the four core components and four skills modules of DBT.
  • Participants will illustrate how to incorporate cultural humility and responsiveness into DBT.

  • Course Bibliography

    Bohus, M., Kleindienst, N., Hahn, C., Müller-Engelmann, M., Ludäscher, P., Steil, R., Fydrich, T., Kuehner, C., Resick, P. A., Stiglmayr, C., Schmahl, C., & Priebe, K. (2020). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD) Compared With Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in Complex Presentations of PTSD in Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 77(12), 1235–1245.

    Brown, T. A., Wisniewski, L., & Anderson, L. K. (2020). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders: State of the Research and New Directions. Eating Disorders, 28(2), 97–100.

    Germer, C. & Neff, K. (2013). The Mindful Self-Compassion training program. In T. Singer & M. Bolz..Compassion: Bridging theory and practice: A multimedia book (pp. 365-396). Leipzig, Germany: Max-Planck Institute.

    Gillespie, C., Murphy, M., & Joyce, M. (2022). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of Outcomes After One Year of Follow-Up. Journal of Personality Disorders, 36(4), 431–454.

    Haft, S. L., O’Grady, S. M., Shaller, E. A. L., & Liu, N. H. (2022). Cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy: A systematic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

    Harned, M. S., Korslund, K. E., & Linehan, M. M. (2014). A pilot randomized controlled trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy with and without the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure protocol for suicidal and self-injuring women with borderline personality disorder and PTSD. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 55, 7–17.

    Harrell, S. P. (2014). Compassionate confrontation and empathic exploration: The integration of race-related narratives in clinical supervision. In Multiculturalism and diversity in clinical supervision: A competency-based approach (pp. 83–110). American Psychological Association.

    Lenz, A., Taylor, R., Fleming, M., & Serman, N. (2014). Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Treating Eating Disorders. Journal of Counseling & Development, 92.

    Linehan, M. (2014a). DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets: Second Edition. Guilford Press.

    Linehan, M. (2014b). DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition. Guilford Publications.

    Linehan, M. M. (1993). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder (pp. xvii, 558). Guilford Press.

    NEA BPD (Director). (2020, June 18). Racism is an extreme invalidating environment.

    O’Hayer, C. V. (2021). Building a Life Worth Living During a Pandemic and Beyond: Adaptations of Comprehensive DBT to COVID-19. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(4), 588–596.

    Pierson, A. M., Arunagiri, V., & Bond, D. M. (2022). “You Didn’t Cause Racism, and You Have to Solve it Anyways”: Antiracist Adaptations to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for White Therapists. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 29(4), 796–815.

    Rathus, J. H., & Miller, A. L. (2014). DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents. Guilford Publications.

    Safer, D. L., Telch, C. F., & Agras, W. S. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy adapted for bulimia: A case report. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 30(1), 101–106.

    Valentine, S. E., Smith, A. M., & Stewart, K. (2020). Chapter 15—A review of the empirical evidence for DBT skills training as a stand-alone intervention. In J. Bedics (Ed.), The Handbook of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (pp. 325–358). Academic Press.

    Warner, N., & Murphy, M. (2022). Dialectical behaviour therapy skills training for individuals with substance use disorder: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41(2), 501–516.

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    Course Schedule

    Course Date Course Start Time Course End Time Timezone
    4/12/2024 11:00AM 5:00PM EST

    Course Agenda

    Course Event Day or Date Course Agenda Time Block Course Content Covered
    DAY 1 11am-11:50 Lecture: Origins and Underlying theory of DBT [50 minutes]
  • Historical context of the emergence of DBT for BPD
  • Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. on acceptance-oriented therapies and change-oriented therapies
  • Dialectics as core principle of DBT
  • Live reflection and discussion on change and acceptance dialectic
  • DAY 1 11:50am-12:00pm Break
    DAY 1 12:00pm-1:00pm Lecture and Discussion: Comprehensive DBT [60 minutes] Breakout rooms practice: acceptance and change role-play, dialectics Individual therapy, skills group, therapist consultation, phone coaching
    DAY 1 1:00pm-2:00pm Break
    DAY 1 2:00pm-3:00pm Lecture and Discussion: DBT Model [60 minutes]
    • Biopsychosocial model of BPD
    • Brief overview of four modules: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness
    • How DBT targets each “deficit” of the biopsychosocial model
      • Case example
      • What’s possible when “full-model DBT” is not accessible for client/therapist?
    DAY 1 3pm-3:10pm Break
    DAY 1 3:10pm-4:20 Culturally Responsive DBT [70 minutes]
  • Racism, discrimination, system invalidation, racial trauma
  • Basic assumptions of DBT and challenges: practicing cultural humility and anti-racist DBT
  • Skills Practice “breaking down the therapist-client power dynamic”: Practicing DBT skills yourself from the inside out
  • DAY 1 4:20-4:30pm Break
    DAY 1 4:30-5pm Review, Questions, Homework [30 minutes]

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