1. Healthcare

Updates to Dialectical
Behavior Therapy Skills Training
March 10-11, 2015
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. both days
Southern Regional AHEC, Resident’s Lecture Center
1601 Owen Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304
In affiliation with Duke University Medical Center
Part of the NC AHEC Program
Target Audience
This workshop will be beneficial for psychologists, clinicians, therapists, counselors, social workers, marriage and family
therapists, substance abuse counselors and all interested others.
Program Description
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is an empirically supported treatment for suicide and for borderline personality disorder
(BPD). DBT is based on a skills deficit model that views dysfunctional behavior as either a consequence of lacking skills
to solve problems or a maladaptive approach to problem solving. Consequently, DBT includes more than 60 concrete skills
translated from behavioral research and other evidence-based treatments that are grouped into four modules: (a) mindfulness
skills, which emphasize observing, describing, and participating in the present moment effectively and without judgment; (b)
emotion regulation skills, including strategies for changing emotions and for changing the tendency to respond emotionally;
(c) interpersonal effectiveness skills, ranging from social skills to assertiveness and interpersonal problem solving; and (d)
distress tolerance skills, including strategies to control impulsive actions and to radically accept difficult life events. Evidence
suggests that these skills alone are effective in reducing psychopathology in a variety of populations including forensic
adults, suicidal adolescents, adults with ADHD, individuals with depression and anxiety, individuals with eating disorders
and substance use disorders. This workshop will present all the DBT skills focusing on the changes in the new DBT Skills
Training Manual (released in November) as well as information on how to teach and help your clients apply these skills in
common clinical situations.
Program Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Describe applications of DBT skills and the research findings supporting the application of the treatment;
•Identify mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills;
•Identify adapting teaching and examples of DBT skills to different clinical presentations or clinical settings;
•Discuss the updates to the skills that are included in the upcoming skills training manual;
•Discuss exposure to core DBT strategies and their application within the framework of skills training; and
•Describe an introduction to skills coaching and how to best do it over the phone.
Fee
Registration Fees: $199 if registration and payment are postmarked on or before February 27; $210 thereafter.
SR-AHEC requires full payment for all registrations prior to the program date. We no longer accept purchase orders or
supervisor’s approval signatures in lieu of payment. Access to workshop materials and handouts cannot be released until
payment is received. Early and regular rates will be determined by the date of receipt.
Faculty
Andrada D. Neacsiu, Ph.D., has completed her doctoral degree (with distinction) in clinical psychology at the University
of Washington under the mentorship of Dr. Linehan and did her internship training in behavioral medicine at Harborview
Medical Center in Seattle. She is currently a clinical associate in the department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical
Center under the mentorship of Dr. Rosenthal. Her research focuses on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), borderline
personality disorder (BPD), and treatment development for emotion dysregulation. Clinically, Dr. Neacsiu specializes in cases
that are complex and difficult to treat, such as cases where there are multiple comorbidities, cases combining psychological
and medical problems, and BPD cases.
Agenda
DAY 1
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
12 p.m.
1 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Morning: DBT Skills Training Research and Structure
Registration
What is DBT-ST, Whom Do I Do It with and What’s the Evidence for It?
Break
DBT Principles and Strategies in Skills Training
Lunch (on your own)
Afternoon: Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance Skills
Mindfulness Skills
Break
Crisis Survival Skills
Reality Acceptance Skills
Adjournment
DAY 2
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
12 p.m.
1 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Morning: Emotion Regulation Skills
Registration
Understanding Emotions
Break
Changing Intense Emotions and Reducing Vulnerability to Emotions
Lunch (on your own)
Afternoon: Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
Dear Man Give Fast
Break
Building Relationships and Ending Destructive Ones
Walking the Middle Path
Adjournment
Credit
CEU: 1.2
Contact Hours: 12.0
Credit will be awarded to participants who attend 100% of the program. SR-AHEC adheres to NAADAC Education Provider
Guidelines Provider #843 (Substance Abuse Credit). SR-AHEC is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider
(ACEP™) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is
responsible for all aspects of the program. (Provider #5362)
No partial credit will be given. Individuals arriving 15 minutes or more after the starting time will not receive credit.
Substitutes/Refunds/Transfers
Participants who register for the program and are not able to attend, may:
• Send a substitute;
• Cancel 48 business hours before the program and receive a voucher for 100% of
the registration fee for use at a future SR-AHEC program; or
• Cancel 48 business hours before the program and obtain a refund for 70% of the
registration fee.
Cancellations less than 48 business hours before the program are non-refundable. Participants who register for a program and
do not attend will forfeit the full amount of the program registration fee.
Contact
La-Lisa Hewett-Robinson, Director Mental Health CE, SR-AHEC
910-678-7293/[email protected]
Melanie Wheeler, Program Assistant Mental Health CE, SR-AHEC
910-678-7209/[email protected]
For information on program
registration, call 910-678-7226.
Registration Form
DBT Skills Training
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Phone: 910-678-7226 Fax: 910-323-0674
Online: http://www.aheconnect.com/ncahec/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=45764
Mail: SR-AHEC, Attention Registrar, 1601 Owen Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304
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