Contact Hours: 6

Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes

Texts Referenced:

  • Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practical Guide by Kelly Koerner (Guilford Press)
  • The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook (New Harbinger Publications)
  • DBT Made Simple (New Harbinger Publications)
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  • www.dbtselfhelp.com
  • DBT for Substance Abusers


Objectives

  • Why was DBT created
  • Identify the philosophical and theoretical roots of DBT
  • Understanding Emotional Dysregulation
  • Identify DBT assumptions about clients and therapists
  • Explore skills to help clients learn: Distress Tolerance. Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness