DBT: Beyond The Basics (Foundation Training Part 2)
Facilitated by: Dr. Shelley McMain, C.Psych.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
If you already know the basics of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), this course will take you deeper into the underlying theory and its core treatment strategies. You’ll use in-depth chain analyses to better understand problems and plan your treatment approach. You’ll learn how to manage in-session problem behavior, strengthen validation strategies and decrease polarization. You’ll acquire skills you can apply within a full DBT program or within other psychotherapeutic approaches. You’ll emerge better equipped to help clients with multiple disorders.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS COURSE, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Construct an individualized case formulation
- Recognize key links in a chain analysis and integrate this information with previous behavioural analyses
- Generate a solution analysis
- Recognize in-session self-invalidation and emotion vulnerability and describe strategies that can modify these in-session behaviours
- List a range of dialectical strategies to reduce polarization
Registrants will retain access to the course material and recordings of all classes for 30 days after the course concludes. All registrants will be able to download core content (PPT or PDF) and view recordings of classes. Class recordings cannot be downloaded.
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Shelley McMain, C. Psych., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Head of the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic and a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and Co-Founder of the Centre for MindBody Health in Toronto. She is a clinician, educator and researcher and a Certified DBT Practitioner. Dr. McMain is recognized as a leader in DBT in Canada and internationally. She conducts research in DBT, personality disorders, emotion regulation, suicide and self-harm, substance abuse, and psychotherapy process and outcomes. She has delivered 300+ conferences, colloquia, grand rounds, and trainings, and is widely recognized for her excellence in DBT training. Read Shelley’s full bio here.
This program has been approved by Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) for 8 CE Credits