0619 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills Training
Course Description
Hours: 12
A core mode of intervention within DBT is the skills group, whereby clients are taught more skillful ways to regulate their emotions, effectively manage the distressing situations in their lives, and improve and maintain relationships with the people around them. These skills are taught in a weekly skills group for adults and in a multi-family skills group for the adolescent population. There is currently evidence that supports decreases in problematic behaviour and increases in adaptive coping by implementing skills group as a stand-alone intervention, when risk is not present; this has resulted with widescale implementation of DBT skills across a variety of populations and settings.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the mode and function of skills training within the overall treatment framework.
- Understand the difference between “group therapy” and DBT skills group.
- Teach each of the core modules in DBT:
- Mindfulness
- Distress Tolerance
- Walking the Middle Path -- a review of principles of behaviorism, validation and dialectical thinking will be provided and are a review of these concepts that are covered in the Introduction to DBT workshop
- Emotion Regulation
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
Notes
Time Zone: All listed class times are held in ET (Ontario, Canada)
For more information contact the Faculty of Social Work Professional Development office:
Email: fswprofessionaldevelopment@wlu.ca
Phone: 548-889-5128
Cancellations and Transfers
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Website: wlu.ca/fswpd