Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy [DBT] provides tools and strategies to increase
client and therapist motivation, facilitate change in multiple
intransigent, severe disorders, and manage crises and difficult
problems that arise in session (e.g., dissociation, attacking the
therapist, refusing to speak, etc.).
This workshop is
intended for experienced mental health professionals, whether
experienced with DBT or simply interested in increasing one’s range
of interventions with difficult-to-treat patients. Topics will
include the detail and nuance of first sessions of individual
psychotherapy in DBT, assessment and treatment of life-threatening
behaviours and therapy-interfering behaviours, and coordination of
care.
Objectives:
·
Describe
how individual psychotherapy combines with other service
modes to provide comprehensive treatment
·
Describe
how to develop motivated clients
·
Identify
specific strategies and change procedures to address severe
and longstanding problems
·
Generate
interventions to change behaviours that interfere with
therapeutic progress, including how to better observe one's
own personal and therapeutic limits
·
Describe
the application of dialectical principles and strategies to
avoid and resolve therapeutic impasses and power struggles
with clients and increase effective coordination with other
treatment providers
It is recommended
that participants read Linehan’s (1993) Skills Training Manual for
Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (NY: Guilford Press) and
Linehan’s (1993) Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline
Personality Disorder (NY: Guilford Press) prior to attending the
workshop.
Entry requirements
This
course is open to health professionals who have an understanding of
DBT and wish to further their knowledge through formalised study
in the area. Completion of this course or one of Mental Health
Australia's other
DBT programs is a pre-requisite for the
Intensive DBT Course
If your
organisation is seeking
internal delivery of this course, please feel free to
Contact Peter
King on 0424 868 893 for more details or email:
peterk@dbtworkshops.com
