Event Description:  Registration for this program will close at noon on Thursday, September 10.

What if we framed the destructive behaviors that clients often describe in session, not as the result of low motivation, but as skill deficits? This course will introduce effective strategies to assist clients in increasing their ability to regulate emotions and behaviors in order to meet their life goals. The course covers the fundamentals of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Participants will learn how to plan, structure, and conduct DBT skills classes and individual skills training. The program will include a combination of lecture, clinical examples, experiential exercises, and role plays to illustrate specific skills training procedures, assignment and review of homework with clients, and troubleshooting common skills training obstacles. These skills can be utilized within DBT or in conjunction with another approach or evidenced based practice. This course will include the skills, as developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, and is designed for all mental health professionals who want to learn to teach DBT skills or to improve their instructional skills with clients.

Participants do not need advance knowledge of DBT.

Faculty
Becca E. Edwards-Powell, MSW, LCSW is currently the Director of Staff Development at Carolina Outreach, LLC., where she trains and supervises clinical staff, provides case consultation, and clinical quality management. Her background includes working with adult and child survivors of trauma in both group and individual therapy. Additionally, she has extensive training and experience in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to assist individuals with severe emotional dysregulation. She joined Carolina Outreach in 2008 working with children and families and has held several roles within the agency during her tenure. She is nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH School of Social work and the NCAHEC Program.

LIVE EVENT INFORMATION: The live portion(s) of this course will be delivered via ZOOM. To access, log in and go to My Courses and Events in your dashboard. Click the OPEN button for the event to open the online course area. You will see the Web Conference list including date/time and the JOIN button when it is time to join the live conference. In most instances you may join up to 30 minutes prior to the event start time.
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