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Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention to the present. This state is described as observing one’s thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers individuals comprehensive skills to manage painful memories and emotions and decrease conflicts in their relationships. This modality focuses on 4 specific areas of therapeutic skills. These are: Mindfulness – Helps individuals be present in the current moment. As a Mindfulness-based psychotherapist trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, I wholeheartedly embrace this quote, yet at times it seems impossible to achieve. Just as a surf instructor would not send a beginner out into a 10-foot swell, I would also not expect a novice mindfulness student to stay centered in the midst of an emotional storm. Reading Time: 6 minutes Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is becoming more and more popular for treating a range of mental health problems. Originally, DBT was developed as an outpatient treatment for women with borderline personality disorder (BPD), who frequently struggle with emotion dysregulation and recurrent suicidal ideation and behaviour 1Dimeff, L., & Linehan, M.
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- Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - Friday, April 24, 2020

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has evolved from the go-to treatment for borderline personality disorder to one of the most recognized and sought after therapies for a variety of difficult to treat client problems. The increasing pressure to adopt treatments that work makes DBT skills and strategies a must-have for all types of therapists.
For those who feel that pressure but fear becoming a “manual manic”, relax. Dr. Lane Pederson teaches how to follow the manual yet make thoughtful customizations consistent with evidence-based practices and always grounded in the therapeutic alliance. Covering DBT from theory to clinical application, including the use of diary cards, behavioral analysis, contingency management, and multi-layered validation, this certificate course welcomes those implementing DBT in standard and adapted ways as well as those wishing to simply add DBT skills and techniques to their eclectic or integrative style.
If you have felt limited or stuck with your therapy skills or ready to give up on certain clients, this certificate course will breathe new life into your work. You will leave ready to use the essentials of DBT listed above as well as skills from the Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Modules with your clients, enjoying new confidence in and effectiveness with your clinical skill set.
Lane Pederson, Psy.D., LP, is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.
- Discriminate DBT from the contextual model of therapy.
- Evaluate DBT research in light of the contextual model and the Evidence-Based Practice of Psychology (EBPP).
- Correlate DBT philosophies and interventions to the therapeutic factors that most improve outcomes.
- Explore dialectic philosophies and their application in therapy.
- Determine how the core assumptions of DBT are put into action in therapy.
- Assess how DBT theory drives therapeutic interventions.
- Communicate how to balance validation and change strategies in clinical situations.
- Integrate mindfulness techniques into therapy
- Implement an effective therapy structure that includes identifying clear treatment goals.
- Practice how to effectively teach the four standard DBT skills modules - mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.
- Design teaching strategies for skills training sessions.
- Plan and teach supplemental DBT skills and modules.
- Practice DBT skills training techniques in small groups.
- Recommend how to seamlessly integrate DBT skills into individual therapy.
- Discriminate the DBT model from cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other treatment modalities.
- Practice a multi-layered approach to validation of clients' thoughts and feelings.
- Establish balance validation with the most effective (and practical) methods of behavior change.
- Practice reciprocal and irreverent communication styles, to be utilized within the therapy session.
- Comment on the key differences between traditional cognitive interventions and DBT-style cognitive interventions.
- Practice therapy techniques with effective pacing, balance, and flow.
- Articulate when to use (and not to use) exposure techniques.
- Employ DBT diary cards and chain (change) analysis.
- Propose how to operate with consultative groups and treatment teams.
- Assess and manage self-injurious and suicidal behaviors with clear protocols and safety plans.
- Establish clear plans for crisis management, including psychiatric hospitalizations.
OUTLINE
Foundations of DBT
- The Story of DBT
- Explicit focus on validation
- Cognitive-behavioral change strategies
- Skills training
- Consultative approach
- Mindfulness
- Dialectical balance
- Five functions of DBT
- Is it DBT?: What’s needed in a DBT clinical process
- Dialectics explained
- Dialectical assumptions
- Dialectics in action
- Dialectical Abstinence. When NOT to be dialectical
- Acceptance and nonjudgmental stance
- View of clients, therapist and therapy
- DBT Modes and Formats
- DBT Research: Understanding and Context
- Evidence-Based Practice versus
- Evidence-Based Treatments
- Understanding how therapy works
- Six decades of empirical research
- Maximizing therapeutic factors, DBT-style
- Biosocial theory of difficulties
- How theory drives therapy
- Update to Theory: RO DBT
- Structure as a therapeutic factor
- Structuring the environment
- DBT Stages
- Identifying treatment targets: suicidality, self-injurious behavior (SIB), therapy-interfering behavior (TIB), and other targets
- Children and Adolescents
- Substance Use Disorders
- Levels of Care
- Mindfulness explained
- Mindfulness of the approach
- Mindfulness as a therapy technique
- Mindfulness in life
- Integrating skills into therapy
- Using skills to develop new behaviors
- Methods for skills training
- What skills: observe describe, participate
- How skills: nonjudgmental, one-mindful, effectively
- Mindfulness practice and application
- Identify dialectical dilemmas
- Activate Wise Mind action
- For adolescents and parents: Middle path
- For substance use disorders: dialectical abstinence
- Wise mind ACCEPTS
- IMPROVE the moment
- Pros and cons
- Radical acceptance/turning the mind
- Model of emotions
- PLEASED
- Build positive experiences
- Opposite action

- FAST skills
- GIVE skills
- DEAR MAN skills
- Urge surfing
- Bridge burning
- TIP
- DBT Clinical Process
- Standard
- Adapted for special populations
- Getting the client on board
- Build awareness and options
- Bridging into solution analysis
Validation
- A multi-layered approach
- As an exposure technique
- Used dialectically with change
- Difference from normalization
- Behavioral principals
- Contingency procedures
- Best behavior change methods
- DBT-style cognitive interventions
- When to use (and not to use)
- Exposure protocols
- Alternatives to exposure
- Reciprocal
- Irreverent
- Increase your motivation
- Develop effective responses
- Qualities of effective treatment teams
- When is SIB life-threatening?
- Creating alternatives
- Suicide assessment techniques
- Establishing safety protocols
- Safety plans and safety commitments
- Effective use of the hospital
- Transitions in and out

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- What you learned and what you need
- Developing your plan
- Taking action
- Counselors
- Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Psychiatrists
- Social Workers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Case Managers
- Nurses
- Mental Health Professionals
LANE PEDERSON, PSY.D, LP
Dr. Pederson’s DBT publications include The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual, 2nd Edition: DBT for Self-Help and Individual & Group Treatment Settings (PESI, 2017); Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Contemporary Guide for Practitioners (Wiley, 2015); and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment Settings (PESI, 2013) and The DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists: 101 Mindful Practices to Manage Distress, Regulate Emotions & Build Better Relationships (PESI, 2019).
Notable organizations he has trained for include Walter Reed National Military Hospital, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Ontario Psychological Association, the Omid Foundation, and Psychotherapy Networker. He has provided DBT training for community mental health agencies, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospital and residential care settings, and to therapists in forensic settings. Dr. Pederson also co-owns Acacia Therapy and Health Training (www.AcaciaTraining.co.za) in South Africa. Dr. Pederson currently serves on the advisory board for the doctorial counseling program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a peer reviewer for Forensic Scholars Today.
Lane Pederson is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organization.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lane Pederson maintains a private practice. He is an author for PESI Publishing & Media and receives royalties. Dr. Pederson receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Lane Pederson has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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