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Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Miriam Arond2024-07-16T11:21:45-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: bipolar disorder, self harm, bpd, dbt, psychotherapy, PTSD, co-occurring disorder, evidence based, ed institute, Dialectical Behavior, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use, Depression|

Dates: 7/30/24 & 8/6/24 Time: 9-10:30am Contact hrs: 5 CEU’s: 5 Enrollment Limit: 20 Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment originally designed for individuals with suicidal or self-harm behaviors. It has come to be an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality (BPD). However, many other clients and disorders have been shown to benefit from DBT, such as depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, or alcohol and drug use disorders. It can be applied as a behavioral therapy to any target behavior that the client would want to ...

Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan

Date: 4/9/24 & 4/16/24 Time: 9-10:30am Contact Hrs: 3 CEU’s: 3 Enrollment Limited to: 20 Trauma is becoming more prominently identified in clinical and mainstream rhetoric. Even if clinicians do not work as “trauma therapists,” they will more than likely encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. The DSM-5-TR diagnoses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders are complex in their criteria and differentials. Beyond that, the clinical picture is further complicated by the different presentations of survivors of complex ...