Devereux & Anna Maria College Social Work Program
present
2009 Community Co-op Workshops
Freely sharing expertise for the betterment of the community
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Females in Residential Care
Presented by: Elana Hersh, MA, Girls Program Clinician and DBT Treatment Coordinator
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Devereux
60 Miles Road
Rutland, MA 01543
508-886-4746, ext. 314
Audience: Mental Health practitioners and paraprofessionals working with adolescents in residential and community settings
Description: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed in the early 1990’s by Marsha Linehan as a form of treatment for women with histories of self-harm and suicidal behavior. This type of treatment is an integration of traditional behavior therapy and Eastern-origin mindfulness practices. Fundamental to DBT is the notion that clients have inherent wisdom and capabilities to bring about change in their own lives, and it is the therapist’s role to uncover and help gain access to this wisdom and capability. DBT aims at enhancing clients’ capabilities (or skills) in four key areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness.
- Participants will enhance their clinical skill with an understanding of DBT strategies for enhancing client capabilities.
- Participants will gain an understanding of DBT strategies to improve client motivation.
- Participants will learn how to structure their milieu environment using a DBT framework.
Course Outline
- Teach strategies for enhancing client capabilities
- Skills training
- Validation
- Coaching
- Teach strategies to improve client motivation
- DBT assumptions about clients and treatment.
- Strengthen the relationship.
- Commitment strategies
- Contingency management
- Teach strategies to structure the milieu environment
- Tools of the trade
- Treatment adherence
- Teach strategies to enhance capabilities and motivation to treat clients effectively
A. Consultation team, staff training and participation in groups
Linehan, M.M. (1993). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.
Miller, A. L., Rathus, J.H., Linehan, M.M. (2007). Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. New York: Gilford Press.
Swenson, C.R., Torrey, M.D. and Koerner, K. (2002). Implementing dialectical behavior therapy. Psychiatric Services, 53, 171-178.
