Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Case Conceptualization, Treatment, and Skills

Three (3) Hour Workshop for Texas Psychologists, LPCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs

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Friday, February 24, 2023  - 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Workshop Description

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been established as an effective treatment to address self-harm behavior, emotion dysregulation, and other mental health problems, including borderline personality disorder, substance dependence, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and later life depression. This workshop will review application of the DBT model to adult and adolescent populations, including how to integrate families through a multi-family DBT skills group.

Learning Objectives

• Describe how the DBT philosophy and model apply to different patient populations
• Describe how to adapt DBT skills group for use with adults, adolescents and families
• Describe how to adapt DBT skills for use with adults, adolescents and families

Presenters

Brittany Hall, PhD is an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She earned her graduate degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2014 and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Harbor UCLA where she received extensive training in supervision and treatment modalities of CBT, DBT, CBASP, and ACT. She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015.

Dr. Hall serves as the Lead Adolescent Young Adult Psychologist for the Fort Worth Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Coalition and UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute. Among her many activities, she conducts research with the AYA population to design innovative psychosocial interventions. In addition, Dr. Hall co-founded the DBT Training Program with Dr. Hughes in 2016. She provides clinical supervision and research mentorship for undergraduate and doctoral students.

Jennifer L. Hughes, PhD, MPH is a Psychologist and Clinical Scholar in Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, College of Medicine, and the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, at The Ohio State University. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the UT Southwestern Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, supporting the CDRC Risk and Resilience Network, which includes partnerships with local schools and youth community organizations to implement mental health promotion, resilience, and suicide prevention programs, the dissemination and implementation of the Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) program through the CDRC Training Academy, and the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network, an initiative of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium. Dr. Hughes received her Ph.D. from UT Southwestern Medical Center and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Hughes is a co-developer of two evidence-based treatments, one for relapse prevention of depression in children and adolescents (Relapse Prevention CBT; Kennard, Hughes, & Foxwell, 2016) and one utilizing family-based CBT for suicidal youth and their parents (SAFETY; Asarnow et al., 2015, 2017, 2021; Hughes & Asarnow, 2021). Dr. Hughes is the recipient of a Young Investigator Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to adapt and test an intervention designed to prevent future suicide attempts in adolescents. Most recently, Dr. Hughes’s work has focused on universal suicide prevention in youth through a school-based mental health promotion and suicide prevention program called Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM). She is an international trainer for YAM, working with the intervention developers to disseminate this program in the United States (Texas and Montana), Australia, and India. Dr. Hughes is a past Chair (2017-2018) of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Child and Adolescent Depression Special Interest Group (SIG) and has served as the Newsletter Editor (2017-2021), APA Convention Program Chair (2013-2015), and Member-at-Large for Science and Practice (2023-2026) for the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 53, Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Broadly, Dr. Hughes’ research explores the efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for building resilience, the prevention and treatment of youth depression, and addressing suicide in youth. Dr. Hughes recently delivered a TED talk for TEDxKids@SMU. Click for more information.

Registration Fees

Please ensure DPA membership is current before registering at the discounted member rate. Non-Members Join DPA Now or Renew Membership to receive the discount.

Early Registration (by 02/21/23): DPA Member - $75; Non-Member - $105; DPA Student/Intern/Postdoc Member - $25; Non-Member Student/Intern/Postdoc - $55

Delayed/Onsite Registration (after 02/21/23; registration ends 02/23/23 at noon): DPA Member - $95; Non-Member - $125; DPA Student/Intern/Postdoc Member - $45; Non-Member Student/Intern/Postdoc - $75

Additional Info

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Accreditation Statement

Psychologists - This activity qualifies for 3.0 hours of professional development credit for Texas Psychologists. Dallas Psychological Association, Inc. (DPA) maintains responsibility for the program and its content as per TSBEP rule 461.11(c)(2)(A). Counselors - This activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. DPA activities meet the continuing education requirements as outlined in Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors rule 681.142. Social Workers - This activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. DPA activities meet the continuing education requirements as outlined in Texas State Board of Examiners of Social Workers rules 781.509 and 781.511(a)-(c). Marriage and Family Therapists - This activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. DPA activities meet the continuing education requirements as outlined in Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists rule 801.264. For all license categories, full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. Please retain the certificate of completion and use as proof of completion when required.