September 14, 2018

8:00AM – 4:30PM

Norris Conference Center

2525 W. Anderson Lane

Austin, Texas 78757

(512) 902-3282

appointments@austindbtassociates.com

Training Summary:

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment designed to help patients who struggle with emotion regulation, interpersonal chaos, and impulsive and avoidant behavioral patterns. DBT was originally developed to treat patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. In the last ten years, it has proven to be an effective treatment with other diagnostic populations, due to the focus on a common dilemma across diagnostic categories: difficulties regulating the intensity of negative emotions.

Participants will leave with a solid foundation of the structural framework of DBT and an understanding of DBT skills. This training will address some of the primary frustrations that clinicians have when learning a new modality, including patient selection criteria and troubleshooting problems in real world application. In the mental health field, clinicians are often well trained in validation, and are struggling to apply change strategies while managing fallout in the therapeutic relationship (maintaining commitment to treatment). DBT goes beyond treating diagnostic symptoms and moves into addressing behavioral patterns that interfere with building a life worth living. It focuses on the clinician’s own therapy interfering behaviors, including hopelessness. DBT has helped to re-conceptualize the prognosis for patients who have struggled to make progress in past treatments.

Training Objectives:

Integrate the theory and application of DBT into practice
Review current research on DBT
Gain an understanding of the structural framework of adherent DBT
Learn how to effectively teach DBT Skills Modules
How to identify and shape therapy interfering behaviors
Balancing change and acceptance strategies with intentionality
How to measure improvements in emotion regulation and impulsive behavioral patterns (its not always what you think!)
Introduction to specific focus on sub-specialties of DBT including RODBT and DBT SUD
How DBT translates when working with adolescents and families
How to work with personality disorders in an effective way
How to effectively utilize team consultation to help reduce clinician burnout

The Presenters:

Penny Kruger, LCSW is the Clinical Lead of Seton Behavioral Health Care's DBT Intensive Outpatient Program and Director of Austin DBT Associates. Penny founded the first DBT Intensive Outpatient Program in Austin in 2005. Nicole Lansbery, M.A., LPC-S, LMFT-A is the Director of Austin DBT Associates. They have 23 years of combined experience in application and program development of DBT across clinical settings. The trainers have developed and provided trainings in residential treatment centers, forensic settings, inpatient programs, intensive outpatient programs, school systems and community agencies. Penny and Nicole have lectured in university settings (University of Texas, St. Edwards University) and provided training to psychiatric residency programs. The trainers have direct experience applying DBT in inpatient settings, intensive outpatient settings, and outpatient practice.