Skills Essentials - May 2015

Auckland.

This two-day workshop covers the fundamentals of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Participants learn how to plan, structure, and conduct DBT skills classes. This workshop also addresses the targets for skills training, as well as how to apply fundamental DBT strategies in skills training. Extensive teaching and use of clinical examples are used to illustrate specific skills training procedures, assignment and review of homework with clients, and troubleshooting common skills training obstacles. This course is designed for all mental health professionals who want to learn to teach DBT skills or to improve their teaching with clients. This training will include the original DBT skills as developed by Dr. Linehan, and will incorporate material from her recently published DBT^® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition.

While this is our first training featuring material from the new Skills Training Manual, we plan to offer a training focussed on the new skills later in the year that will be designed for people who have already attended a skills essentials training.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the dialectic nature of DBT skills training
2. Identify the Strategies & Procedures required for effective teaching of DBT skills
3. Be able to utilize recent updates to DBT Skills training
4. Be familiar with DBT Skills Modules
5. Know how to structure DBT skills training for specific populations and settings
6. Effectively review DBT skills training homework

Training Level

• This is a beginning to intermediate level training.
• Similar training has been previously offered but this training covers materials from the new skills manual.

1. Registrations are confirmed only when payment is received by credit card (with Paypal), electronically or by cheque.
2. Payment must be made before the training. By registering you accept liability for the costs of the training.
3. Cancellations must be notified to us by email (or the website contact form) with full identifying information.
4. Cancellations received more than seven days before the event will receive a refund of the fees paid less an administration charge of $50 (for each event).
5. Refunds cannot be given after that date. Refunds will not be available until after the event.
6. A colleague may be substituted for no extra charge if we are notified at least two business days before the training event.
7. If registration numbers are low we may provide the event with only one trainer. Participants would be notified before the training and given the option of a full refund if they wished to withdraw from the event.
8. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration will be fully refunded but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.