Kelly Koerner - November 2015

Auckland.

Doing DBT: enhancing your individual therapy practice

DBTNZ is delighted to announce a unique opportunity to attend a New Zealand DBT training run by Kelly Koerner – an internationally recognised expert DBT trainer and therapist.

Kelly is the inspiration and energy behind the PracticeGround international learning community.  She is Creative Director of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute, LLC, where she combines technology, design, and social enterprise to help clinicians improve clients' outcomes. She is an expert clinician, clinical supervisor, and trainer in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with specialized training in other evidence-based practices. As a trainer, she is known for her warmth and highly engaging, practical teaching style. She is adjunct clinical faculty at the University of Washington. Her recent book is Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practical Guide. Kelly worked for many years with Dr Linehan as DBT was being developed and later as a researcher, Director of Training and CEO for Behavioral Tech.

This training will cover many of the core DBT philosophies/interventions applied to the most difficult situations and contexts (e.g. validation, dialectics especially the balance of change and acceptance, jazz of DBT, behaviour therapy, therapy-interfering behaviour), drawing from the best of the many 5-day advanced DBT trainings that Kelly has delivered.

Learning Objectives

• making use of DBT case formulation
• treating secondary targets
• increasing emotion focus (including informal exposure)
• Targeting in-session dysfunctional behaviour (e.g., wilfulness, dissociation, anger)
• increasing the movement, speed and flow of therapy

Training Level

• This is an intermediate to advanced level training and will assume a good working knowledge of DBT.
• We recommend that participants have attended at least a two-day DBT training (such as a DBTNZ or Behavioral Tech event) or worked in a comprehensive DBT program for at least three months.
• You will need to already know the treatment fundamentals to make the most of this training.  If you have any doubts about your DBT skill level then get in touch.

Trainer

Dr Kelly Koerner, PhD. (Click for more info)

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+GST (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. 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.