DBT Skills 101: How to Teach Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Describe at least two theoretical components of DBT
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Identify at least three of the distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness skills
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Identify three ways distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness skills can be implemented with clients
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this presentation is for participants to gain knowledge in theoretical components of DBT, distress tolerance/interpersonal effectiveness skills, and how to implement the skills with clients.
Description
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skills-based approach widely used to treat various mental health concerns. DBT encompasses skills in four main categories: core mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. For clinicians to be effective at infusing DBT skills into their clinical practice, it is important for clinicians first to learn the skills of DBT and how to teach them to clients. In this presentation, participants will briefly review the theoretical components of DBT, learn distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness skills, and understand how to implement the skills with clients.
Target Audience
- ADRA CE Hour(s):
- ADRA CE Hour(s):
Presenters
Staci Tessmer, M.A., LPCC-S, NCC, BC-TMH, has over 10+ years of clinical, supervisory, and administrative experience at both the inpatient and outpatient levels of care. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adult populations. Staci currently works as the Training Coordinator at Kent State University’s Counseling and Psychological Services, overseeing internal and external training programming and conducting therapy sessions with students.
Staci has been actively involved in counseling organizations since 2013, holding various leadership positions. Additionally, she has presented at numerous local, state, and national conferences and workshops on a variety of counseling topics. Staci also serves as adjunct faculty in the clinical mental health counseling programs for Kent State and Youngstown State University.