Difficult But Not Impossible:
DBT and the Value of Social Work
(3 Social Work CE Hours) 

 

Workshop Description: 

This workshop will give participants an introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), including conceptualizations of Borderline Personality Disorder and emotion dysregulation, which support Social Work’s values of dignity, worth, and competence.  DBT helps clients lead a “Life Worth Living” through modifying behavior and teaching skills.  Participants will gain an understanding about key components of this evidence based treatment including Biosocial Theory, Dialectics, Modes of Treatment, Assumptions of Skills Training, and Clinical Challenges.  Participants will also be able to identify characteristics of programs that demonstrate fidelity to the treatment model as laid out by psychologist Marsha M. Linehan, creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Learning Objectives:

• Highlight three ways in which DBT differs from treatment as usual 
• Explain key components of a comprehensive DBT program 
• Understand biosocial theory and the role of validation 
• Identify importance of finding balance through synthesis of opposites (“both/and” versus “either/or”) 
• Learn at least one skill from each skills training module (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation) 

Target Audience: Behavioral Health Professionals, Social Workers, Clinicians 

Teaching Modality: Combination of PowerPoint, Didactic Presentation, Case Examples and Q&A.

 Content will include concepts of human behavior in the social environment, principles of clinical social work, psychotherapy, and clinical social work diagnosis.  

APPROVED FOR 3 CE HOURS (LMSW/LCSW)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness, Inc. SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0156.

*New York State Office of the Professions (NYSED) regulations require that participants attend the entire approved educational activity in order to receive continuing education credits, from 9:00am-12:00pm.

No Refunds will be issued for cancellations.

Certiticate of Completion will be provided at the end of the workshop.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Linda McLehose, LCSW-R earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from SUNY Stony Brook.  Linda specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, and substance abuse, and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy from Behavioral Tech, Inc.

Linda is a recognized provider by the World Trade Center Health Program, and has been a member of a DBT consultation team since 2015.    

Linda also served as the Director of Clinical Services at the Association for Mental Health and Wellness, providing program development, oversight, and clinical supervision to therapists and program directors within the agency’s PROS mental health clinics.

Dr. Jenny Hwang is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma, substance misuse, and borderline personality disorder. After working at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as a research psychologist, she joined the staff at Stony Brook University where she worked for eight years to develop and lead community-level mental health prevention and intervention initiatives for the university population of over 23,000 students.

Dr. Hwang has received extensive supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy and has completed intensive trainings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the Beck Institute and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) from Behavioral Tech. She is a recognized provider by the World Trade Center Health Program and Committee on Physician Health. 

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