Abstract

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy introduces clients to four sets of skills that target crucial areas of difficulty related to ongoing difficulties with emotion: Core Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of these four important skill areas with demonstrations of how to teach skills to clients. This will all be framed in terms of how to maintain client attention, provide helpful feedback, and help clients actually embody and use skills outside of therapy.

Intended Audience

Registered Psychologists and other mental health practitioners who work regularly with individuals struggling with emotion dysregulation.

Learning Objectives

1. Have an understanding of the four broad skillsets in DBT and the skills deficits they are intended to address: Core Mindfulness (CM), Emotion Regulation (ER), Distress Tolerance (DT) and Interpersonal Effectiveness (IE).
2. Experience and practice of how skills can be brought to life and practiced with clients in the here and now
3. Develop an understanding of how to provide effective feedback to encourage shaping and skills generalization 

Presenter

Rachel King, Ph.D., R. Psych 

Rachel King, Ph.D., is a Registered Psychologist at Magpie Psychology in Edmonton. She completed her doctoral degree at the University of Alberta in 2019 and won the PAA Dissertation of the Year Award. Rachel completed her residency at the Edmonton Consortium in 2018 and has worked on DBT teams in both public health and private practice over the past 10 years. Rachel has published in the areas of hope, resilience, treatment of suicidality, and DBT treatment. Rachel has taught as a sessional lecturer at both the University of Alberta and Concordia University of Alberta. Over the past two years, Rachel has offered workshops through the PAA on the Principles of DBT. She lives near the river valley in Edmonton with her husband, two sons, and golden retriever.

Cancellation and Refunds

Cancellation and refunds may be applied for by email or phone call to the PAA Continuing Professional Development Officer.  Cancellations received fourteen (14) days prior to the Continuing Professional Development activity will receive a full refund of the registration fee, less a $35.00 + GST processing fee. PAA reserves the right to cancel any activity, in which case a full refund of the registration fee will be provided.

Continuing Education Credits

The Psychologists’ Association of Alberta (PAA) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer Continuing Education (CE) for psychologists. This workshop is offered for six (6.0) hours of CE Credit. Full attendance at the workshop is required to receive Continuing Education Credits. Partial credit will not be awarded, and late arrivals or early departure will preclude awarding of Continuing Education Credits. PAA maintains responsibility for the program.