Credit Available - See CEUs tab below.
The data is in, and rates of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and even suicide continue to escalate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Clients have never been more in need of practical Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and tools to survive, and even thrive, through these challenging times.
Join Dr. Lane Pederson, an award-winning author and trainer who serves over 550 DBT clients both in-person and online in his five clinics in Minnesota, USA. He’ll share key insights on dialectical strategies, distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills for these times, and important information on conducting DBT safely and effectively via Telehealth.
1. Name three key dialectical conflicts to resolve during COVID-19
2. List five or more DBT skills for the COVID-19 era
3. Describe how self-monitoring leads to effective action
4. List three best practices for DBT Telehealth
5. Explain how contingency management leads to effective outcomes in any setting
9 am to 9:30 am:
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Taking Control: Core Tenets of DBT in Action
9:30 am to 10:00 am:
Working Dialectics: Problems and Opportunities
COVID-specific conflicts and resolutions
10:30 am to 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am to 11:15 am:
Dialectical Exercises for Clients
Pandemic Skills
Distress Tolerance
Emotion Regulation
11:15 am to 11:45 am :
Anchoring the Skills
Scheduling and Monitoring
Tracking via the Diary Card
Follow-Through: The Premack Principle
11:45 am to 12 pm: Break
12 pm to 12:45 pm:
Delivering DBT via Telehealth
Best Practices
Contingency Management
Ensuring Safety
12:45 pm to 1:15 pm: Questions
This course is available for 4 total CPDs.
The HPCSA has declared that any on-line courses CPD/CEU credited by a certified US board, is automatically CPD/CEU credited in South Africa.
As there are different boards for different disciplines, we at Acacia suggest that you use the Counselling CPD/CEU credits. These correspond to South African credits of one CPD/CEU per 60 minutes. If you choose to use your discipline's credits, please do so at your discretion.
This course is available for 4 total CPDs.
The HPCSA has declared that any on-line courses CPD/CEU credited by a certified US board, is automatically CPD/CEU credited in South Africa.
As there are different boards for different disciplines, we at Acacia suggest that you use the Counselling CPD/CEU credits. These correspond to South African credits of one CPD/CEU per 60 minutes. If you choose to use your discipline's credits, please do so at your discretion.
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Dr. Pederson is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist, author, trainer, and consultant who understands the challenges and opportunities of implementing DBT in real-word settings. He has been an invited speaker for large national conferences and private events of all sizes and has trained over 10,000 professionals in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada, and Mexico. He has provided specialized DBT training and consultation to mental health centers, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospital settings, and forensic settings. Notable organizations that have contracted DBT services with Lane Pederson and Associates, LLC include the American Psychological Association (APA), the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA), the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the United States Navy, Walter Reed National Military Hospital, and Psychotherapy Networker.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Lane Pederson maintains a private practice. He is an author for PESI Publishing & Media and receives royalties. Dr. Pederson receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lane Pederson has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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