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Consolidated Continuing Education and Professional Training (CONCEPT) is pleased to offer Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists for the workshops and trainings held by Treatment Implementation Collaborative.

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Getting Started in Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Core Principles

(Section 1: March 20 - June 12, 2012; Section 2: July 19-20, 2012)

Click here to register for Section 1 Continuing Education Credit (19.5 CEs) $195

Click here to register for Section 2 Continuing Education Credit (14 CEs) $140

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Doing DBT to Adherence and with Competence: An Advanced Course

(Section 1: February 29 - May 23, 2012; Section 2: June 28 - 29, 2012)

Click here to register for Section 1 Continuing Education Credit (19.5 CEs) $195

Click here to register for Section 2 Continuing Education Credit (14 CEs) $140

Click here to register for this workshop series

Getting Started in Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Core Principles

Course Description

Section I: 13-Week Online Video Series (19.5 CEs, $195) (March 20 - June 12, 2012)

In this 13-week series of 90 minute lectures, the practice of DBT will be taught by the instructor with didactics, PowerPoint, and demonstrations, with an emphasis on the principles and strategies of the treatment. Readings from Linehan’s manual will be assigned prior to each class. The instructor will assume that the reading has been done, allowing him to focus on clinical applications. At the end of Part I, participants will take a written quiz to test their knowledge of the topics covered, as they ready themselves for the in-person portion of the course. Teams who are taking the course together are encouraged to carry out discussions of each lecture within their teams, bringing the lessons to their own unique circumstances.

Section 2: 2-Day In-person Training (14 CEs, $140) (July 19-20, 2012)

After starting with a selected review of homework assigned in Section One, Section Two will continue teaching several of the main topics that can be practiced more efficiently with “live” demonstrations, e.g. suicide protocols and chain analysis. The second day will focus on how to conceptualize cases in DBT, move conceptualization to treatment planning and ultimately to treatment itself and how to effectively use the consultation team.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Conduct Mindfulness Practice on consultation team and with clients
Identify the functions and modes of DBT and how they are implemented in their setting
Describe the 5 areas of dysregulation treated with DBT
Teach Core Mindfulness Skills
Teach Distress Tolerance Skills
Teach Interpersonal Skills
Teach Emotion Regulation Skills
List the 6 levels of validation
Implement DBT pre-treatment strategies
Orient clients to DBT and new behaviors
Secure client commitment to treatment and to new behaviors
Use DBT diary cards to create an agenda for individual psychotherapy
Utilize DBT treatment hierarchy to target specific behaviors in individual psychotherapy
Describe Problem Solving Strategies
List the dialectical strategies in DBT
Describe the two communication strategies in DBT
Determine which case management strategies to use and when to use them
Conduct suicide risk assessment
Detail the suicide protocols in DBT
Conduct chain analyses of problem behavior
Conduct cue exposure, response prevention, opposite action with clients
Outline the consultation team agreements in DBT
Describe the roles on DBT consultation Teams

Course Prerequisites

This training is open to individuals who are new to existing teams, to new teams or to private practitioners who want to learn DBT from the ground up. Prior to beginning the course, participants should have read the following books. Prior to each lesson, new assignments will be made from the two manuals:

Linehan, M. M. (1993a). Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.
Linehan, M. M. (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Books can be ordered at local bookstores or online at www.ticllc.org

Course Schedule

Section 1 (13 Weekly 90-minute video presentations)

Total = 19.5 CEs

Week 1 (March 20)

Introductions

Overview of DBT

Research in DBT

Who are you going to treat?

Week 2 (March 27)

Functions and Modes in DBT

Week 3 (April 3)

Stages and Targets

Week 4 (April 10)

Pre-Treatment

Assumptions

Agreements

Orienting the client to treatment

Week 5 (April 17)

Creating Goals

Linking goals to Treatment

Commitment

Week 6 (April 24)

The Diary Card

Targeting

Week 7 (May 1)

Skills: Core Mindfulness

Week 8 (May 8)

Skills: Distress Tolerance

Week 9 (May 15)

Skills: Interpersonal Effectiveness

Week 10 (May 22)

Skills: Emotion Regulation

Week 11 (May 29)

Validation

Week 12 (June 5)

Problem Solving (overview)

Week 13 (June 12)

Dialectics

Communication

Case Management

Section 2 (2-Day in-person workshop)

Total = 14 CEs

Day 1 (July 19, 2012)

(Morning)

Mindfulness practice

Introductions

Review of Homework from Video Course

Suicide Protocols

(Afternoon)

Chain Analysis

Exposure

Q&A and evaluations

Day 2 (July 20, 2012)

(Morning)

Mindfulness practice

Targeting Practice

Case Conceptualization

(Afternoon)

Treating in-session dysfunctional behavior

Consultation Team

Q&A

Evaluations

About the Instructor

Dr. Manning is a founder and the Chief Executive of the Treatment Implementation Collaborative, LLC, a company that provides training, consultation and supervision in the implementation and provision of evidence based treatments. She is the former President/CEO of Behavioral Tech, LLC and Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., two companies that provide training, consultation and research in Dialectical Behavior Therapy She is also the founder of the South Carolina Center for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (now the SC Center for DBT, LLC), a private practice that offers standard outpatient and intensive DBT treatment for adults and adolescents. She has supervised therapists at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington and the University of South Carolina as well as training and supervising therapists and programs at the SC Department of Mental Health and SC Department of Corrections. Dr. Manning consults extensively to state and private mental health programs, domestically and internationally, at all levels of client care, including forensic and criminal justice settings. Her research includes investigations of the efficacy of DBT with incarcerated women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and with adult women with co-morbid BPD and eating disorders. Dr. Manning has written several published chapters and articles on DBT and its implementation and her book for family members, Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship.

More information about Dr. Manning and TIC can be found at: http://www.ticllc.org/Shari_Manning.html

Tuition Costs

Regular rate:

The tuition fee for the full course is $1250 per person. This gives one person full access to both the online instruction and two-day instructor lead training. [Note: Continuing Education credit for psychologists is a separate fee of $195 for 19.5 CEs (Section 1) and $140 for 14 CEs (Section 2); you may register for Section 1 CEs, Section 2 CEs, or both].
If you have a team/group attending the video portion of the course, tuition will be $1800. This cost still allows one person access to the two day instructor lead training. Additional team members may attend the two-day instructor portion of the course if they have attended the video portion/Section 1, at a rate of $295 per person. Teams/Groups accessing the course will do so by utilizing one computer port to access each weekly video meeting. This translates to each team sitting around a computer monitor, or in a conference room style set up with an LCD projecting the computer screen for team member visibility.
Teams sending 4 or more additional particiaptns to the instructor lead training can access a discounted rate of $265 per person.

Discounted rate for early payment:

Individual tuition for the full course is $1200, if paid before January 31, 2012.
Group tuition for the full course is $1750, if paid before January 31, 2012.
Individual tickets for the 2-day in-person training are $275 per person, if paid before January 31, 2012.

Deadline for Registration:

All registration information and payments are due no later than March 13th, 2012.

All registrations for this course are through Treatment Implementation Collaborative.

Course Dates

Section 1: The 13 weekly 1.5 hour video sessions will meet on Tuesdays from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Eastern Time beginning Tuesday, March 20 and ending Tuesday, June 12.

Section 2: The two day instructor-led training will be held July 19-20, 2012

Riverview Hospital
915 River Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Specific room and phone numbers to be provided.

Accommodation Options for Section 2

The Inn at Middletown Hotel, Connecticut (CT)
70 Main Street Middletown, CT 06457
Reservations: 800-637-9851 Contact: 860-854-6300

http://www.innatmiddletown.com/cromwell-connecticut-hotel.aspx

Continuing Education Credit

Section 1: A total of 19.5 CEs are available for Section 1 (March 20 - June 12, 2012). The cost for the CEs is $195. To register for Section 1 CEs (19.5 CEs), please click here.

Section 2: A total of 14 CEs are available for Section 2 (July 19-20, 2012). The cost for the CEs is $140. To register for Section 2 CEs (14 CEs), please click here.

CONCEPT is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CONCEPT maintains responsibility for its programs and their content.

Download the Program Brochure as a pdf here

Doing DBT to Adherence and with Competence: An Advanced Course

Course Description

Section I: 13-Week Online Video Series (19.5 CEs, $195) (February 29 - May 23, 2012)

In this 13-week series of 90 minute lectures, the practice of DBT will be taught by the instructor with didactics, power points, clinical examples, and demonstrations where possible. After starting with a coherent review of DBT’s three sets of principles and three respective core groups of strategies, the course will proceed to cover the practical aspects of targeting; case conceptualization and treatment planning; behavioral chain analysis for assessment and treatment; application of problem-solving, validation, and dialectical strategies; managing suicidal crises; and using mindfulness practice and consultation team to regulate therapist emotions and prevent therapist burnout, Readings from Linehan’s manual will be assigned prior to each class so that more experienced participants can review material, while those with less DBT experience can strengthen their grasp of relevant concepts prior to class. The instructor will assume a high level of participant commitment to readings and class participation, which will allow him to focus entirely on advanced clinical applications. At the end of this segment, participants will take a quiz to test their knowledge of the topics covered as they ready themselves for the in-person portion of the course.

Section 2: 2-Day In-person Training (14 CEs, $140) (June 28-29, 2012)

This 2-day in-person training, which will be decidedly experiential in nature, will bring the teachings of the first segment alive through instructor modeling, participant behavioral rehearsal with instructor feedback, and discussion of the practices including reference to participants’ clinical cases. While the agenda will systematically move through demonstrations, practices, and discussions of the various DBT interventions and strategy groups, there will be time to address advanced topics of special interest to participants. In addition to the hands-on training in individual therapy, there will be a chance to address problems in participant’s consultation teams, using experiential practices and consultation team role-plays as indicated.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Articulate the principles of Mindfulness/Behaviorism/Dialectics) and how they interact to create the basis of DBT
Specify which DBT strategies are associated with each of the three sets of principles underlying DBT
Explain how the DBT therapist derives the prioritized target list for therapy, and how he/she collaborates with the client in doing so
Describe how to use DBT’s Target Hierarchy to set the agenda of a therapy session and what to do when the therapist and client disagree about the agenda
Specify how a DBT therapist arrives at a case conceptualization and how it is transformed into a treatment plan
Provide examples of how the case conceptualization keeps the treatment on track when things get difficult
Describe how the DBT therapist combines the use of commitment strategies with other DBT strategy groups in trying to get a stronger client commitment to treatment
Identify ways to conduct a behavioral chain analysis in a competent manner in sessions to increase the client’s learning
Explain how the behavioral chain analysis serves as a platform for the conduct of problem-solving in therapy sessions
Illustrate how the understanding of the client’s particular dialectical dilemmas provides secondary targets to be addressed in therapy sessions
Define the contingency procedures of reinforcement, extinction, shaping, and punishment, and provide examples of how each one is used in changing client behaviors in DBT sessions
Articulate how the DBT individual therapist effectively moves in and out of skills training in sessions
Review the way in which cognitive modification strategies are incorporated in DBT therapy sessions and how that is different than how they are used in cognitive therapy per se
Enumerate the principles of exposure as used in DBT, and the difference between how they are used in Stage I versus Stage II of DBT treatment
Explain what makes the use of straightforward validation strategies difficult to employ in some clinical situations, and will name some ways to increase the effectiveness of validation
Define the difference between functional and explicit verbal validation strategies and explain why functional validation is the more important concept
Provide examples in which a DBT therapist uses principles and strategies of dialectics in breaking “log-jams” in therapy sessions
Explain how the shift between reciprocal and irreverent communication styles, even with little change in content, can completely shift the direction in a therapy session, ultimately providing balance
Define the two main categories of case management strategies for dealing with “the third party” in DBT treatment, and the guidelines to use in deciding which category to use at any given time
Enumerate the steps in the DBT protocol for managing the highly suicidal client
Describe how the DBT therapist’s interaction with the Consultation Team can prevent and treat therapist burnout

Course Prerequisites

This training and consultation is open to any individual or team wishing to improve DBT clinical practice and program structure. It is expected that all participants are practicing within the context of an established program and have read Linehan’s therapy manual and skills training manual.

Linehan, M. M. (1993a). Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.
Linehan, M. M. (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Books can be ordered at local bookstores or online at www.ticllc.org

This course is designed to support both teams and individuals with the practice and delivery of Dialectical Behaivor Therapy. Course tution is structured to cover a full team team attending the video training portion of the course and one team member attending the two day instructor lead portion of the course.

Course Schedule

Section 1 (13 Weekly 90-minute video presentations) Total = 19.5 CEs
Week 1 (February 29)	Understanding DBT’s three foundational paradigms (Mindfulness, Behaviorism, Dialectics) , the interplay among them, and the strategies associated with each one
Week 2 (March 7)	Working with the client to develop a prioritized list of target behaviors, and using these targets to structure therapy sessions.
Week 3 (March 14)	For a given target behavior, developing a case conceptualization and generating a treatment plan from it
Week 4 (March 21)	Getting the client committed to the treatment plan, using commitment strategies (and all other DBT strategies that are needed)
Week 5 (March 28)	Using behavioral chain analysis to assess the controlling variables of a target behavior
Week 6 (April 4)	Using the behavioral chain analysis as a framework for conducting sessions and a platform for problem-solving
Week 7 (April 11)	Problem-solving I: Applying contingencies, skills, exposure procedures, and cognitive modification to get behavioral change
Week 8 (April 18)	Problem-solving II: Applying contingencies, skills, exposure procedures, and cognitive modification to get behavioral change
Week 9 (April 25)	Using validation strategies to strengthen the treatment alliance, to accept the client, to confirm the client’s valid perceptions and behaviors, and to assist with the regulation of emotions
Week 10 (May 2)	Applying dialectical thinking and strategies to achieve balance, negotiate impasses, and maintain speed, movement, and flow
Week 11 (May 9)	Applying dialectics in balancing communication styles in sessions, and in balancing consultation-to-the client with intervening-in-the-environment
Week 12 (May 16)	Assessing suicide risk and managing suicidal crises in DBT
Week 13 (May 23)	Taking care of the therapist: mindfulness practice and consultation team
Section 2 (2-Day in-person workshop) Total = 14 CEs
Day 1 (June 28, 2012) (Morning)	Mindfulness Practice Orientation to the Workshop Getting client commitment when it is difficult Using primary and secondary targets to structure sessions
(Afternoon)	Using behavioral chain analysis in a competent manner Using contingency procedures to increase and decrease behaviors Using skills training in therapy sessions to get behavioral change Question and Answer Evaluations
Day 2 (June 29, 2012) (Morning)	Mindfulness Practice. Using exposure procedures and cognitive modification to get behavioral change Using validation accurately, compassionately, and effectively
(Afternoon)	Using dialectics and dialectical strategies to break logjams and maintain speed, movement, and flow Assessing and addressing the highly suicidal client Putting it all together in a session Question and Answer Evaluations

About the Instructor

Charles Swenson, M.D., graduated from Harvard College and Yale Medical School, and during his Psychiatric Residency at Yale he also took part in psychoanalytic training at the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute. He joined the faculty of Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital-Westchester Division (in White Plains, New York) in 1982, where for five years he directed the long-term psychoanalytically-oriented inpatient program for patients with personality disorders. Having learned of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in 1986, Dr. Swenson then developed the first DBT program in the world outside of Marsha Linehan’s program in Seattle. He adapted DBT to an inpatient setting, then a day hospital setting, and went on to train and consult to others—as individuals, as programs, and as statewide and provincial treatment systems—in the implementation of DBT in the United States, Canada, and Europe. During his fourteen years at New York Hospital Dr. Swenson was twice voted Teacher of the Year by the Cornell psychiatric residents, and in 2001 he was the first recipient of the Cindy Sanderson Outstanding Teaching Award given by the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT (ISITDBT).

In 1996 Dr. Swenson moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where he became the Area Medical Director for the Western Massachusetts area of the Department of Mental Health, where he was able to spearhead the implementation of DBT throughout the region for adults and adolescents. For the past fifteen years he has continued to train others in DBT, consult to programs and large scale mental health systems, while treating his own private practice patients. He has published widely on the treatment of borderline patients, including articles comparing

Kernberg’s psychoanalytic approach to DBT (1989), describing the inpatient application of DBT (2001), identifying factors leading to DBT’s popularity (2001), identifying the barriers and strategies for implementing DBT in community mental health centers (2002), and a chapter that serves as the primary reference for inpatient applications of DBT (2005). During the past 18 years Dr. Swenson has conducted more than thirty ten-day intensive DBT seminars, has consulted to more than 400 DBT programs, and has supervised dozens of individual DBT therapists. For fourteen years he has been an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry for the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and has been engaged in the private practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy in Northampton, MA. Since it’s inception Dr. Swenson has served as a senior trainer and senior consultant for Behavioral Tech, LLC.

More information about Dr. Swenson can be found at: http://www.ticllc.org/Charles_Swenson.html

Tuition Costs

Regular rate:

The tuition fee for the full course is $1800 per person. This gives one person full access to both the online instruction and two-day instructor lead training. [Note: Continuing Education credit for psychologists is a separate fee of $195 for 19.5 CEs (Section 1) and $140 for 14 CEs (Section 2); you may register for Section 1 CEs, Section 2 CEs, or both].
Additional team members may attend the two-day instructor portion of the course, should space allow, at a rate of $295 per person.
Should your whole team wish to participate in the video-conference portion of the course you may do so by utilizing one computer port to access each weekly meeting. This would translates to each team sitting around a computer monitor, or in a conference room style set up with an LCD projecting the computer screen for team member visibility.
Teams sending 4 or more additional particiaptns to the instructor lead training can access a discounted rate of $265 per person.

Discounted rate for early payment:

If tuition is paid before January 31^st, 2012 the cost per person will be $1750 for the full course and $275 for additional team members attending the two day instructor lead course.

Deadline for Registration:

All registration information and payments are due no later than February 22^nd.

All registrations for this course are through Treatment Implementation Collaborative.

Course Dates

Section 1: The 13 weekly 1.5 hour video sessions will meet on Wednesdays from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern Time beginning Wednesday, February 29 and ending Wedneday, May 23.

Section 2: The two day instructor-led training will be held June 28-29, 2012