Dialectical Behavior Therapy, 4-Day Intensive: Skills for a Life Worth Living
January 16 – January 19, 2025
In-Person location: Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico
This immersive workshop experience delves deeply into Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills. These skills, the foundational pillars of DBT, are renowned for their efficacy in diverse therapeutic settings and with transdiagnostic client presentations. In DBT, long-lasting behavioral changes are built, offering clients practical tools to navigate life’s challenges with resilience and clarity.
Led by seasoned DBT expert Casey Limmer, MSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, this workshop goes beyond theoretical comprehension. Participants will engage in a dynamic learning environment designed to foster skill acquisition through interactive exercises and real-world applications.
Unlike traditional workshops, this course is crafted to enrich your learning experience without detracting from your everyday life or your report experience. Each session is thoughtfully structured to blend learning with practical application, ensuring participants not only grasp the concepts but also integrate them into their professional practice and personal lives seamlessly.
Each morning concludes with a reflective session, where you’ll set your intentions for integrating your newfound knowledge into your personal experiences, ensuring a holistic awareness of DBT principles.
Participants will be “challenged” to continue the morning’s learning by practicing mindfulness amidst swaying palms and turquoise waters, applying distress tolerance techniques while savoring the calm of a secluded beach, refining emotion regulation skills as they relax by the pool, and trying out interpersonal effectiveness skills while ordering a mai tai.
This workshop isn’t just about learning — it’s about experiencing personal growth in a setting that enhances your application of DBT skills.
Presenter Bio:
Casey Limmer, MSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, is among the first cohort of clinicians to achieve board certification through the Linehan Board of Certification in DBT. As the CEO and founder of St. Louis DBT, LLC, and Gateway Wellness Associates, LLC, Casey has cultivated a thriving environment dedicated to the transformative power of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
For over a decade, Casey honed her expertise at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, where her dynamic teaching style in Applied Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and DBT earned her the Excellence in Teaching Award. Her pedagogical approach, characterized by humor and engagement, set a benchmark in clinical education.
Driven by a passion to advance DBT practices, Casey extends her influence through the DBT Academy program and the Elements of DBT workshop series, nurturing the next generation of DBT specialists. At St. Louis DBT, she has built a premier private practice, now employing over 20 clinicians, where therapists immerse themselves in DBT through comprehensive educational sessions, live group observations, and hands-on consult team participation.
Timeline:
Day 1
9:00am -10:30am DBT Skills Training Basics: The How and the Why of Skills Training
10:30am -10:45am Break
10:45am -12:15pm Getting to the Core of Core Mindfulness
Day 2
9:00am -10:30am Distress Tolerance: Crisis Survival Skills
10:30am -10:45am Break
10:45am -12:15pm Distress Tolerance: Surviving Long-Term Stress Using Radical Acceptance
Day 3
9:00am -10:30am Emotion Regulation: Prevention Skills
10:30am -10:45am Break
10:45am -12:15pm Emotion Regulation: Intervention Skills
Day 4
9:00am -10:30am Interpersonal Effectiveness: What do you want?
10:30am -10:45am Break
10:45am -12:15pm Interpersonal Effectiveness: Getting what you want
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Identify the foundational principles and structure of DBT skills training, including its objectives and organization.
2. Describe the responsibilities and contributions of leaders and co-leaders in DBT skills training sessions.
3. Define the core components, evidence base, and theoretical underpinnings of the DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness module.
4. Summarize the content, empirical support, and rationale behind the DBT Emotion Regulation module.
5. Define the strategies, theoretical foundations, and practical applications of the DBT Distress Tolerance module.
6. Apply the principles and practices of Core Mindfulness in the context of DBT and summarize its therapeutic benefits and techniques.
7. Design experiential exercises intended to enhance personal application of DBT skills.
8. Implement strategies for integrating DBT skills into clinical practice through case studies, role-plays, and discussions to enhance therapeutic efficacy and client outcomes.
To register for this in-person training please visit: https://ebtrainingsolutions.com/event/2025-01-16/dialectical-behavior-therapy-4-day-intensive
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