Dialectical Behaviour Therapy workshop
Overview
DBT or dialectal behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach to mental health that is modified and made to help people with personality disorders like borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, mood disorders and substance use. In DBT, the therapist seeks to provide an individual with validation and acceptance of their thoughts and maladaptive behaviours while directing them toward healthier options and achieving the ideal harmony between acceptance and change over a minimum of six months. DBT mainly involves four modules which the individual has to take; core mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation. Developing mindfulness kills helps to stay grounded and avoid engaging in negative thoughts and impulsive behaviors. Distress tolerance helps to accept oneself in their current situation, prepare for intense emotional situations and develop techniques for handling a crisis. Interpersonal effectiveness helps individuals to be assertive in healthy interpersonal relationships. Emotional regulation also helps to identify one’s emotions and cope with them, and reducing their emotional vulnerability.
Workshop Outline
- Borderline Personality Disorder: Phenomenology, Aetiology and Medical treatment. Need for psychological therapy in patients with BPD
- Psychological questionnaires used in patients with BPD
- Orientation to IDPE- administration, scoring and interpretation
- Case discussion- focus on symptoms of BPD/ administration, interpretation of IDPE, Role play
- Orientation to DBT
- Mindfulness and Mindfulness exercise
- Distress tolerance
- Emotion regulation
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Mindfulness exercise for developing empathy
Facilitator
Dr. Keerthi Pai
She is a Clinical Psychologist and a CBT Practitioner has an experience of over 17 years as Clinical Psychologist. She completed her M.Phil. In Clinical Psychology in Applied Psychology and PhD in Applied Psychology, where her topic was CBT in adolescents. She has published several articles related to CBT in peer reviewed journals. She is a trained in CBT by Mr. Joseph who charted CBT Practitioner, Australia. She is a Consultant Clinical and Neuro Psychologist in Apollo group of hospitals, Chennai and also the managing partner of Element H Psychological Support Services.
Joseph Mathew
He is a Clinical Psychologist and a trained CBT Practitioner in Australia for the last 12 years. He is trained in both Ellis and Beck tradition of Cognitive therapy. He is a member of Australian Psychological Society (APS), and a member and supervisor of College Clinical Psychologist. He currently continues to focus on supervising students , Training and Private practice.
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Who can attend?
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrist
- Professional Social Workers
- Post Graduation and above qualified students of Mental Health.