Instructor: Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW
Location: On Demand
Length of Access: One year
Cost: $419 CAD + GST/HST (if applicable)
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For more information about Sheri and her work: www.sherivandijk.com
Workshop Description
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), but it is increasingly being used for many other mental health issues because of its usefulness in treating clients who are unable to self-regulate. DBT can provide these clients with skills to better manage their emotions.
Following an introduction to DBT theory and an examination of how it differs from traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Sheri will discuss how DBT can be applied to working with clients facing a broad range of conditions (including depression, anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder) in which emotion dysregulation plays a key role.
Through lecture and experiential exercises, you will explore the four modules of skills taught in DBT (Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness) and learn how to teach these skills to your clients. You will learn how to format DBT sessions to provide the structure your dysregulated clients need. In addition, Sheri will introduce DBT strategies to help foster the therapeutic relationship, maximize therapeutic gains, and reduce the likelihood of therapist burnout.
You will learn:
- How to teach your clients the four sets of DBT skills to help them get through crisis situations without making the situation worse, to manage their emotions more effectively, and to develop and maintain healthier relationships
- How to apply DBT skills to a range of problems and psychiatric illnesses
- Dialectical strategies to address clients who are "stuck" in therapy, resulting in inertia or unhealthy mechanisms of escape and avoidance, and how these strategies can lead to transformational healing
- Skills to help you improve your own sense of efficacy in therapy, and reduce the likelihood of therapist burnout
Who Should Attend?
Helping professionals who provide support and/or counselling to people with emotion regulation difficulties.
You will receive:
- Access to the on-demand webinar for one year
- Downloadable handouts
- Certificate of Attendance
About the Presenter
Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, is a Social Worker who has been working with clients with severe mental health problems since 2000. With extensive experience in a hospital setting, Sheri now sees clients in private practice, and provides consultation and training internationally to other clinicians. Sheri has had extensive training in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and mindfulness and has been providing DBT-informed therapy to individuals and groups since 2004. In 2010 Sheri was the winner of the R.O. Jones award for her research on using DBT with bipolar disorder, presented at the Canadian Psychiatric Association Conference.
Sheri is the author of several books that focus on helping readers learn DBT skills and apply them to a variety of mental health problems, including Calming the Emotional Storm and Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens. In 2013, she published DBT Made Simple, with the aim of making the therapy more accessible to both clients and clinicians. Sheri’s newest book, The DBT Workbook for Emotional Relief will be released in July 2022.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Calming the Emotional Storm
with Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, Author of DBT Made Simple
ON DEMAND WEBINAR
This is the recording from the live stream event held on
Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7 & 8, 2022, 1:15pm – 4:30pm ET*
Education Hours: 12
Certificates of Attendance / CEU's / CE Information
For those requiring a Certificate of Attendance, certificates will be issued upon successful completion of a post-training quiz with a minimum score of 75% (multiple attempts allowed). Certificates will indicate the number of direct education hours (12), not including breaks. Certificates may be used to qualify for eligibility for Continuing Education Credits from licensing boards and professional colleges; it is the participant’s responsibility to contact their college or association to confirm its requirements and the workshop's eligibility for CEU's / CE’s. This workshop has been pre-approved for 12 continuing education hours by the CACCF.
Cancellation Policy
There are no refunds/credits for on-demand workshops as you have a full year to view the course. Refunds will not be issued in cases where a registrant did not receive the workshop login instruction email due to email issues. It is the registrant’s responsibility to contact us if they don’t receive the required login information in a timely manner (i.e. by end of day the next business day).