DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY WITH SUICIDAL ADOLESCENTS

Course overview

Based on the book "Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents by Alec L. Miller, PsyD, Julie H. Rathus, PhD, and Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP. It awards 23 credits upon successful completion of the 155-question test. This CE program will familiarize the participant with the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. The authors take the reader step by step through understanding, assessing, and implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions for severe emotional dysregulation in teens. Participants will be able to identify adolescents who are most at risk and would benefit from DBT treatment; list effective treatments for suicidal adolescents; organize and integrate knowledge of DBT treatment stages, primary targets, and strategies; summarize functions and modes of DBT program structure; recognize dialectical dilemmas for adolescents and address secondary treatment targets; assess adolescents' suicide risk, diagnosis, and treatment feasibility; familiarize adolescents and families to treatment and obtain commitment; integrate DBT techniques into individual therapy work with adolescents; prepare techniques to include families in DBT treatment; explain multifamily skills training sessions and structure; summarize how to assess progress, run a continuation phase of treatment, and terminate treatment; and recognize DBT program issues that may arise and make appropriate changes to better serve the adolescents. For more information, go to www.prpress.com.