Professional Workshop Details
Facilitator: Clerissa Cooper, LPC
Dates: additional dates to be determined
Location: Live Online Workshop on Zoom
Check-In: 9:20am to 9:30am
Presentation: 9:30am to 12:45pm (one 15-minute break)
Tiered Fees: Please pay at the level you can afford. Sliding Up will provide support for colleagues with less financial means.
Base Rate - $90
Slide Down - $80, $70, $60
Slide Up - $100, $110, $120
Workshop Description
Though Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills were initially developed as a foundation to help treat system dysregulation associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, these same coping skills have been found useful for various other populations in the clinical setting. This engaging course will help any clinician gain thorough knowledge of the foundational skills of the interpersonal effectiveness module with heavy focus on DEARMAN, GIVE, FAST, and the intensity scale to assist with determine how intensely to make or deny requests. Participants will also learn ways to navigate client difficulties, hesitance, and willfulness to skills use.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Learn how to teach foundational skills of the DBT interpersonal effectiveness module, including DEARMAN, GIVE, and FAST.
- Learn ways to incorporate mindfulness practice to strengthen the effectiveness of interpersonal effectiveness skills use.
- Identify solutions to common challenges to implementing interpersonal effectiveness with clients.
Continuing Education Hours
3 Core Hours for Professional Counselors
3 Related Hours for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists
Registration for DBT Skills Intensive: Interpersonal Effectiveness
Additional dates to be determined.