Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Melissa Butler, Ph.D., HSPP. Adolescent DBT Skills Training Modules.Mindfulness.Distress Tolerance.

From Linehan’s (1993b) manual, such as distress tolerance skills, as well as elements of DBT individual therapy, such as behavioral chain analyses of a recent episode of self-harm, and other. Participants attended 12 weekly 90-minute DBT skills training groups, focusing on mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills. Participants received nicotine patches for eight weeks and completed assessments at baseline, 6 weeks (mid-treatment), and 12 weeks (post-treatment). Distress Tolerance Skills. DBT emphasizes learning to bear pain skillfully because pain and distress are part of life and cannot be entirely avoided. Tolerance is necessary during any behavior change because impulsive behavior would interfere. Distress tolerance is the ability to perceive the environment as it is, without demanding that it be different.

Self-sooth skill involves doing things that feel pleasant, comforting, and provide relief from stress or pain. It helps to pass the time without making things worse.

• Vision: Look for a beautiful sunrise or sunset, the stars at night, or pictures of these things. Look for beautiful photos of beaches or mountains or a beautiful flower. Look to nature all around you.
• Hearing: Listen to music you enjoy. Listen for the breeze, or the trees in the breeze. Listen for birds or waves of the water.
• Smell: Find a fragrance you enjoy, and smell fragrances around you. Smell a flower, or perfume, freshly cut grass, or the burning of wood in a fireplace.
• Touch: Apply moisturizer. Take a hot shower, or a long bath. Sit in the sun or shade and feel the warmth or cool of the breeze.

April 8, 2021
8:30am-12:30pm CST
9:30am-1:30pm EST

The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training for mental health and other behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI.

Distress Tolerance Skills module is the fifth in a series of seven DBT modules that will be presented every three weeks.

Upcoming DBT Training webinars: (click on title to for link to registration for each session)

DBT: Adolescent Adaptation Part I
April 29. 2021 1:00–5:00 pm CST/2:00–6:00 pm EST

DBT: Adolescent Adaptation Part II
May 20, 20211:00–5:00 pm CST/2:00–6:00 pm EST

This module includes crisis survival skills, building distress tolerance, and teaching reality acceptance skills.

Learning Objectives

• Learn the relationship between distress tolerance skills and the secondary targets of inhibited emotions and unrelenting crisis.
• Learn and be able to teach and illustrate the crisis survival skills of DBT.
• Learn and be able to teach and illustrate the reality acceptance skills of DBT.

Audience:

Mental health clinicians, community outreach workers, SUD counselors, crisis workers.

Presenter:

Neal Moglowsky, L.P.C.
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, DBT Certified Clinician™

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Training

Neal Moglowsky earned his MS degree in Educational Psychology from UW-Milwaukee and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He completed advanced training in the treatment of anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder. Neal also enjoys working with couples. He has been intensively trained in Exposure/Response Prevention for the treatment of anxiety disorders, as well as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for difficulties regulating emotions. Neal has been conducting DBT skills training groups since 1997. He also has an interest in integrating mindfulness practices into his clinical work to help increase self-awareness and teach clients how to better control their focus and attention. Neal has an infectious sense of commitment and motivation to enhance the health of the clients he works with. His goal is to empower his clients to let their values and ethics drive their life choices rather than their emotions and impulses. Neal is a Certified DBT Clinician through the Linehan Board of CertificationTM.