Clearview Treatment Programs Hosts Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Workshop with Dr. Alec L. Miller, PsyD June 22, 2018 in CA
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) June 14, 2018 -- When treating adolescents and young adults, it is critical to offer support and treatment to their families. Dr. Alec L. Miller, PsyD, co-founder and clinical director of Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants (CBC) in New York and internationally noted expert in DBT for adolescents and families, will teach you skills to enhance your work with younger clients and their families.
This Los Angeles workshop will focus on teaching orientation and commitment strategies to a younger client population, conducting a first session, targeting behaviors that interfere with treatment in clients and families, and addressing parent and teen/young adult life challenges and dialectical dilemmas.
By attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Create a plan to build and strengthen a client's commitment to treatment.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of how to incorporate families in your work with teens and young adults, using a case study example.
3. Explain how to target therapy-interfering behaviors in individual clients and family members.
4. Describe several of the new skills taught in DBT and how to incorporate them into your practice.
This workshop is appropriate for both trained DBT therapists as well as those interested in applying DBT strategies into their work.
Six continuing education credits available for Psychologists, LPCCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs.
For more information and to register, visit http://bit.ly/2LFtrDQ.
About Alec L. Miller, PsyD
Alec L. Miller, PsyD, is co-founder and clinical director of Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants (CBC), a large group practice and training center based in White Plains and New York City, N.Y. He is also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY.
Since 1995, Dr. Miller has conducted clinical research and published extensively on DBT, including three books: DBT with Suicidal Adolescents, DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents and DBT Skills in Schools (DBT STEPS-A). He was also a lead trainer and co-investigator of the first randomized controlled trial of DBT with suicidal adolescents, published in 2014.
About Clearview Treatment Programs
Clearview Treatment Programs is a premier provider of treatment for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, psychiatric disorders, addictions, and dual diagnosis. Internationally known for its Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and evidence-based treatment programs, Clearview offers a full continuum of care.
Clearview provides treatment for drug addiction, alcoholism, and co-occurring mental health disorders (BPD, PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and more) in co-ed and female only, evidence-based treatment settings. Levels of care include residential, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), day treatment (PHP), and individualized outpatient. For more information, visit http://www.clearviewtreatment.com.
Lori Shannon, Clearview Treatment Programs, http://www.ClearviewTreatment.com, +1 (866) 401-9825, [email protected]
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