Applying DBT PE in Treating PTSD: Adriana’s Invalidation Story

This activity is designed for: Psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFTs, physicians, and nurses.

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Course: Intermediate to Advanced

Publication date: 04/30/2024

What Will You Learn in This Course?

In this clinical case, Adriana, a 34-year-old with PTSD, borderline personality disorder, and a history of trauma and substance abuse, prepares to engage in a treatment of prolonged exposure from a dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT PE) perspective. Key aspects of her treatment preparation include individual therapy, DBT skills groups, and phone coaching. Her main goals are improving her parenting skills, learning to deal with her mother, and stabilizing her marriage. The case, presented by faculty member Sara Schmidt, Ph.D., highlights the challenges and therapeutic strategies used to manage Adriana’s complex clinical presentation in the first phase of her trauma treatment.

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Meet Your Instructor: Sara C. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Sara Schmidt, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Washington State, and is a DBT-Linehan Certified Clinician. Until 2021 she served as Associate Director of the Trauma and Suicide Treatment Research Lab at the Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research, part of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. There she was a co-investigator on NIMH-funded research focused on the evaluation and implementation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and the DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol for PTSD. As part of this work, she co-developed the DBT Adherence Checklist for Individual Therapy (DBT AC-I), a tool for DBT therapists to evaluate the degree to which they deliver DBT in a way that is consistent with the treatment manual.
Dr. Schmidt received her B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of South Carolina. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Westchester Jewish Community Services in Hartsdale, New York, and her postdoctoral training with Dr. Melanie Harned at the University of Washington’s Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC). Following her postdoctoral fellowship, she remained at the BRTC as a research scientist, where she directed the graduate training program in DBT.
She maintains a clinical instructor position through the Department of Psychology supervising advanced doctoral students, and provides professional training and consultation in DBT and DBT PE nationally and internationally. She has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on these topics.

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Medical Academy, LLC, designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Applying DBT PE in Treating PTSD: Adriana’s Invalidation Story

Date of Release: May 1, 2024

Date of Expiration: May 1, 2027

Location: Online

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Identify DBT and DBT PE strategies in PTSD treatment, focusing on high-risk clients.
2. Analyze client-therapist dynamics in DBT, emphasizing therapy-interfering behaviors.
3. Explain the role of traumatic invalidation in PTSD and its impact in a DBT framework.

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Satisfactory Completion
Participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted above. Follow these steps to earn your CE credits.
1- Watch each video self-directed and participate in the entire activity, as partial credit is unavailable.
2- Pass the post-test with a score of 75% or higher.
3- Complete the evaluation form.
4- Download the certificate.
If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed above, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

Relevant Financial Disclosures
Sara C. Schmidt declares the following interests:
– Middle Path Solutions, PLLC: Owner
– Behavioral Tech, LLC: Trainer & Consultant
– Harned Consulting, LLC: Trainer & Consultant
All of the relevant financial relationships listed above have been mitigated by Medical Academy LLC and Psychotherapy Academy.
None of the other faculty, planners, and reviewers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose during the last 24 months with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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