DBT for Teens: Addressing Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors in Emotion Regulation
This activity is designed for: Psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFTs, physicians, and nurses.
Course: Intermediate to Advanced
Publication date: 06/28/2024
What Will You Learn in This Course?
In this clinical case, we explore the treatment journey of Sarah, a 16-year-old girl grappling with emotional dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and the aftermath of trauma. Guided by expert Kristen Galloway, Ph.D., the case delves into Sarah’s complex background, including family dynamics, unhealthy relationships, and significant life stressors. Utilizing dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the treatment plan focuses on building skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. The goal is to help Sarah achieve a life worth living by addressing safety concerns, improving her relationships, and setting life-affirming goals.
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Meet Your Instructor: Kristen Galloway, Ph.D.
Kristen Galloway, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). She provides outpatient services to adolescents, adults, and their families at Baptist Behavioral Health. She is part of the dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) team, providing consultation, teaching, and therapeutic services.
Dr. Galloway earned her doctoral degree in School Psychology from Louisiana State University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral training with the Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health. She specializes in working with adolescents and adults with a range of behavioral and emotional difficulties, specifically self-harm/suicidal ideation, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, social media concerns, emotional dysregulation, conduct problems, and family conflict.
Dr. Galloway has been involved in a variety of forums, including blogs, interviews, conference presentations, outreach, and social media, to discuss issues regarding social media, technology, culture, anxiety, self-care, DBT, and emotional dysregulation, to disseminate information and promote evidence-based treatments.
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This course is co-sponsored by Medical Academy, LLC, and Psychotherapy Academy. Medical Academy, LLC, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Medical Academy, LLC, maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychotherapy Academy, #1851, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 4/7/2024–4/7/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.75 continuing education credits.
DBT for Teens: Addressing Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors in Emotion Regulation
Date of Release: Jul 1, 2024
Date of Expiration: Jul 1, 2027
Location: Online
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the core principles and strategies of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for adolescents, focusing on its application in managing emotional dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and trauma.
2. Apply DBT techniques such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness in clinical practice to help adolescents develop healthier coping mechanisms and improve their overall well-being.
3. Analyze DBT interventions to address complex behavioral issues in adolescents, and develop strategies for setting and achieving life-affirming goals.
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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
None of the 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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