Featured Speaker
                                                     Andrada D. Neacsiu, PhD
                                              Wednesday, August 29, 2018
     Updates to Dialectical                   9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
     Behavior Therapy (DBT)                    Location: 
                                               Southern Regional AHEC 
     Skills Training                           1601 Owen Drive
                                               Resident’s Lecture Center (2nd Floor)
                                               Fayetteville, NC 28304
                              In affiliation with Duke University Medical Center 
                                   Part of the NC AHEC Program
      Target Audience
      This workshop will be beneficial for psychologists, clinicians, therapists, counselors, social workers, marriage 
      and family therapists, psychiatric nurses, and substance abuse counselors.  Other interested mental health 
      professionals are invited to attend.
      Program Description
      Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is an empirically supported treatment for suicide and for borderline 
      personality disorder (BPD). DBT is based on a skills deficit model that views dysfunctional behavior as either a 
      consequence of lacking skills to solve problems or a maladaptive approach to problem solving. Consequently, 
      DBT includes more than 60 concrete skills translated from behavioral research and other evidence-based 
      treatments that are grouped into four modules: (a) mindfulness skills, which emphasize observing, describing, 
      and participating in the present moment effectively and without judgment; (b) emotion regulation skills, 
      including strategies for changing emotions and for changing the tendency to respond emotionally; (c) 
      interpersonal effectiveness skills, ranging from social skills to assertiveness and interpersonal problem solving; 
      and (d) distress tolerance skills, including strategies to control impulsive actions and to radically accept difficult 
      life events. Evidence suggests that these skills alone are effective in reducing psychopathology in a variety of 
      populations including suicidal adolescents, adults with ADHD, individuals with depression and anxiety,  and 
      individuals with eating disorders and substance use disorders. This workshop will present all the DBT skills 
      focusing on the changes in the new DBT Skills Training Manual (released in November), as well as information 
      on how to teach and help your clients apply these skills in common clinical situations. 
      Objectives
      Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
      • Explain familiarity with the applications of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and the research findings 
        supporting the application of the treatment;
      • Identify mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills; 
      • Summarize adapting teaching and examples of DBT skills to different clinical presentations or clinical settings;
      • Review the updates to the skills that are included in the upcoming skills training manual;      
      • Describe the core DBT strategies and their application within the framework of skills training; and 
      • Discuss the introduction to skills coaching and how to best do it over the phone. 
      Agenda
      8:30 a.m.      Registration /Check In 
      9 a.m.         Gain familiarity with the applications of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and the research 
                     findings supporting the application of the treatment 
      10 a.m.        Learn mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills
      10:30 a.m.     Break 
      10:45 a.m.     Become proficient at adapting teaching and examples of DBT skills to different clinical 
                     presentations or clinical settings
      11:15 a.m.     Adapting teaching and examples of DBT skills to different clinical presentations or clinical 
                     settings (cont’d.)
      12 p.m.        Lunch (On Your Own)
      1 p.m.         Learn the updates to the skills that are included in the upcoming skills training manual 
      2 p.m.         Gain exposure to core DBT strategies and their application within the framework of skills training 
      2:30 p.m.      Break
      2:45 p.m.      Gain exposure to core DBT strategies and their application within the framework of skills 
                     training (cont’d.)
      3:15 p.m.      Obtain an introduction to skills coaching and how to best do it over the phone
      4:30 p.m.      Adjourn
   Speaker
   Andrada D. Neacsiu, PhD, is an assistant professor at Duke University Medical Center with a primary interest 
   in outpatient interventions for difficulties managing emotional experiences that interfere with well-being. As 
   a clinician, she specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for 
   adults who report a variety of mental health problems, including personality, mood, anxiety, eating, trauma, 
   stress-related, adjustment, and impulse control disorders. Her approach to psychotherapy includes working 
   collaboratively with her patients to identify their unique life and therapy goals, as well as implementing 
   evidence-based interventions in order to achieve their identified goals. As an educator, she trains clinicians 
   nationally and internationally and teaches Duke graduate students, psychology and psychiatry residents in 
   how to effectively apply CBT and DBT in their clinical work. As a researcher, her focus is on psychotherapy 
   optimization and neuroscience-informed treatment development for emotion dysregulation. Her research 
   keeps her up- to- date with the latest evidence-based approaches to use in her clinical work, and her work with 
   patients strongly influences the research that she does.
   Fee
   $117.00 if registration and payment are postmarked on or before August 22, 2018; $127.00 thereafter.
   Credit
   C.E.U.: 0.6 
   Contact Hours: 6.0 
   NAADAC: SR-AHEC adheres to NAADAC Education Provider Guidelines Provider #108762  (Substance Abuse 
   Credit). 
   NC Psychologists Category A: The program will provide 6.0 contact hours (category A) continuing education 
   credit to NC Psychologists. 
   NBCC: Southern Regional AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing 
   Education Provider, ACEP No. 5362. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly 
   identified. 
   Southern Regional AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.  
   No partial credit will be given. Individuals arriving 15 minutes or more after the starting time will not receive 
   credit. Credit will be awarded to participants who attend 100% of the program.  
   Substitutes/Refunds/Transfers
   Participants who register for the program and are not able to attend, may:
   • Send a substitute;
   • Cancel two (2) business days (Monday-Friday), before the program and receive a voucher for 100% of the 
   registration fee for use at a future SR-AHEC program; or
   • Cancel two business days (Monday-Friday) before the program and obtain a refund for 70% of the registration fee. 
   Cancellations less than two business days (Monday-Friday) before the program are non-refundable. Participants 
   who register for a program and do not attend will forfeit the full amount of the program registration fee. 
   Please bring a jacket or other additional covering since we will not be able to adjust the thermostat.
   Contacts
   Bertina Parkins, Director Mental Health CE / 910-678-0132 / Bertina.Parkins@sr-ahec.org  
   Kate Smith, Program Assistant for Mental Health CE / 910-678-7305 / Kate.Smith@sr-ahec.org
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