Date: Monday, October 14, 2024
Time: 12 – 2 pm EST
Format: Hybrid
- Livestream via Zoom, or
- In person: UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
CE Credit: 2 CEs, read for full information on credit types awarded.
Fees: $35 (scholarships available)
Description:
Case conceptualization is fundamental to effective therapy, answering the question, “Why am I doing what I am doing?” This workshop draws from a person-centered, trauma-informed DBT perspective to equip participants with skills to create comprehensive roadmaps for therapy. Participants will learn how to create formal and less formal (on-the-fly) case conceptualizations that prioritize treatment hierarchies tailored to client’s unique needs. Jennifer will illustrate how a well-conceived plan heightens intentionality around client experiences and treatment strategies and targets, such as when and how to use behavioral contingencies and rewards, somatic exploration, and exposure decisions to reduce emotional avoidance during sessions. Jennifer will provide practical examples, and participants will practice engaging with case conceptualizations in small group exercises.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the training participants will be able to:
1. Explain the significance of case conceptualization, including how it guides treatment planning, intervention strategies, and understanding client behaviors.
2. Identify and integrate at least three elements of DBT case conceptualization and practice integrating them into a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan.
3. Apply case conceptualization to develop to prioritize treatment targets according to the DBT hierarchy as well as the client’s unique needs and circumstances in session.
Trainer: Jennifer Cobb, LCSW, DBTC is a practitioner and consultant at Guilford Counseling, PLLC, a group private practice she opened in 2011 and has grown to more than 25 employees. Her practice specializes in comprehensive dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and she has combined her research around developmental trauma with DBT to create Trauma Focus-DBT, which she trains other clinicians on. Jennifer specializes in helping clinicians build value-centered and employee-centered private and group practices. She is a fierce advocate for employee and entrepreneur wellness and believes in building your work around your life rather than building your life around your work, as well as truly living the freedom that entrepreneurship can offer.
References:
- Fitzpatrick, S., & Rizvi, S. L. (2022). Dialectical behavior therapy: Assessment and case conceptualization. Behavior therapy: First, second, and third waves (pp. 173-193) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11677-3_8
- Rizvi, S. L., & Sayrs, J. H. R. (2020). Assessment-driven case formulation and treatment planning in dialectical behavior therapy: Using principles to guide effective treatment. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 27(1), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2017.06.002
- Sayrs, J. H. R., & Rizvi, S. L. (2020). Behavioral assessment in DBT. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 27(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2019.06.004
- Sloan, C. A., Berke, D. S., & Shipherd, J. C. (2017). Utilizing a dialectical framework to inform conceptualization and treatment of clinical distress in transgender individuals. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice, 48(5), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000146
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