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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Techniques: Skills Training Basics

May 29 & 30, 2025 (3 hrs each day) or November 13, 2025 (6hrs)

Presenters’ Bios

Sarah Reynolds, LCSW holds a Master of Social Work.  She has practiced as a mental health therapist for over 12 years.  Ms. Reynolds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Prior to her clinical experience, Ms. Reynolds worked for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services investigating child abuse and neglect as well as assisting families working towards reunification.  She specializes in working with children who have experienced trauma, children who have attachment concerns, and with families.  Ms. Reynolds has experience working with at risk children including providing therapeutic services within a Children’s Treatment and Rehabilitation Program. She has continued to work closely with community partners and schools to assess at risk children and adolescents and help coordinate care.  Ms. Reynolds is also an autonomously licensed Batterer’s Intervention Provider who has worked extensively with perpetrators and victims of Domestic Violence as well as children who have been exposed to violence.

Ms. Reynolds provides Kentucky board approved trainings for mental health professionals on Understanding and Treating Suicide, Domestic Violence, Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma, and Laws and Ethics as they apply to Social Workers in Kentucky.

Program Description

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a well-known and evidenced based treatment approach for many mental health conditions. This training will include information on the basic tenets of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in clinic practice. A focus on the skills training modules will include concepts and activities around mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. Participants will learn DBT interventions from each module to utilize with their outpatient clients. Break out groups may be utilized to allow for participant practice of skills.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the tenets of dialectical behavioral therapy as a treatment program.
  2. Explore history and practical uses of dialectical behavioral therapy.
  3. Describe four main skill components of DBT- Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, and Emotion Regulation.
  4. Explore and Identify ways to utilize skill intervention with patients in an outpatient clinical setting.
  • Date: May 29th & 30th, 2025 (both days, 3 hrs each) or November 13, 2025 (6hrs)
  • Location: Live via Zoom
  • Time: The training will start at 9:00 AM EST for each offering, for the two day option the training ends at 12:00pm EST, and for the full one day training, the training ends at 4:00pm.
  • Cost: $125.00
  • Continuing Education:
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Social Work (Approval number KBSWSP 2025005)
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists (Approved Sponsor)
    • The Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology (Approval number 2023081)
    • Approved by Kentucky Board of Professional Counselors on 03/21/25