Brighter Futures Counseling | Counseling | Therapy | Group Services | Elizabethtown KY

Elizabethtown's Counseling and Therapy Specialists

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Techniques: Skills Training Basics

July 13, 2023 or October 5th-6th, 2023

Presenters’ Bios

Sarah Reynolds, LCSW holds a Master of Social Work.  She has practiced as a mental health therapist for over 10 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: July, 13, 2023 (In-Person), or October 5th and 6th, 2023 (Zoom)
  • Location: In person training will be at Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC (1002 N. Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Time: For July- the training will run from 9:00 AM EST until 4:30 PM EST (There will be a 1 hour break for lunch). For the October dates, the training will run from 9:00 AM EST until 12:00 PM EST (both days are required).
  • Cost: $115.00
  • Cancellation Policy can be viewed here.
  • Continuing Education:
    • Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7035. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
      • NBCC Credit allows this training to qualify for CE Hours for both KY Counselors and Social Workers
    • Approved by the KY Board of Examiners of Psychology (PENDING)
    • Approved by the KY Board of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (Approved 02/17/2022)