Southwest Riverside County Chapter
Event Registration
Please join us on Friday, February 23rd at 12PM for our online chapter meeting. Our speaker is Suzette Bray, LMFT who specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. This workshop will provide 1.5 CEs CEs FREE to SWRC Chapter Members $15 for Non-SWRC Members Riding Out Crisis: Getting Thru Bad Situations Without Making Things Worse (1.5 CEs)
Please join us on Friday, February 23rd at 12PM for our online chapter meeting. Our speaker is Suzette Bray, LMFT who specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
This workshop will provide 1.5 CEs CEs FREE to SWRC Chapter Members $15 for Non-SWRC Members
Riding Out Crisis: Getting Thru Bad Situations Without Making Things Worse (1.5 CEs)
Presenter Suzette Bray, LMFT is the author of You and Your Emotions, DBT Explained and The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook. She provides training and consultation to therapists who want to increase their ability to help their clients effectively regulate emotions. She can be found on her website www.suzettebray.com and contacted via email suzette@suzettebray.com. Description In the midst of strong emotion during crisis, clients can “undo” progress forward by giving into crisis urges and behaving in ways that make already difficult situations worse. This presentation will provide therapists with skills for clients to use in moments of distress, as well as ways to address mood-dependent behaviors that get in the way of client’s goals. This course is designed to give therapists a toolkit for teaching clients to tolerate distress. Attention will be paid to assisting clients in identifying and overcoming barriers to using distress tolerance skills and instead giving in to mood dependent behavior. Learning Objectives A. Participants will be able to name four techniques to assist clients in reducing distress. B. Participants will be able to identify two ways to overcome barriers to client’s using distress tolerance skills. C. Participants will be able to identify components of a distress tolerance toolkit. D. Participants will be able to identify the role of emotional avoidance in distress tolerance. Topics Covered Defining Crisis Measuring Distress: Using Subjective Units of Distress Scale Experiential Avoidance: Why clients make things worse in moments of crisis The Answer: DBT Distress Tolerance Skills: Pros and Cons, STOP, TIPP, Wise Mind ACCEPTS IMPROVE the moment, Self Soothe What Gets in the Way: How to address mood-dependent behavior and other barriers to skills use Increasing client willingness and ability to manage emotions in the moment rather than giving in to crisis urges Assisting Clients in Creating a Comprehensive Skills Plan
Presenter Suzette Bray, LMFT is the author of You and Your Emotions, DBT Explained and The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook. She provides training and consultation to therapists who want to increase their ability to help their clients effectively regulate emotions. She can be found on her website www.suzettebray.com and contacted via email suzette@suzettebray.com.
Description In the midst of strong emotion during crisis, clients can “undo” progress forward by giving into crisis urges and behaving in ways that make already difficult situations worse. This presentation will provide therapists with skills for clients to use in moments of distress, as well as ways to address mood-dependent behaviors that get in the way of client’s goals. This course is designed to give therapists a toolkit for teaching clients to tolerate distress. Attention will be paid to assisting clients in identifying and overcoming barriers to using distress tolerance skills and instead giving in to mood dependent behavior.
Learning Objectives A. Participants will be able to name four techniques to assist clients in reducing distress. B. Participants will be able to identify two ways to overcome barriers to client’s using distress tolerance skills. C. Participants will be able to identify components of a distress tolerance toolkit. D. Participants will be able to identify the role of emotional avoidance in distress tolerance.
Topics Covered
CE Evaluation and Certificate: A link to the evaluation and fee payment will be provided during the presentation. In addition, an email with appropriate links will go out to all registrants after the course is completed. Provision of Continuing Education Units: This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credits. Southwest Riverside County Chapter of CAMFT (Provider Number 94446) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, and LPCCs. Southwest Riverside County CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. General Information: While SWRC-CAMFT strives to assure fair treatment for all participants, there will be occasional issues which come to the attention of the workshop staff which will require action on the part of the SWRC-Board. Please put all grievances in writing about a speaker, the content presented by the speaker, the style of presentation, workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered. SWRC-CAMFT will keep all grievances confidential and work to remedy the situation as quickly as possible. SWRC-CAMFT will accommodate any special requests for our in-person workshops to a reasonable degree including those with wheelchair needs, hearing and sight impairments, and learning disabilities. We do not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, or other prohibited basis. SWRC-CAMFT will meet all applicable local, state, and federal standards, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
CE Evaluation and Certificate:
A link to the evaluation and fee payment will be provided during the presentation. In addition, an email with appropriate links will go out to all registrants after the course is completed.
Provision of Continuing Education Units:
This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credits. Southwest Riverside County Chapter of CAMFT (Provider Number 94446) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, and LPCCs. Southwest Riverside County CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
General Information:
While SWRC-CAMFT strives to assure fair treatment for all participants, there will be occasional issues which come to the attention of the workshop staff which will require action on the part of the SWRC-Board. Please put all grievances in writing about a speaker, the content presented by the speaker, the style of presentation, workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered. SWRC-CAMFT will keep all grievances confidential and work to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.
SWRC-CAMFT will accommodate any special requests for our in-person workshops to a reasonable degree including those with wheelchair needs, hearing and sight impairments, and learning disabilities. We do not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, or other prohibited basis. SWRC-CAMFT will meet all applicable local, state, and federal standards, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
