Fighting without Fighting: DBT Skills for Addressing Microaggressions
Presenter/Instructor: Rachel Jones, M.A.
CE Hours: 2.5
Recorded Video
Abstract
Microaggressions exist in the form of jokes, insults, biases, questions, and comments. They are often casual and can even be well-intended. On a day-to-day basis, microaggressions are directed toward people of color, women, gender diverse individuals, LGBTQIA+ individuals, relationship expansive individuals, and other people of marginalized groups or communities outside of the cultural norm. Their impacts on mental health range in severity and cause significant distress. While the targets of microaggressions are not responsible for the actions of others, they can develop control over their responses.
This course will provide clinicians with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) interventions to increase adult and adolescent clients’ self-efficacy and agency. The course will differentiate between microaggressions and more overt offenses, and cover the implications on mental health and the unique clinical needs of groups and communities commonly targeted. The presenter will teach a selection of DBT skills for clients who struggle with distress, rumination, anger, impulsivity, suicidal ideation, relationship issues, and ineffective communication as a result of microaggressions. The course will be presented in the form of lectures, video demonstrations, and vignettes.
Learning Objectives
After participants complete this course, they should be able to:
- Identify microaggressions and describe at least 3 ways in which microaggressions impact mental health
- Compare the changes in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems when using DBT skills
- Select at least 1 appropriate DBT skill for each of the four modules according to the client’s subjective level of distress
Price
$75 – Licensed therapists
$55 – Licensed therapists who work in nonprofits price is (Enter code NPDBTSkills at checkout)
$25 – Pre-licensed therapists (Enter code PLDBTSkills at checkout)
This course is included in the annual and lifetime memberships.
About the Presenter
Rachel Jones, MA is an Associate MFT working in private practice, specializing in treating individual adults, couples/multi-partners, adolescents, and children ages 5 and up. She also provides individual therapy in conjunction with phone coaching and skills groups as a part of the Comprehensive DBT treatment team at Suzanne Wallach Psychotherapy..
Additional Information
Instruction Level
This course is meant for an intermediate to advanced audience.
Who should Attend
Psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists and social workers.
Format
Recorded webinar. Filmed in Winter 2020.
Completion Requirements
- To get CE credit, you will need to take the post-test with at least a 80% score in order to receive your certificate for a homestudy course.
Financial Support
The Affirmative Couch pays course presenters for their teaching. There is no other financial support for this course.
Conflict of Interest
There is no reported conflict of interest or outside commercial support for this course.
Contact Information
For any inquiries related to subject matter, problem resolution, corrections, grievances, or anything else, please contact us.
Accommodations
The Affirmative Couch will work to accommodate reasonable accommodations requests. Requests can be emailed with “accommodation request” in the subject line. Requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Testimonials
“Very clear and engaging presentation style.”
“DBT Skills are explained very effectively and apply to topic of discussion in practical manner. I will put into practice immediately with my LGBT clients and others.”
“I liked it, I found it very applicable and explained in ways that I felt I could later utilize appropriately”
The Affirmative Couch, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Affirmative Couch, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
$75.00
