SCWK 8868 Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Elective This course is designed to instruct and prepare students to integrate and apply Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a comprehensive and flexible evidence-based treatment. Students will learn to conduct thorough risk assessments, develop crisis management plans, understand borderline personality disorder from the DSM-IV and DBT lenses, create a DBT theory-driven case formulation and treatment plan by stages and targets, observing dialectic dilemmas, balancing acceptance and validation, integrating communication styles, applying commitment strategies, conducting chain/solution analysis, implementing diary cards and collaboratively problem-solving with clients and peers. Students will learn the four DBT modules: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Emotion Regulation.
Course overview
- Department
- Social Work
- School
- SSW
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall,Every Summer
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- SCWK7762
Requirements fulfilled
No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.
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Instructors
- Alison Macneil
- Elizabeth Harris
- Erin Schaefer
- Kelsey Taylor
- Lujuana Milton
- Rachel Budhi
Sections
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