1026-16: Advanced Practice Psychotherapy: Next Steps to Develop Intensive Treatment Approaches - Part 2: Dialectical Behavior Therapy - An Approach to Psychotherapy

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1026-16:  Advanced Practice Psychotherapy:  Next Steps to Develop Intensive Treatment Approaches - Part 2: Dialectical Behavior Therapy - An Approach to Psychotherapy

This session will demonstrate the effective use of psychotherapy, regardless of the fixed constraints of a practice setting. Using one clinical case scenario, this session will demonstrate how to use concepts from three theoretical approaches in the delivery of care.

Presenters: Barbara Limandri, PhD, PMHCNS-BC

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 


Session Length:   1 hour 47 minutes

Target Audience: APRN


Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

  1. Explain what Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is and how it is alike and different from Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT).
  2. Describe the basic principles and assumptions of DBT.
  3. Discuss the elements of full fidelity DBT.
  4. Explain how DBT is used in treating emotional dysregulation.
  5. Demonstrate the process of conducting an individual therapy session that includes a behavioral chain analysis and solution analysis. 

Keywords: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, DBT, Therapy, Mindfulness, Diary Card, Behavior Chain Analysis 


Continuing Nursing Education
1.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.


Originally Presented
APNA 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Wednesday, October 19
9:30am - 11:30am 

Release Date: July 24, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2019

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