Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A): An Introduction
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Instructor: Atara Hiller, PsyD
Instructional Level: Introductory
3 CE Credit for Psychologists
Price: $60
**Please note that this webinar is a recording of a previously held live session. In order to receive CE credits, users will be required to pass a post-test after watching the video.**
Description
Suicidal behaviors, including completed suicides, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation, and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSIB) pose serious problems for adolescents. Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-A), developed by Drs. Jill Rathus, Alec Miller, and Marsha Linehan, is an effective treatment for treating adolescent suicidality and NSSIB. DBT-A includes a number of features that make it helpful at treating the complex challenges that arise when treating these adolescents and their families. In this workshop, participants will learn about for whom DBT-A is appropriate, the theory underlying the conceptualization of their difficulties and the research on DBT-A, the adaptations made from standard DBT to address the needs of adolescents and their families, and the different DBT treatment strategies.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will identify at least three symptoms/areas of dysregulation that would indicate that an adolescent would benefit from DBT-A
- Participants will explain the underlying theoretical model of DBT.
- Participants will identify the modes and functions of treatment, the stages of treatment, and the five treatment strategies used in DBT-A.
- Participants will identify at least three adaptations made from standard adult DBT to DBT-A.
Instructor
Atara Hiller, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™. She is the Co-Director of the Trinitas Institute for DBT and Allied Treatments, a DBT-LBC Certified ProgramTM. In that capacity, Dr. Hiller directs the Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program (DBT), which treats teens and their families with a history of suicidality and/or self-injury and other difficulties with emotion regulation. She supervises fellow clinicians, psychology interns, and psychology externs in the practice of DBT, as well as provides individual DBT and co-leads DBT multi-family skills groups. Dr. Hiller also directs an outpatient adolescent DBT program at the Center for CBT, a private practice in East Brunswick, NJ. She has extensive experience providing evidence-based treatments to children, adolescents, and adults with trauma, depression, anxiety, and disruptive behavior, as well as complex psychosocial stressors. Dr. Hiller is devoted to providing exceptional treatment to children, adolescents, and families in order to empower them with tools to enhance their relationships and navigate life's challenges effectively. She has frequently written about and presented on DBT, borderline personality disorder, and treatment for child sexual abuse. Dr. Hiller is also the author of DBT Skills for Teens with Anxiety (Penguin Random House).
Dr. Hiller received her bachelor's degree in psychology and English from Barnard College at Columbia University, and her master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, she conducted DBT for two years under the mentorship of Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in DBT at Trinitas under the supervision of Essie Larson, PhD. Dr. Hiller has also attended multiple advanced trainings with DBT experts on implementing DBT, practicing mindfulness, and treating couples and families, substance abuse, trauma, and eating disorders within the context of DBT.
Dr. Hiller does not have any conflicts of interest for this program.
Contact Us
For questions, please contact: ce@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Continuing Education Information:
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0123.
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.