This talk is grounded in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), yet every client and every therapist will engage in therapy-interfering behavior (TIB) from time to time. This talk will cover how to systematically and non-judgmentally address and target TIB in all of your clients (and yourself!), regardless of the treatment plan or setting. We will define and orient to TIB and discuss the tools and principles needed to enhance your ability to have frank conversations with clients about what might be getting in the way of your most effective work together. 

Learning Objectives  
By the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:

1. Define “therapy interfering behavior”
2. Identify three reasons to address it effectively with clients
3. Be able to effectively orient a client to the idea of addressing both client and therapist therapy interfering behavior

Instructor | Esme A.L. Shaller, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Shaller received her bachelor’s degree in psychology with highest honors from UC Berkeley and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She joined UCSF in 2007 and helped build the Wavefront Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic. She is the Clinical Director of that program, as well as past president of the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT (ISITDBT), as well as a co-founder of the ISITDBT Antiracism Committee. Both Dr. Shaller and the Wavefront DBT Program are certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification.

Dr. Shaller’s central passions are teaching and dissemination of DBT, particularly for adolescents and families. As such, she devotes a large percentage of her time to teaching and training, both within UCSF’s residency and fellowship programs and across California and the US. She has worked with other members of the Wavefront team to implement comprehensive DBT for low-income teens in three Bay Area counties.

Dr. Shaller has a book about Therapy Interfering Behavior available for pre-order!

 

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This presentation will help participants to understand the roll of skills building in a residential level of care. We will discussion the adaptation of generalizing skills in a higher level of care. We will further evaluate the latest research related to DBT-A adapted and adopted in a residential setting. Further, participants will understand the latest post discharge outcomes and research related to inpatient and residential care. 

Learning Objectives  
By the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the limited current research on the efficacy of DBT-A in long-term residential treatment
2. List at least 3 ways DBT-A can be adapted to the ling-term residential setting ot promote successful transition out of residential care
3. State the overall findings of a research study conducted to explore the long-term efficacy of a DBT-A structured residential program

Instructor | Dr. Brad Simpson earned his bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University, Idaho and followed his passion for social work by pursuing his master’s degree from the University of Utah and his doctoral degree in social work from the University of Tennessee. Brad specializes in working with couples, families, and adolescents in acute inpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential settings. He is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and provides trainings for mental health professionals across the United States. He has served in several administrative capacities most recently as executive director of a fully adherent DBT program. He is currently an associate professor and director of the Bachelor of Social Work program at Southern Utah University. He is currently the director of research and development at Sunrise Residential Treatment Center a fully adherent DBT program and the founder and owner of 3rd Wave Counseling and Consulting.

In addition to research, administrative duties, and clinical practice, Dr. Simpson enjoys teaching undergraduate students, mentoring students, interns, and clinicians. Brad loves running, hiking, mountain biking, lifting weights, long boarding, and spending time with his family.

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