Individuals who struggle with substance use can benefit from the many skills available in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). This training will provide an overview of the dynamics of substance use, including diagnosis and assessment. Learners will be introduced to the core tenets of DBT, including mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Learners will be shown how to apply DBT skills such as validation, acceptance, and wise mind in supporting clients to overcome patterns of addiction and achieve sobriety. Discover how concepts of treatment butterflies and total abstinence are relevant to recovery for individuals with substance use.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to
- Describe at least three dynamics of substance use and identify appropriate assessment tools.
- Explain the core DBT philosophy and describe the four core skills.
- Identify at least ten DBT skills that are appropriate for integration into substance use recovery treatment.
Syllabus:
Introduction
Objective #1: Describe at least three dynamics of substance use and identify appropriate assessment tools.
- Dialectics in recovery
- Radical acceptance
- DBT treatment goals for SUD
- DBT behavioral targets
- Abstinence
- Quest for abstinence
- Absolute abstinence
- Metaphor for dialectical abstinence
- Total abstinence
- Treatment butterflies
- Relapse – prolapse, “relapse well”
Objective #2: Explain the core DBT philosophy and describe the four core skills.
- Four core skills
- Crash course in DBT
- What are dialectics?
- DBT for substance use
- Commonalities between DBT and 12 steps
Objective #3: Identify at least ten DBT skills that are appropriate for integration into substance use recovery treatment.
- Clinical case study: AB
- Application of four core DBT skills
- DCBA skills for abstinence
- Chain analysis
- Closing case study
- Resources/Q&A
Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical/Substance Use asynchronous continuing education credits.
For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 hours of Clinical/Substance Use continuing education training.
Instructor: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
Recording Date: January 17, 2025
CEUS On-Demand, LLC, provider #2274, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/7/2026 - 08/6/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3hrs Clinical continuing education credits.
CEUs On-Demand, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEUs On-Demand, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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