client-therapist relationship. clinicians navigate the possibility of a dual relationship - Cascadia Training for Professional Development

🆕BRAND-NEW! Exploring DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Skills for BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) 🆕

Melody Clark2024-10-11T11:39:51-07:00October 11th, 2024|

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) requires a specific approach with targeted treatment interventions, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). In this continuing education workshop, attendees will understand the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for BPD, explore the four core tenets of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, practice the application of the four skills to case studies, and choose methods of intervention for clients by observing best practices in clinician work.

🆕BRAND-NEW! Ethical Considerations of Boundaries and Dual Relationships 🆕

Melody Clark2024-10-11T11:13:01-07:00October 11th, 2024|Ethics|

Attendees of this continuing education law and ethics workshop will increase their ethical framework for exercising appropriate professional boundaries with clients and their relationships. Categories of dual relationships will be presented, and discussion will center on using critical thinking skills to identify best practices. Special consideration will be given to diversity in dual relationships, such as rural settings and racial and ethnic influences on dual relationships. Learners will have increased clinical judgment in identifying appropriate professional relationships with clients.