LIVE: The Use of Metaphors and Storytelling to teach DBT Skills
September 13, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
September 13, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pacific
3 Hours | 3 CEs
$150 Early Registration | Live Virtual Training via Zoom
James J Esmail, PsyD presents a live virtual professional training program on The Use of Metaphors and Storytelling to teach DBT Skills.
This training begins with an overview of the research on the use of metaphors and storytelling in not only psychotherapy but in a variety of fields, including business and the non-profit world. This will not only educate but to teach skills and motivate persons for significant behavioral change.
Examples of metaphors and storytelling to teach DBT skills across the 4 modules are presented. Emphasis will be on how using metaphors and stories helps clients not only understand DBT skills but to motivate practice and implementation of the skills. This workshop will enable participants to utilize metaphors and storytelling to teach DBT skills to a variety of populations.
Suitable for both seasoned DBT group leaders and those considering initiating a DBT group, this program is a resourceful asset. It equips attendees with tools to sculpt valuable group experiences while ensuring the practical applications and benefits of the teachings are made evident to group members. This program provides participants with the unique ability to adapt and apply metaphors and storytelling to teach DBT skills across a wide array of populations.
In her intro to her 1993 volume Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha Linehan points out the need to teach Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through metaphors and stories (p.209). Thinking in metaphors is one of the crucial building blocks that allows humans to engage in abstract reasoning. The ability to compare something that is abstract, complex, and difficult to understand to something more concrete and tangible has allowed humans to go beyond very simple cognition to understand the more complex realities of life (Landau, Robinson, and Meier, 2014). DBT skills training continues to receive empirical support (McCauley, et. al 2018; Navarro-Haro, 2019; Harned & Botanav, 2016) for both its intended population (self-harming individuals) but also broader applications (anxiety, substance abuse, enhancing social and global functioning).
Additional Information:
In her intro to her 1993 volume Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha Linehan points out the need to teach Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through metaphors and stories (p.209). Thinking in metaphors is one of the crucial building blocks that allows humans to engage in abstract reasoning. The ability to compare something that is abstract, complex, and difficult to understand to something more concrete and tangible has allowed humans to go beyond very simple cognition to understand the more complex realities of life (Landau, Robinson, and Meier, 2014). DBT skills training continues to receive empirical support (McCauley et al. 2018; Navarro-Haro, 2019; Harned & Botanav, 2016) for both its intended population (self-harming individuals) but also broader applications (anxiety, substance abuse, enhancing social and global functioning).
This training will cover:
- Introduction into the use of metaphors in psychotherapy
- Introduction to the use of storytelling in psychotherapy, business, and the non-profit world to create behavior change and transform the listener
- Examples of metaphors and stories across the DBT curriculum, including the Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance/Radical Acceptance modules
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
James J. Esmail, PsyD
James J Esmail, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who has been in practice since 1996. He earned the MA and PsyD degrees in clinical psychology from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Esmail is a staff psychologist at the state psychiatric hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio (Summit Behavioral ...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe why the use of metaphor is crucial in teaching DBT concepts and stories to patients in skills training
Describe why storytelling is a uniquely crucial medium for teaching complex social and emotion regulation skills to humans
Describe examples of metaphors and stories that teach specific dialectical behavior therapy skills in all four modules of DBT (Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance)
Identify stories from personal experiences that teach Radical Acceptance and Reality Acceptance skills
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