As more people wake up to the reality of the climate crisis and environmental injustices, growing levels of distress, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors, have been reported. To meet the challenges of these urgent psychological needs, climate-aware therapists can benefit from incorporating useful distress tolerance skills into their repertoire of interventions. In this presentation sponsored by the Clinical Support Subcommittee of CPA-NA, DBT trainer Jesse Homan will describe the ways DBT can be an extremely effective approach for people who are high risk for suicide and other life-threatening behaviors and will focus on the role that pervasive experiences of invalidation between a person and their environment can contribute to such behaviors. Theory, strategies, case presentations, and discussion will be included.
Date & Time: November 4 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm (Eastern), 9:00am - 10:30am (Pacific)
CPA-NA Members: FREE
Suggested donation $20 or what you can afford. Donations help support CPA-NA.
Facilitator:
Jesse Homan Ph.D., LPC is the founder of Queen City Psychotherapy, LLC. He completed his doctoral studies in Social Work at Portland State University. He began working as a DBT therapist in 2009. He currently is a trainer, consultant, and supervisor for the Treatment Implementation Collaborative. He has had the opportunity to implement DBT in a wide variety of settings including outpatient, residential, substance abuse treatment centers, high schools, forensic hospitals, and juvenile justice systems. Jesse also volunteers as an adherence coder for the Linehan Board of Certification. He previously worked as an adherence coder for the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington and has worked on multiple DBT studies. Jesse has coauthored research presentations and clinical workshops that have been presented at the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT. He has co-authored chapters on establishing DBT training and supervision programs as well as implementing DBT in juvenile justice settings. Jesse is a member of CPA-NA and helps head the Expressive Arts Subcommittee.