Psychology Renewed Conference: Contextually-Focused DBT

6601 West College Drive,Palos Heights IL 60463

30 April, 2022

Description

Attendees will explore Conceptual Dialectical Behavior Therapy and how it can be used to treat emotional dysregulation. Dr. Paul Holmes from the University of Chicago will introduce the "Chronic Distress Model" as an explanation of emotional escalation. He will give an overview of the structure and processes that comprise C-DBT, an approach that emphasizes experiential encounters where participants decouple behaviors from emotions, thoughts, and memories and select responses based on context and valued ends. Participants can experience freedom from their past and create opportunities to organize their behavior in relation to a future they desire.