Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy based Trauma-Focused Treatment

Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy based Trauma-Focused Treatment

Course is facilitated by Dr. Emily Wharton.

This is a two hour introduction to DBT based trauma-focused treatment for PTSD

Please reach out if you have any questions at Dr.Emily.Wharton@gmail.com.

This workshop will provide an overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and will discuss how to provide DBT for PTSD flexibly with responsiveness to different forms of trauma. The theory, model, and trauma-specific modules of DBT for PTSD will be presented, alongside discussions of how DBT for PTSD differs from the classical DBT model in its applications to trauma, such as the use of specific Anti-Dissociation skills and the incorporation of skills-assisted in-session exposure to the trauma memory.

Emily Wharton, Psy.D.

Dr. Emily Wharton is a Clinical Instructor at the Cognitive Behavior Institute, where she teaches courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Wharton has also served in roles of Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and licensed clinical psychologist in the Palo Alto VA and her private practice. She has provided supervision and training for VA and Stanford psychiatry residents, medical students, and psychology trainees in ACT, DBT, and MI. Dr. Wharton trained at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, San Francisco VA, UCSF, and Palo Alto VA. Dr. Wharton has also served as the Member-At-Large Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Wharton has given lectures and trainings for the Palo Alto VA, Stanford University, and the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science. Dr. Wharton has published papers and book chapters on ACT for PTSD, ACT for moral injury, mindfulness practices for anxiety disorders, and group trauma-focused CBT for parents of preterm infants.

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