Training and Supervision for Clinicians
Upcoming Training: Using DBT with Parents and Families
Amanda Young and Dr. Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.D., will be hosting an exclusive 4-day training in using DBT with families.
21
Thursday
Jan 2027
9am - 3pm EST
Friday
22
Jan 2027
9am - 3pm EST
04
Thursday
Feb 2027
9am - 3pm EST
Friday
05
Feb 2027
9am - 3pm EST
Training curriculum
After a brief orientation to the DBT treatment and transactional models for parents and families, Dr. Fruzzetti will use lectures, role plays, participant practices and experiential exercises to help participants learn how to:
Examples will include interactions between teen and young adult children and their parents, as well as some examples concerning the relationships between parents.
Utilize traditional DBT skills and new DBT family skills with parents and families
Run a DBT parent skill group
Build a treatment target hierarchy with families (including self-harm, aggression, substance use, angry outbursts, withdrawal, other relationship problems)
Manage dysregulated and chaotic family members in order to conduct an effective session
Apply chain analyses with two or more family members simultaneously (“double chains”), to expose dysfunctional steps when emotions and/or actions escalate out of control
Use principles and intervention strategies of DBT with families to develop solution analyses, including practice and generalization
The overarching goals of these interventions are to help families become less reactive and destructive, and instead more peaceful, collaborative and loving, and to increase positive outcomes for parents, youth, adult children, couples and their relationships.
References
Fruzzetti, A. E. (2018). DBT with parents, couples and families to augment Stage 1 outcomes. In M. Swales (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. London: Oxford University Press.
Fruzzetti, A. E. & Payne, L. (2020). Assessment of parents, couples and families in dialectical behavior therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 27. 39-49.
Fruzzetti, A. E., Payne, L., & Hoffman, P.D. (2021). Dialectical Behavior Therapy with families. In L. A. Dimeff, K. Koerner, & S. Rizvi (Eds.), Dialectical behavior therapy in clinical practice: Applications across disorders and settings (2nd Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Supervision
The clinical research is clear: when parents and families are involved in treatment, outcomes improve, for the struggling loved one, and for everyone around them.
If you’d like to discuss your supervision needs in working with couples and families, please contact Amanda Young, MSW, RSW directly.
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