ISITDBT 2018 CONFERENCE

Washington DC

2018 REGISTRATION

Registration for the 2018 Conference in DC will begin on:

September 1st, 2018: Early Bird reduced rates!

Early bird ends: October 1st at 12 noon EST

2018 REGISTRATION

Registration for the 2018 Conference in DC will begin on:

September 1st, 2018: Early Bird reduced rates!

Early bird ends: October 1st at 12 noon EST

ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1st

with ABCT attendance * $140
without ABCT attendance $170
student fee $70

PRICING

AFTER OCTOBER 1st

with ABCT attendance * $160
without ABCT attendance $190
student fee $90

* ABCT registration must be purchased separately

Attending ISITDBT? Consider attending ABCT!

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies welcomes you to the 52nd ABCT Annual Convention at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, November 15 – 18, 2018. 

ABCT’s Annual Convention brings the cognitive-behavioral community together to explore cutting-edge developments in research and practice and to stimulate thinking about the complex issues that surround the cognitive and behavioral therapies and how they intersect with other disciplines. While attending the Annual Convention, in addition to networking with your peers, you will experience provocative speakers, professional development sessions, local culture, and face-to-face roundtables with mentors, colleagues, and luminaries.  Registration and hotel rates increase after October 15, 2018.  Click here for more information: http://www.abct.org/conv2018/.

PRICING

ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1st*

with ABCT attendance * $140
without ABCT attendance $170
student fee $70

AFTER OCTOBER 1st*

with ABCT attendance * $160
without ABCT attendance $190
student fee $90

* ABCT registration must be purchased separately is missing
 

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The 2018 ISITDBT Conference will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008 (the SAME location as ABCT) on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

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Registration for the conference will start on September 1st, 2018.

 

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The 2018 ISITDBT Conference will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008 (the SAME location as ABCT) on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

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Registration for the conference will start on September 1st, 2018.

ISITDBT 2018 PROGRAM

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

7:30 – 8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast Salon 3
8:30 – 8:40 Mindfulness (Lizz Dexter-Mazza, Psy.D.) Salon 3
8:40 – 8:50 Orientation (Katie Dixon-Gordon, Ph.D. and Esme Shaller, Ph.D.) Salon 3
8:50 – 9:35 Research Spotlight: DBT for PTSD (Martin Bohus) Salon 3
9:40 – 10:30 Research Lightning Round Salon 3
· Do You Know What You Need? Factors that Affect Burnout in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Therapists (Aditi Vijay, EdM, Ph.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine)
· Menstrual Cycle Effects on Borderline Personality Disorder Symptom Expression: Implications for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Jessica Peters, Ph.D.,1 & Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, Ph.D.2)
· On the Potential for Iatrogenic Effects of Psychiatric Crisis Services: The Example of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adult Women With Borderline Personality Disorder (Trevor Coyle, MS,1 Jennifer Shaver, Ph.D.,1,2 Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.,1 1University of Washington, 2DBT Centre of Vancouver)
· Early Improvements in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Use and Treatment Outcome in Eating Disorders (Tiffany A Brown, Ph.D., Anne Cusack, Ph.D., Leslie K. Anderson, Ph.D., Erin E. Reilly, Ph.D., Laura A. Berner, Ph.D., Christina E. Wierenga, Ph.D., Jason M. Lavender, Ph.D., & Walter H. Kaye, M.D.)
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Clinical Workshops (attendees have previously chosen one of the following):
· Teaching Trainees to Tightrope across the Grand Canyon: Providing Effective Supervision in DBT (Sara Schmidt, Ph.D.,1,2 Vibh Forsythe Cox, Ph.D.,2,3 & Emily Cooney, Ph.D.2,4 1University of Washington, 2Behavioral Tech, LLC, 3Cadence Child and Adolescent Therapy, 4Yale University School of Medicine) Virginia A
· When Clients Say “These DBT Skills Don’t Work!”: Assessing for Factors Inhibiting Effective Outcomes (Michaela Swales, Ph.D., Bangor University) Salon 3
· DBT Boot-Camp: Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs for Adolescents (Marcus Rodriguez, Ph.D.,1 Peggy Worden, Psy.D.,2 Lyndsey Moran, Ph.D.,2 Erin Parks, Ph.D.,3 Garry S. Del Conte, Psy.D.,4 Ryan J. Madigan, Psy.D.,5 1Pitzer College, 2McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 3UCSD Eating Disorders Center, 4Daybreak Treatment Center, 5Boston Child Study Center) Virginia B
· Using DBT to Treat Complex and High Risk Eating Disorder Clients: Principles and Practicalities (Charlotte Thomas, LICSW,1 Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED,2 1Portland DBT Institute, 2Case Western Reserve University) Virginia C
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:15 Clinical Seminar: Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (David Jobes, Ph.D., Catholic University of America) Salon 3
3:15 – 3:30 Break (refreshments) Salon 3
3:30 – 4:00 DBT From a Consumer’s Perspective (Ross Pearson) Salon 3
4:00 – 4:10 DBT-LBC: Getting your Program Certified (Joan Russo, Ph.D) Salon 3
4:10 – 4:45 Annual Update on DBT Research (Melanie Harned, Ph.D.) Salon 3
4:45 – 5:00 Closing and Presentation of Award Salon 3
5:15 – 6:30 Poster Presentations and Cocktail Reception Salon 3
Invitation to Optional Morning Mindfulness with Randy Wolbert Sensei

7:30 AM-8 AM Virginia A

Hello my friends.  Why not start your fabulous ISIT conference experience with some mindfulness practice.  For anyone interested we will gather in Virginia A at 7:30 and sit together in stillness.  No prior experience necessary just a desire to decrease suffering, increase happiness, and see reality as it is.

ISITDBT 2018 WORKSHOPS

You will be able to choose 1 of the below Clinical Workshops to attend:

Teaching Trainees to Tightrope across the Grand Canyon: Providing Effective Supervision in DBT

Presenters: Sara Schmidt, Ph.D., University of Washington, Behavioral Tech LLC; Vibh Forsythe Cox, Ph.D., Cadence Child and Adolescent Therapy, Behavioral Tech LLC; Emily Cooney, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, Behavioral Tech LLC Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a complex, principle-based treatment, and clients in DBT typically present with multiple, severe long-standing problems. New trainees must navigate learning a multifaceted treatment with clients who are often slow to change, frequently within the context of elevated risk of suicide. Given these considerations, it is imperative to equip supervisors with the tools needed to maximize efficiency and quality of DBT supervision. However, supervision in DBT is an aspect of the treatment that is rarely studied and less clearly explicated, with some notable exceptions (e.g. Ditty et al., 2015, Waltz, Fruzzetti, & Linehan, 1998). Indeed, most advanced DBT clinicians receive limited – if any – formal training in effective supervision of new DBT trainees. We propose a model of supervision that parallels the acceptance, change, and dialectical underpinnings of the treatment. For example, effective supervisors must balance reciprocity and validation with direct feedback and dragging out of new behavior. They must attend both to long-term trainee growth and development while at the same time, focusing on case formulation and specific client/trainee interactions. Finally, effective supervisors must help trainees increase behavioral precision, monitor treatment delivery to fidelity, and foster a climate of vulnerability. This workshop will utilize various teaching methods in order to maximize participant learning around these issues, including session recordings, didactics, and small group activities. Additionally, we plan to use data from DBT supervisors and trainees about effective (and ineffective) strategies in DBT supervision in order to guide our presentation. Learning Objectives: 1. Identify specific strategies to improve behavioral precision to maximize efficiency and quality of supervision. 2. Explain the benefits of using recordings of supervisees to identify specific targets in supervision. 3. Discuss ways to attend to dialectical processes that arise during supervision.

 

When Clients Say “These DBT Skills Don’t Work!”: Assessing for Factors Inhibiting Effective Outcomes

Presenter: Michaela Swales, Ph.D., North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, Bangor University UK Increasing clients’ capabilities in experiencing and managing emotions, interpersonal relationships, and crises is central to both the theory and practice of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993a & b; Linehan, 2015a & b). Enabling clients to learn new skills, and effectively implement them to change behaviour, requires both capability and motivation on the part of skills trainers and individual therapists alike. Effective DBT practitioners precisely assess at each stage of skills acquisition, strengthening, and generalization how well their clients perform new skills. They assess what barriers are preventing effective skills use, in order to implement a focused endeavour to overcome any obstacles. This workshop reviews principles of skills assessment within each treatment modality and provides therapists with useful checklists for identifying problems that guide solution implementation and will use role-play with audience members to demonstrate principles of assessment and intervention. Learning Objectives: 1. Review principles of the three stages of skills learning: acquisition, strengthening and generalization. 2. Identify common obstacles that present at each stage of skills learning. 3. Select one or two changes in practice to implement in clinical practice.

 

DBT Boot-Camp: Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs for Adolescents

Moderators: Marcus Rodriguez, Ph.D., Pitzer College, Claremont, CA; Peggy Worden, Psy.D., McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA Presenters: Lyndsey Moran, Ph.D., McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA Erin Parks, Ph.D., UCSD Eating Disorders Center, San Diego, CA Gary S. Del Conte, Psy.D., Daybreak Treatment Center, Germantown, TN Ryan J. Madigan, Ph.D., Boston Child Study Center, Boston, MA Despite being motivated for treatment, some adolescents and young adults are unable to effectively use outpatient DBT and may benefit from a higher level of care. Partial hospital describes outpatient programs that are designed to provide more intensive structure and support to patients who are transitioning back into the community after an inpatient stay or as a less restrictive alternative to inpatient hospitalization with the goal of reducing the need for or length of an inpatient admission. This treatment approach provides an opportunity to teach DBT skills in a much shorter time frame than an outpatient, weekly skills group. As such, the partial hospital model may present an important opportunity to provide adolescents with intensive exposure to DBT concepts with the added benefit of remaining at home with their families and generalizing skills in their environment. First, workshop moderators (Drs. Rodriguez and Worden) will describe the rationale and strategies for delivering adaptations of full-model DBT to adolescents in partial hospital programs. Next, the presenters will explain unique elements of their PHP programs, summarize relevant clinical outcomes and introduce program-specific adaptations, including skills, resources and initiatives. Presenters will also discuss their approach to various clinical issues, such as (a) patient inclusion criteria, (b) skills delivery format and schedule, (c) design and operation of the milieu, (d) family and parental involvement, (e) “pitching” the program and engendering commitment, (f) transitional care planning, (g) adaptations of components of DBT to a partial setting (such as phone coaching, 4-miss rule, diary cards), and (h) incorporation of other therapeutic groups and approaches. Experiential components of the workshop will include participants brainstorming opportunities, barriers and strategies for delivering DBT in a more intensive way in their current practice. To conclude, workshop moderators will elicit questions and facilitate a discussion with presenters. Dr. Lyndsey Moran will discuss McLean Hospital’s 3East DBT PHP, which provides full model DBT in a four-week program for teens and young adults with emerging borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as targeting comorbid depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Leslie Anderson will describe the UCSD Eating Disorders Center’s PHP for adolescents with primary anorexia or bulimia-spectrum disorders with an intensive hybrid Family-Based Treatment and DBT approach. UCSD’s program involves parents in 12 hours of groups and meal support per week, including multi-family DBT skills groups, and addresses comorbidities including self-harm and suicidality. Dr. Garry Del Conte will introduce the Daybreak Treatment Center, a clinician owned and managed mental health agency serving the greater Memphis metropolitan area. Daybreak specializes in DBT and day treatment, providing both partial hospital and intensive outpatient services for children and adolescents suffering moderate to severe mental health problems. Finally, Dr. Ryan Madigan will present BCSC’s Individualized-Intensive Outpatient DBT and DBT + Exposure Programs. Discussion will focus on how the I-IOP services build upon full-model DBT for adolescents and young adults to provide individualized-intensive DBT skills training, exposure coaching, executive function and academic coaching, parent coaching and family therapy. Learning Objectives: 1. List two advantages of providing full-model DBT to adolescents in a partial hospital setting. 2. Explain at least three adaptations of components of DBT to a partial hospital setting. 3. Describe at least 1 barrier and 2 strategies for implementing DBT for adolescents in a partial setting.

Using DBT to Treat Complex and High Risk Eating Disorder Clients: Principles and Practicalities

Presenters: Charlotte Thomas, LCSW; Portland DBT Institute; Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED; Center for Evidence Based Treatment: Ohio, Case Western Reserve University Up to 10% of individuals with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) (Arcelus, Mitchell, Wales, & Nielsen, 2011, American Psychiatric Association, 2013), 3.9% of those with Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and 5.2% of those with the DSM-IV diagnosis of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) (Crow, Peterson, Swanson, Raymond, Specker, Eckert, & Mitchell, 2009) will die from complications of these disorders. The leading cause of death is medical complications of the eating disorder, the secondary cause of death is thought to be suicide. Meta-analyses have indicated that individuals with AN are 18-31 times more likely to die by suicide than general population (Keshaviah et al., 2014; Preti, Rocchi, Sisti, Camboni, & Miotto, 2011) and individuals with BN attempt suicide at greater rates than those with AN (Franko & Keel, 2006). In addition, individuals with eating disorders have high rates of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders such as PTSD, alcohol or substance abuse, or Borderline Personality Disorder (Dansky, Brewerton, Kilpatrick, & O’Neil, 1997; CASA, 2003; Cassin & von Ranson 2005; Sansone, Levitt, & Sansone, 2005). In the typical DBT outpatient treatment environment, clinicians are highly likely to be treating clients with complex eating disorders (up to 54% of patients with BPD will experience an eating disorder (Zanarini, Frankenberg, Hennen, Reich, & Silk, 2004)), and may often find themselves ‘caught off guard’ by a late identification of an eating disorder that was previously missed or hidden. Numerous difficulties emerge when treating these clients, including: treatment of simultaneous targets, problems of motivation and commitment, histories of recurrent ‘treatment failures’ over multiple years, risk of death from both medical instability and life-threatening behavior, and problematic influences of societal food and body-shape norms. While standard DBT includes a number of effective procedures and strategies helpful in treating patients with eating disorders, ED/DBT experts (Telch, 2001; Chen, 2008; Safer 2011; Wisniewski, 2013; Wisniewski, Safer & Chen, 2007) have highlighted the need for ED-specific modifications, particularly for complex EDs. The goal of this workshop is to review principles for treatment of this highly complex ED population, and to teach strategies using real-life examples of effective treatment practices. Learning Objectives: 1. Review the evidence base for applying DBT to complex eating disorders 2. Review “real world” implementation of DBT principles for complex eating disorders 3. Review evidence-based adaptations to standard DBT for complex eating disorders 4. Rehearse skills to target and treat complex eating disordered behaviors within therapy sessions

All participants will attend the following Clinical Seminar from 1:30pm – 3:15 pm.

Matching Empirically-Proven Interventions to Different Suicidal States

Presenter: David Jobes, Ph.D., Catholic University of America

This presentation will review the various evidence-based interventions that are effective for suicidal patients with a particular emphasis on those interventions proven to work through replicated randomized controlled trials (RCT’s). There are now enough data from clinical trial research to seriously consider matching different proven treatments that are optimal for different suicidal states. A stepped-care approach is considered that can support care that is evidence-based, least-restrictive, and cost-effective. The pragmatic clinical and systemic implications of these data will be discussed.

Matching Empirically-Proven Interventions to Different Suicidal States

Presenter: David Jobes, Ph.D., Catholic University of America

ISITDBT 2018 RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Research Spotlight Talk

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:

Evaluation of a multicomponent program to treat the sequelae of interpersonal violence during childhood and adolescence

Presenter: Martin Bohus, M.D., Central Institute of Mental Health; Medical Faculty Mannheim; Heidelberg University

Dialectical behavior therapy for complex posttraumatic stress disorder (DBT-PTSD) was tailored to treat adult PTSD following interpersonal violence such as childhood sexual abuse, including patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Most of these patients show severe problems in emotion regulation, self-concept, memory-processing and social interaction. Therefore, DBT-PTSD merges evidence-based modules to target these core domains: DBT principles; trauma-specific cognitive and exposure based techniques; compassion focused interventions; and behavior change concepts. The treatment program was initially conducted and evaluated as a three-month residential program but is also applicable under outpatient conditions (40 sessions). From a DBT perspective, PTSD-typical dysfunctional behaviors can predominantly be understood as strategies to avoid or escape from trauma-associated primary emotions like powerlessness, threat, anxiety, disgust, humiliation, or sexual arousal. Corroborated by dysfunctional cognitive assumptions, dysfunctional behaviors such as self-injury, suicidal ideation, dissociation, or intoxication and dysfunctional secondary emotions such as shame, guilt, self-hatred, or chronic anger, develop over time into inappropriate self-concepts, which
strongly impair quality of life. DBT-PTSD primarily aims to help patients a) revise their fear of trauma-associated primary
emotions, b) question whether secondary emotions like guilt and shame are appropriate, and c) radically accept trauma facts in order to establish a life worth living.

DBT-PTSD is structured in a stepwise manner:
1.) During the first five weeks, patients learn to identify their typical automatic escape behaviors (actions, cognitions, and emotions) using individualized functional analyses. They further learn to use respective DBT skills to control these behaviors. Staff helps the client to utilize these skills during daily training sessions.
2.) During exposure sessions (week 6 to 10), the therapist provides close support to help the client avoid escape strategies, to re-experience trauma associated primary emotions, and to determine the appropriateness of these emotions in the reality of the
past versus the present The therapist controls the current level of aversive tension and applies anti-dissociative skills as required. The exposure protocol allows the patient to control the pace and intensity of memory activation and balances the vividness of trauma memories with the awareness of being in the (non-dangerous) present (skills assisted exposure). Following therapist-guided exposure sessions, patients are asked to listen to the audio-taped sessions on a daily basis and to strictly avoid the identified escape strategies. If patients tend to dissociate, they are encouraged to use anti-dissociative skills like exercising on a stepper while listening to the tapes.
3.) During the last two weeks, treatment mainly focuses on radical acceptance of trauma- related facts and on relevant psychosocial aspects including work, partnerships, and sexuality.

Safety, acceptance and effectiveness of DBT-PTSD have been evaluated within pre-post studies and 2 randomized controlled studies at the Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg. The data revealed that the treatment program is highly acceptable
and save and effective und both, residential and outpatient conditions. The presentation will give an overview on the treatment and present the most recent data of a large multi-center RCT comparing DBT-PTSD with Cognitive Processing Therapy.

This trial included women with PTSD after child abuse (diagnosed with the Clinician Administered PTSD-scale (CAPS) for DSM-5) plus emotion dysregulation and a minimum of 3 BPD criteria. Participants were randomized in a blinded manner to either CPT-C (n=95), i.e. the cognitive version of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), or to DBT-PTSD (n=98) which is a multi-component program mainly based on techniques of dialectical behavior therapy and exposure therapy. The primary outcome was the Clinician Administered PTSD-scale (CAPS), based on the intent-to-treat sample, and assessed by masked raters. Besides comparison of dimensional CAPS-scores the two treatments were compared on categorical outcome measures assessing symptomatic remission, response, reliable improvement, and reliable recovery. Secondary outcomes covered a broad range of psychiatric symptoms including the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Dissociation Tension Scale (DSS-7), suicide-attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Presenter: Martin Bohus, M.D., Central Institute of Mental Health; Medical Faculty Mannheim; Heidelberg University

 

Do you Know What you Need? Factors that Affect Burnout in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Therapists

Authors: Aditi Vijay, Ed.M., Ph.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine In an adherent DBT model, the consultation team plays a unique role that is unlike other forms of supervision in different models of psychotherapy. The consultation team has two primary objectives: 1) increase therapist motivation to work with their clients, and 2) strengthen the abilities of the therapist (Linehan, 1993; Fruzzetti, 1997); it has less of a focus on providing supervision in its traditional form. At the time of this proposal, there is limited research on consultation teams. Koerner (2013) suggests that variables such as attendance, mindfulness practice, background in CBT or behavior therapy, nature of training, consultation, and supervision received in DBT, and team variables (frequency of meetings, length of meeting, relationship to team, and general team processes) may all impact the functioning of the team in general. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate team variables that are associated with burnout in DBT clinicians in an attempt to provide information that will lead to improved team functioning and thus better patient outcomes. The presentation will present data from a sample of consultation teams (N=35). Participants from these teams completed self-report measures on personal information (e.g. level of education, training background), team characteristics (structure of meetings, style of meetings, nature of team member interactions), mindfulness, attitudes towards people with BPD, and level of burnout. Participants from these teams were housed in hospital settings, VA, private practices, training and community based clinics. Fifty percent of respondents reported that they “always felt heard” on their team and 60% reported always feeling supported yet only 60% reported that they felt motivated to work with their clients after team meetings. Clinicians in this sample reported a moderate level of burnout as measured by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (M=36.58, SD=15.30). Clinicians in this sample reported moderate levels of mindfulness as measured by the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (M=3.87, SD=.52). There was a significant association between burnout and mindfulness (r = -.73, p =.03). Level of institutional support emerged as a predictor of therapist burnout (p=.00, F=9.48). Mixed effects modeling will be used to evaluate the relative contributions of the individual and the team to therapist satisfaction and burnout. Research on DBT consultation teams is limited and prior studies had small sample sizes. This study aims to address these limitations by surveying a larger number of teams and evaluating the team as the unit of analysis.

Menstrual Cycle Effects on Borderline Personality Disorder Symptom Expression: Implications for Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Authors: Jessica Peters, Ph.D., Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago; Katja Schmalenberger, Heidelberg University; Sarah Owens,4 Danyelle Dawson, & Susan Girdler, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Individuals with BPD suffer from rapidly shifting emotional, interpersonal, and behavioral symptoms, including intense anger and aggressive behavior. Understanding how fluctuations in ovarian hormones across the menstrual cycle may contribute to symptom expression and instability among women with this disorder is key for accurate assessment of BPD symptoms and effective clinical interventions. 15 healthy, unmedicated women without dysmenorrhea meeting criteria for BPD reported daily emotional and behavioral symptoms across 35 days. Urine LH surge and salivary progesterone were used to confirm ovulation and verify cycle phase. Despite the fact that participants uniformly reported minimal to mild perceptions of perimenstrual symptom change, all BPD symptom domains showed marked menstrual cycle effects when daily data were evaluated for cyclical patterns. Cycle patterns varied by symptom category, with high arousal symptoms and low arousal symptoms showing different cyclical patterns. For 11 of the 15 participants, the degree of symptom change across the cycle met criteria for clinically significant premenstrual symptom worsening. While preliminary, these findings have a number of implications, particularly for DBT treatment. Women with BPD may be at elevated risk for perimenstrual worsening of a broad range of symptoms. Patients with BPD may benefit from cycle-tracking, which could be integrated into DBT diary card use, to increase awareness of these effects and to develop strategies to manage them. Skills such as Cope Ahead, Checking the Facts, and Distress Tolerance skills could be used once clients are aware of patterns in order to lessen the negative impact of fluctuating symptoms on their wellbeing.

On the Potential for Iatrogenic Effects of Psychiatric Crisis Services: The Example of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adult Women With Borderline Personality Disorder

Authors: Trevor Coyle, MS, University of Washington; Jennifer Shaver, Ph.D., DBT Centre of Vancouver; Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., University of Washington Although previous research has suggested that people with a history of using psychiatric crisis services are at higher risk for suicide, it is unclear whether this link is attributable to individual risk factors or iatrogenic effects of service utilization. We examined this question by analyzing data from a randomized controlled trial of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a treatment for highly suicidal individuals in which patients took advantage of crisis services less than those in the comparison condition. We hypothesized that crisis-service utilization during a treatment year, rather than pretreatment indicators of suicide risk, would be associated with higher suicide risk after treatment, and that DBT’s treatment effects would be partially attributable to this association.  Participants were 101 women (Mage = 29.3, 87% Caucasian) with recent suicidal and self- injurious behaviors meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM–IV; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994) criteria for borderline personality disorder. We examined relationships between suicidal ideation (using the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire; Linehan, 1981), number of suicide attempts (using the Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview; Linehan, Comtois, Brown, Heard, & Wagner, 2006), and number of psychiatric inpatient admissions and psychiatric emergency-room (ER) visits (using the Treatment History Interview; Linehan & Heard, 1987) from the years prior to, during, and following treatment.  Treatment-year psychiatric ER visits were the sole predictor of the number of follow-up year suicide attempts. Treatment condition and pretreatment inpatient admissions predicted treatment-year psychiatric ER visits. Finally, there was evidence that DBT resulted in fewer suicide attempts at follow- up, in part because getting DBT led to fewer psychiatric ER visits.  In this population and context, data suggest that crisis-service utilization conveys risk for suicide. DBT may reduce suicide risk in part by reducing use of these services.

Testing the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Deficit Model in Eating Disorders

Authors: Tiffany A. Brown, Ph.D., Anne Cusack, Ph.D., Leslie K. Anderson, Ph.D., Erin E. Reilly, Ph.D., Laura A. Berner, Ph.D., Christina E. Wierenga, Ph.D., Jason M. Lavender, Ph.D., & Walter H. Kaye, M.D. University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has demonstrated initial efficacy for the treatment of eating disorders. However, no studies have examined potential mechanisms of change within DBT for eating disorders or empirically tested the DBT skills deficit model in eating disorders. Thus, the present study sought to investigate whether early improvements in DBT skills use mediated the relationship between emotion regulation skills deficits at admission and eating and psychiatric symptoms at discharge from a DBT-based partial hospital program (PHP) for adults with eating disorders. Seventy-nine adults (24.4 ± 6.7 years old) with primary eating disorders completed self-report measures at treatment admission, one-month post-admission, and discharge from PHP. Mediational path analysis models using bias-corrected bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals tested the indirect effect of emotion regulation skills deficits at admission (independent variable) via change in DBT skills use (change score from admission to one-month post-admission; mediator variable) on eating, depression, and anxiety symptoms at discharge (dependent variables). DBT skills use increased by 14.91% from admission to one-month post-admission and increased by 27.95% from admission to discharge. Early improvements in DBT skills use mediated the relationship between emotion regulation skills deficits at admission and eating disorder and depressive symptoms, but not anxiety symptoms, at discharge. Results are the first to provide support the DBT skills deficit model within eating disorders. Findings further reinforce the importance of examining mechanisms of treatment change, and add to a growing literature supporting the use of DBT for eating disorders.

ISITDBT 2018 POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  • The Role of Rumination in Predicting Suicidal Behaviors in Individuals with BPD Features – Grace Y. Cho, Lauren A. Haliczer, & Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
  • Phone Coaching in Adolescent and Family DBT Program: Frequency, Duration, and Qualitative Feedback from Participants  – Emily Cooney,1,2 Kirsten Davis, 3 Ben Te Maro,2 Tessa Brudevold-Iverson,2,4 Marthinus Bekker,2 Elle Black,2 & Genevieve Smith,2 (1Yale School of Medicine 2 Kari Centre 3Howick Psychology 4Tupu Ora Regional Eating Disorder Service)
  • Intolerance of Uncertainty as a Predictor of Borderline Symptoms – Taylor Davine,1 Alana McVey,2 Kendra A. Bittner,3 & Erik Ulland,4 (1University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin 2Marquette University 3Alverno College 4Rogers Memorial Hospital)
  • The Impact of Validating, Invalidating, and Neutral Responses on Aggression – Gianna DiStasio, Alexandra M. King, Chris D. Hughes, & Shireen L. Rizvi (Rutgers University)
  • Effectiveness of DBT Skills Training Group in a Routine Outpatient Clinical Setting – Jasmine Dobbs-Marsh, M.S.,1 Rachel Weiler, M.Sc.,1 Sanno Zack, Ph.D.,2 Athena Robinson, Ph.D.,2 & Christine Blasey,3 (1PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium 2Stanford University 3Palo Alto University)
  • Alexithymia Moderates the Relationship between Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Ideation: The Explanatory Role of Avoidant Coping Strategies – Cole Duncan, M.A., Tess Lewis, M.A., Claudia Feldhaus, M.A., & Nicholas Salsman, Ph.D., ABPP (Xavier University)
  • The Relationship Between Self-Validation and Self-Invalidation with Problems Related to Emotion Dysregulation – Daniel Dymecki, Luciana Payne, Ph.D, Miriam Rowan, Psy.D, & Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.D. (McLean Hospital 3 East)
  • Positive Emotions and Emotion Dysregulation: The Relationship between Positive Emotions and Increased Urges to Use Substances among High-Risk Individual Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder – Hollie F. Granato, Ph.D., Jillian Yeargin, M.A., Carol Che, M.A., & Lynn McFarr, Ph.D. (Harbor – UCLA Medical Center)
  • Effects of DBT Skills Training on Emotion Regulation and Social Skills of High-functioning Autistic Adolescents – Alexandra M. King and Shireen L. Rizvi (Rutgers University)
  • Development and Formative Evaluation of “Pocket Skills”: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Mobile Use – Kyle Haney, Ph.D.,1,2 Molly Gromatsky, M.A.,2 Stephanie Cherestal, M.A.,2 Kimberly Gilbert, Ph.D.,2 Joseph Scardapane, Ph.D.,2 & Phyllis Ohr, Ph. D.2 (1CBT/DBT Associates 2Hofstra University)
  • Changes in Emotion Regulation Strategies Utilized by Adolescents Over the Course of Treatment in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program at a Public Mental Health Hospital – Michelle Hendrickson, Ph.D., Claudia Ranaldo, Psy.D., Melisa Oliva, Psy.D. (Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital)
  • Treatment Expectancies and Early Treatment Outcome in a Comprehensive Outpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program – Madeline Johnson, B.S., Sarah Huffman, B.A., Ariel Ravid, Ph.D., Logan Wahl, Travis L. Osborne, Ph.D., & Jennifer Sayrs, Ph.D. (Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle)
  • Skill Use Moderates the Relationship between Emotion Dysregulation and Borderline Symptoms – Mackenzie Kirkman,1,4 Taylor Davine,2,4 G. Nathanael Schwarz2,4 Cari B. Lee,2,4 Kyla Wessels,3,4 & Kim Skerven4 (1Marquette University, 2University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3Alverno College, 4Center for Behavioral Medicine)
  • PTSD Outcomes from DBT Treatment: A Naturalistic Data Analysis in Private Practice – Carol M. Lazo, MBA, Marget C. Thomas, Psy.D., Lynn McFarr, Ph.D., Rob Montgomery, Max Stivers, & Molly Moffit
  • A Single-Subject Pilot Study of Adapted DBT Skills Training for Traumatic Brain Injury – Sarah Loeffler, LCSW-C, Andrea Barrocas Gottlieb, Ph.D., & Margo Lauterbach, MD (Sheppard Pratt Health System)
  • Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy: The Effectiveness of an Intensive Outpatient Program with a Mixed Diagnostic Sample – Kelsey Moffitt-Carney, M.A., Brian Cole, Ph.D., Craig Warlick, M.S., Jonathan Huffman, M.A., & Juliet Nelson, Ph.D. (University of Kansas and Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center)
  • Moderating Effects of Brooding Rumination on Borderline Symptoms in DBT – Robert Montgomery,1,2 Allen Liao,1,4 Keren Shemesh,1,4 Lisa Houghton,1,3 Amber Smith,1,3 Max Stivers,1,3 Carol Lazo,1,3 Hollie Granato,1,4 Miriam Wollesen,1,4 & Lynn McFarr1,4 (1CBT California; 2CSU Northridge 3Pepperdine University 4Harbor UCLA Medical Center)
  • Adolescent Feedback on Group Dynamics in DBT-A Treatment – Yelim (Sarah) Nam, Abigail Alido, Paulina Feghali, & Bryan Cafferky
    (Behavioral Health Institute, Loma Linda University)
  • Substance use on Consumer Emotion Regulation, Attendance, and Graduation from a DBT Intensive Outpatient Community Mental Health Center – Jonathan Huffman, MA,1,2 Craig Warlick, MS, MSCE,1,2 Kelsey Moffit, MA,1,2 Juliet Nelson, PhD,1 Brynn Glynn, MA1 (1Bert Nash Community Mental Health; 2University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas)
  • Perceived Benefits of Psychotherapy via Telemedicine Based on Suicide Risk Severity – Olivia Peros, M.A.,1 Alyssa Conigliaro, M.A.,2 Amanda K. Gilmore, Ph.D.,2 & Erin Ward-Ciesielski, Ph.D.1 (1Hofstra University, Department of Psychology 2College of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina)
  • Evaluating Intraindividual Predictors of Compliance in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents Using Diary Card Data  – Jonathan W. Reeves1 & Sabrina Darrow2 (1University of California Berkeley 2University of California San Francisco)
  • Differences Between Treatment Completers and Dropouts in Dialectical Behavior Therapy – Molly St. Denis, Alexandra M. King, & Shireen L. Rizvi, Ph.D. (Rutgers University)
  • Does Positive Psychology matter? Assessing Hope and Self-compassion’s Associations with Treatment Outcomes in a DBT Population – Craig Warlick, Juliet Nelson, Jonathan Huffman, Jon Poquiz, Kelsey Moffitt, Brynne Schellenger, Julia Leonard, & Jessica Allison(Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center – University of Kansas)
  • Development and Outcomes of a DBT Skills Group in a Psychology Training Program – Lucas Zullo, B.A., Jessica Wiblin, B.A., Tori Knox-Rice, B.A., Caroline Brasch, B.A., Samantha Williams, M.D., Jennifer Hughes, Ph.D., MPH, Brittany Hall, Ph.D., Beth Kennard, Psy.D., Alyson Nakamura, M.D., & Aleksandra Foxwell, Ph.D. (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
  • The Clinical Utility of an Adapted “Ways to Describe Emotions” Set of Handouts for Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents – Alana McVey, M.S.,¥1,2 Lauren Yadlosky, M.S.,¥1,2 & Henry Boeh, Ph.D.,2 (¥joint first-author; 1Marquette University 2Center for Behavioral Medicine)

ISITDBT 2018 AWARDS

 Student Research Award

This year the ISITDBT board is pleased to offer a $1000 research award for any graduate student or postdoctoral researcher who is establishing a career in DBT research. Please submit your applications by September 1st, 2018.   At the 2018 ISITDBT Conference (isitdbt.net) we will award a $1000 scholarship for the most meritorious research application coming from a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher. The award can complement existing funding to support an exciting line of DBT research. If you are interested in applying, please submit a 3-page proposal for a research project that identifies mechanisms of change in DBT or otherwise identifies ways to optimize the treatment. Research proposals concerning the application of DBT to other populations, or advancements in the delivery of DBT are also welcome. The research proposal should follow NIH guidelines and detail significance, innovation, approach, and justification of need. In addition to the research proposal, please submit your CV or NIH biosketch, a one-page budget, a one-page research plan that could emerge from the research project, and a letter of support from a faculty advisor/mentor. If the award is intended to supplement existing funds, please highlight in the budget or the application the need for the award and where the additional funding to complete the study is coming from. Please ask your mentor to specify in your letter that you are a graduate student or postdoc. Expert DBT researchers will review all submitted proposals and select the most competitive application for this award. The key criteria on which the application will be judged is originality and likelihood that it can begin a promising line of funding that will advance research in DBT. Please submit applications (as well as any questions about the award that you might have) to Dr. Katie Dixon-Gordon at katiedg@psych.umass.edu by midnight, September 1st, 2018. Please put “ISITDBT 2018 Student Research Award submission” in the subject line. Submissions that do not follow this guideline will not be considered. Funding decisions will be sent no later than October 1st, 2018.

Education/Service/Researcher Award

This year, the ISITDBT board is pleased to offer the ISITDBT Researcher Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to research on DBT. Researcher award recipients have gone above the call of duty to strengthen and expand our scientific understanding of DBT.  Previous recipients of the Researcher Award include Kate Comtois (2001), Martin Bohus (2004), Tom Lynch (2005), Alan Fruzzetti (2013), Shelley McMain (2010), and Melanie Harned (2015), among several other leaders in the field.  Please submit a nomination letter for the ISITDBT Researcher Award indicating the evidence supporting the nominee’s contribution to the DBT Community via the nominee’s efforts to contribute to the research on DBT and/or Borderline Personality Disorder. Please email isit@isitdbt.net and put in the subject head: Nomination for 2018 Researcher Award, or nominations will not be accepted. Nominations for the 2018 ISITDBT  Researcher Award are due Friday, September 21th, 2018.

Previous Award Recipients

1997

 Marsha was honored (no award given)

1998

Founder’s Award

Charlie Swenson, MD, is a psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

2000

Service Award

Cedar Koons, MSW, LCSW, is a consultant, teacher, researcher, and therapist specifializing in mindfulness-based treatments, including DBT. She is a senior trainer and consultant for Behavioral Tech and cofounder of Santa Fe DBT.

2001

Science Award

Kate Comtois, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington.

2002

Service Award

Alec Miller, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist and Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants, LLP. He is also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Educator Award

Charlie Swenson, MD, is a psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson

2003

Service Award

Alan Fruzzetti, PhD, is the program director of the 3East Boys Intensive Program at McLean Hospital.

2004

Research Award

Martin Bohus, MD is the Chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim and the Scientific Director Institute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim.

2005

Research Award

Tom Lynch is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton.

2006

Service Award

Bev Long is a Clinical Psychologist Specialist in Anoka, Minnesota.

Service Award

Joan Russo, PhD. After a long career in clinical practice, Dr. Russo continues to carry a torch for her belief in providing resources to support consumers and clinicians in her role on the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. She now serves as President of the DBT-LBC

2007

Service Award

Rose Marie Karparis, RN, MPH

Leadership Award

Shari Manning, PhD, is the CEO and one of the founders of the Treatment Implementation Collaborative, and the founder of the South Carolina Center for DBT.

2008

Service Award

Kelly Koerner, PhD is a clinical psychologist, creative director, and CEO of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute.

2009

Educator Award

Heidi Heard, PhD founded the British isles DBT Training, and now serves as the Senior Trainer for Behavioral Tech in Europe and is a clinical instructor at the University of Washington –

Educator Award

Michaela Swales, PhD, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with BCUHB and Reader in Clinical Psychology on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, School of Psychology, Bangor University.

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson – joint recipients

2010

Research Award

Shelley McMain, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Head of the Borderline Personality Clinic of the Addictions Section in the Clinical Research Department. She is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto as well as an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Psychology at York University.–

2011

Educator Award

Linda Dimeff, PhD, is Chief Scientific Officer at Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Inc.; Institute Director at Portland DBT Institute; and Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. –

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson

2013

Research Award

Alan Fruzzetti

2014

Service Award

Adam Payne, PhD, currently serves as a Clinical Supervisor at the University of Washington for graduate students in clinical psychology at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC).

2015

Research Award

Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP, is the Research Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics.

2016

Educator Award

Jill Rathus, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Long Island University/CW Post Campus in Brookville, New York, and Co-Director of the Family Violence Program at CW Post.

2017

Service Award

Alicia Gonzalez, MSN, RN, CS, is a clinical nurse specialist at North Duke Psychotherapy in Durham, North Carolina.

2017

Service Award

Kathryn Korslund, PhD, is Clinical Director of Thira Health in Bellevue, Washington, and former Associate Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Are we missing someone? Please let us know!   isit@isitdbt.net

Student Research Award

This year the ISITDBT board is pleased to offer a $1000 research award for any graduate student or postdoctoral researcher who is establishing a career in DBT research. Please submit your applications by September 1st, 2018.   At the 2018 ISITDBT Conference (isitdbt.net) we will award a $1000 scholarship for the most meritorious research application coming from a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher. The award can complement existing funding to support an exciting line of DBT research. If you are interested in applying, please submit a 3-page proposal for a research project that identifies mechanisms of change in DBT or otherwise identifies ways to optimize the treatment. Research proposals concerning the application of DBT to other populations, or advancements in the delivery of DBT are also welcome. The research proposal should follow NIH guidelines and detail significance, innovation, approach, and justification of need. In addition to the research proposal, please submit your CV or NIH biosketch, a one-page budget, a one-page research plan that could emerge from the research project, and a letter of support from a faculty advisor/mentor. If the award is intended to supplement existing funds, please highlight in the budget or the application the need for the award and where the additional funding to complete the study is coming from. Please ask your mentor to specify in your letter that you are a graduate student or postdoc. Expert DBT researchers will review all submitted proposals and select the most competitive application for this award. The key criteria on which the application will be judged is originality and likelihood that it can begin a promising line of funding that will advance research in DBT. Please submit applications (as well as any questions about the award that you might have) to Dr. Katie Dixon-Gordon at katiedg@psych.umass.edu by midnight, September 1st, 2018. Please put “ISITDBT 2018 Student Research Award submission” in the subject line. Submissions that do not follow this guideline will not be considered. Funding decisions will be sent no later than October 1st, 2018.

This year, the ISITDBT board is pleased to offer the ISITDBT Researcher Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to research on DBT. Researcher award recipients have gone above the call of duty to strengthen and expand our scientific understanding of DBT. Previous recipients of the Researcher Award include Kate Comtois (2001), Martin Bohus (2004), Tom Lynch (2005), Alan Fruzzetti (2013), Shelley McMain (2010), and Melanie Harned (2015), among several other leaders in the field. Please submit a nomination letter for the ISITDBT Researcher Award indicating the evidence supporting the nominee’s contribution to the DBT Community via the nominee’s efforts to contribute to the research on DBT and/or Borderline Personality Disorder. Please email isit@isitdbt.net and put in the subject head: Nomination for 2018 Researcher Award, or nominations will not be accepted. Nominations for the 2018 ISITDBT  Service Award are due Friday, September 21st, 2018.

Previous Award Recipients

1997
Marsha was honored (no award given)

1998

Founder’s Award

Charlie Swenson, MD, is a psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

2000

Service Award

Cedar Koons, MSW, LCSW, is a consultant, teacher, researcher, and therapist specifializing in mindfulness-based treatments, including DBT. She is a senior trainer and consultant for Behavioral Tech and cofounder of Santa Fe DBT.

2001

Science Award

Kate Comtois, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington.

2002

Service Award

Alec Miller, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist and Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants, LLP. He is also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Educator Award

Charlie Swenson, MD, is a psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson

2003

Service Award

Alan Fruzzetti, PhD, is the program director of the 3East Boys Intensive Program at McLean Hospital.

2004

Research Award

Martin Bohus, MD is the Chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim and the Scientific Director Institute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim.

2005

Research Award

Tom Lynch is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton.

2006

Service Award

Bev Long is a Clinical Psychologist Specialist in Anoka, Minnesota

Service Award

Joan Russo, PhD. After a long career in clinical practice, Dr. Russo continues to carry a torch for her belief in providing resources to support consumers and clinicians in her role on the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. She now serves as President of the DBT-LBC

2007

Service Award

Rose marie Karparis, RN, MPH

Leadership Award

Shari Manning, PhD, is the CEO and one of the founders of the Treatment Implementation Collaborative, and the founder of the South Carolina Center for DBT.

2008

Service Award

Kelly Koerner, PhD is a clinical psychologist, creative director, and CEO of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute

2009

Educator Award

Heidi Heard, PhD founded the British isles DBT Training, and now serves as the Senior Trainer for Behavioral Tech in Europe and is a clinical instructor at the University of Washington

Educator Award

Michaela Swales, PhD, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with BCUHB and Reader in Clinical Psychology on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, School of Psychology, Bangor University.

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson – joint recipients

2010

Research Award

Shelley McMain, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Head of the Borderline Personality Clinic of the Addictions Section in the Clinical Research Department. She is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto as well as an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Psychology at York University.

2011

Educator Award

Linda Dimeff, PhD, is Chief Scientific Officer at Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Inc.; Institute Director at Portland DBT Institute; and Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington.

Educator Award

Cindy Sanderson

2013

Research Award

Alan Fruzzetti

2014

Service Award

Adam Payne, PhD, currently serves as a Clinical Supervisor at the University of Washington for graduate students in clinical psychology at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC).

2015

Research Award

Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP, is the Research Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics.

2016

Educator Award

Jill Rathus, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Long Island University/CW Post Campus in Brookville, New York, and Co-Director of the Family Violence Program at CW Post

2017

Service Award

Alicia Gonzalez, MSN, RN, CS, is a clinical nurse specialist at North Duke Psychotherapy in Durham, North Carolina.

2017

Service Award

Kathryn Korslund, PhD, is Clinical Director of Thira Health in Bellevue, Washington, and former Associate Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Are we missing someone? Please let us know!   isit@isitdbt.net

ISITDBT 2018 CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

David Jobes, Ph.D.

Dr. Jobes is a Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and the Director of the CUA Suicide Prevention Lab (CUA SPL). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Jobes’ research and writing in suicide has produced well over 100 peer reviewed publications (including six books on clinical suicidology). As an internationally recognized suicidologist, Dr. Jobes is a past President of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and was a recipient of that organization’s 1995 “Shneidman Award” in recognition of early career contribution to suicide research. Dr. Jobes also received the 2012 AAS “Dublin Award” in recognition of career contributions in suicidology and the 2015 AAS “Linehan Award” in recognition for his ground breaking clinical research. In 2016, Dr. Jobes was awarded the Faculty Achievement Award for Research at The Catholic University of America for his research contribution and the work of the SPL.

Martin Bohus, MD

Prof. Martin Bohus, MD, received his MD at Freiburg Medical School and did his residency in Psychiatry and Neurology at Freiburg Medical School. He made his specialty in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and in Psychosomatic Medicine. Since 2003 he holds the chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University and is Medical Director at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim. He received several awards for psychotherapy research. He is board member of the German Association of Psychiatry DGPPN, President of the European Society for the Studies of Personality Disorders (ESSPD), president of the German Association for DBT and Chair of the International Strategic Planning Meeting for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (SPM). He was president and Initiator: 1st International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder, Berlin 2010 and since 2012 he is spokesperson of the Clinical Research Unit “Mechanisms of Disturbed Emotion Processing in BPD”. He has currently published 220 articles and book chapters, mainly on mechanisms of psychotherapy, borderline personality disorders and PTSD.

Melanie S. Harned, PhD, ABPP

Melanie S. Harned, PhD, ABPP, received her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, a postdoctoral fellowship at Two Brattle Center, and a postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Dr. Marsha Linehan at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington.

Dr. Harned currently works as a psychologist at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, is on the faculty of the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Washington, and is a trainer and consultant for Behavioral Tech, LLC.  Dr. Harned has previously worked as the Research Director of Dr. Linehan’s Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington (2006-2018), Director of Research and Development for Behavioral Tech, LLC (2014-2017), and Director of Behavioral Tech Research, Inc. (2013-2016). Dr. Harned’s research focuses on the development and evaluation of a protocol to treat PTSD during DBT as well as methods of disseminating and implementing this and other evidence-based treatments into clinical practice.

Dr. Harned has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and she regularly lectures and leads trainings both nationally and internationally. She is licensed as a psychologist in the state of Washington.

Sara Schmidt, Ph.D.

Sara Schmidt, PhD is a Research Scientist and Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington, where she directs the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics’ (BRTC) graduate training program in DBT and collaborates with Dr. Melanie Harned as a Co-Investigator on NIMH-funded research focused on the evaluation and implementation of the DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol for PTSD. Concurrently, Dr. Schmidt is a Research Scientist, Trainer, and Consultant at Behavioral Tech, LLC, where she assists in developing training content, methods, and customized implementation plans, and provides training and consultation in both DBT and DBT PE. Dr. Schmidt earned her BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University, and her MA and PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Westchester Jewish Community Services in Hartsdale, NY. Dr. Schmidt has experience providing DBT in a variety of settings, including community mental health, private practice, and residential facilities, and works with both adults and adolescents. She is a Certified DBT Clinician by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, and is licensed as a psychologist in the state of Washington.

Michaela Swales, Ph.D.

Michaela Swales PhD is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Reader in Clinical Psychology on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, Bangor University. She trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Seattle in 1994 / 95 with Marsha Linehan and for twenty years ran a clinical programme for suicidal young people in an inpatient service. Dr Swales is the Director of the British Isles Training Team, an International Affiliate of the Linehan Institute. She has trained more than a thousand professionals in DBT, seeding over 400 programmes, in both the UK and further afield. She co-authored, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features (2009; 2017) and Changing Behavior in DBT: Problem-Solving in Action (2015). She is the Editor of the Oxford Handbook of DBT. Her primary research interest is the effective implementation of evidence-based psychological therapies in routine clinical practice. Dr. Swales is a member of the Working Group on Classification of Personality Disorders, reporting to the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Advisory Group for the Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders. She was recently made a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Marcus Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Marcus is an assistant professor at Pitzer College. He is also a Behavioral Tech trainer in training, and has co-facilitated DBT intensives in the US, Mexico, Australia and China.
Marcus was born in California, grew up in Mexico, studied in Germany during college, lived in China for 9 years after college, and has traveled to more than 70 countries. He studied at Pepperdine University (BA), Peking University (MS), Duke University (PhD), and McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School (predoctoral internship). He has experience providing therapy in English, Spanish and Mandarin to adults, families and adolescents in inpatient, outpatient and partial hospital settings.
His research interests include mobile technologies, mindfulness, suicide prevention and global mental health. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and made more than 50 presentations at professional conferences. Marcus enjoys spending his free time with family, eating spicy foods, travel hacking, and writing children’s books.

Charlotte Thomas, MSSA, LCSW

Charlotte Thomas received her master’s degree in Social Science Administration (MSSA) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH and trained with Lucene Wisniewski PhD, FAED and Mark Warren MD, FAED for the following 4 years in the evidence based treatment of eating disorders. She is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Oregon with professional interests in treating eating disorders and associated issues including borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety and has provided services to individuals, teens, adults, families, and groups. At Portland DBT Institute, Charlotte is the Program Manager for the Pathways to Mindful Eating (PME) program and provides direct service to clients, supervision to staff, and serves on the management board for the clinic helping to inform general clinic policy. Her unique oversight of the PME program has resulted in the creation of an Intensive Outpatient Program for eating disorders and cross clinic integration of competencies related to treating complex clients presenting with eating disorder behaviors. In addition, Charlotte trains clinics and individuals nationally on DBT, program development, eating disorders, and evidence based practice.

Aditi Vijay, Ph.D.

Dr. Aditi Vijay currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of Dr. Alan Fruzzetti. Her overarching research interests are focused on understanding patterns of emotion regulation related to: 1) process and outcome research in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) specifically DBT consultation teams, and; 2) differences in patterns of emotion regulation across subtypes of traumatic events (e.g. sexual trauma versus physical abuse) as it relates to intervention strategies, and; 3) emotion regulation and loneliness in emerging adults.

Jessica R. Peters, Ph.D.

Jessica Peters, PhD is an Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Alpert Medical School of Brown University studying the relationships between anger, rumination, impulsivity, and social interactions in the context of borderline personality disorder (BPD), substance use and abuse, and self-destructive behaviors. She is particularly interested in how anger rumination may function to exacerbate negative affect and increase risky behavior and in characterizing how biological factors underlie and influence these processes. Her work also examines mechanisms underlying the increased risk of self-destructive behavior in LGBTQ+ youth.

Trevor Coyle, M.S.

Trevor Coyle is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington working with Dr. Melanie Harned. He earned his BA in psychology from Harvard College in 2014, where he worked with Dr. Matthew Nock on an honors thesis (co-advised by Dr. Justin Lehmiller) that employed the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide and the Minority Stress Model to explore suicidal ideation in gender and sexual minorities. Trevor’s primary research interest lies in evaluating existing models of care for acute suicide risk (e.g., inpatient hospitalization) and developing/testing novel approaches to managing acute suicide risk. Secondary interests include evaluating online interventions for suicidal thoughts and behaviors and investigating treatment outcomes for suicidal LGBTQ+ folks.

Tiffany Brown, Ph.D.

Dr. Tiffany Brown is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research. She earned her BA from Villanova University in 2008 and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University in 2016. She has extensive clinical experience working with adults and adolescents with eating disorders using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Family Based Therapy (FBT). Her research interests focus on risk factors for eating disorders in male and sexual minority populations and the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Dr. Brown has received research funding from the Global Foundation for Eating Disorders and the Academy for Eating Disorders. Her current research at UC San Diego focuses on cognitive-emotional predictors of eating disorder treatment outcome, novel treatment development targeting interoceptive sensitivity in eating disorders, and the implementation of DBT for adolescents with bulimic spectrum eating disorders in community-based settings.

ISITDBT EXHIBITORS

Exhibiting at the 2018 ISITDBT annual conference will put you in touch with hundreds of DBT practitioners, providers, students, and leaders in the field. Each year the conference is bustling with new ideas and enthusiasm as the DBT community comes together to learn, gather ideas, and shop. Our conference is growing and this year we are willing to offer a few spots to exhibit materials that may be relevant to the conference.

The exhibits will be right outside from the main conference room ensuring that all of the attendees will see the exhibition booths. Please send us an e-mail at isit@isitdbt.net if you are interested in showcasing your products at our conference.

Each exhibition proposal will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and approval will pend on the ISIT board and ABCT review, as well as space limitations. The cost will be $250 + costs required for set up for each exhibit and space will be assigned based on board approval.

ISITDBT 2018 HOTEL

The 2018 ISITDBT Conference will be held at the Marriott Washington Wardman Park Hotel , 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008.

You can book a room directly with this hotel at their website.

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