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Treatment of Personality Disorders and DBT
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This training provides an overview of the principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with an emphasis on the role that mindfulness skills play in the overall treatment strategy. Students will gain a general knowledge of the various components of DBT treatment and why it is considered the gold-standard of treatment for emotional disregulation disorders. Clinical examples will be offered and students will have an opportunity to discuss how DBT skills might be utilized with patients they are currently seeing.
Erin L. Olivo, PhD, MPH, is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She is a former Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University, and the former Director of the Columbia Integrative Medicine Program, which she headed with Dr. Mehmet Oz. She has intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and clinical hypnosis. Dr. Olivo researches the benefits of mind-body strategies in medical and mental health care, especially for people facing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
