CDP Presents: Using Tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Suicide Prevention

In this 90-minute webinar, participants will learn the basic structure of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT. The session will review data on DBT’s efficacy in reducing suicide risk and highlight two core DBT concepts that can be used to address suicide risk: the “life worth living” and a behavioral chain analysis. First, the concept of a life worth living will be described in the context of a case example to illustrate how to collaboratively identify treatment goals, enhance client motivation, and reduce suicide risk. Second, a worked example of a behavioral chain analysis will be provided, followed by a solution analysis to show how to identify new skills that are needed to reduce a client’s risk. Participants will leave with practical ideas about how to weave these two elements of DBT into any behaviorally-based treatment paradigm to address suicidal behavior.