Effectively using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to Meet the Needs of LGBTQ+ Clients
In this course, you'll explore how existing DBT skills and theoretical components can be effectively applied with LGBTQ+ clients' needs, including ways to manage multiple levels of stigma.
February 28, 2025
8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15 full members; $60 partial members & nonmembers
Trainer(s): Kim Skerven, PhD, ABPP
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
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February 28, 2025
8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15 full members; $60 partial members & nonmembers
Trainer(s): Kim Skerven, PhD, ABPP
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
Course Description
In this training, we will explore ways that DBT can be tailored or contextualized in order to meet the needs of our LGBTQ+ clients. We will discuss minority stress theory and how it aligns with DBT's biosocial theory.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn ways to maintain treatment fidelity while meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ clients
- Participants will understand how minority stress theory fits with biosocial theory in DBT
- Participants will describe how minority stress may relate to emotion dysregulation and related difficulties
- Participants will apply existing DBT skills to the needs of LGBTQ+ clients
About Your Trainer
Kim Skerven, Ph.D., ABPP
Kim Skerven, Ph.D., ABPP is a Licensed Psychologist specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She is a Certified Clinician through the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. Dr. Skerven provides individual DBT, conducts DBT skills training groups, and provides DBT supervision.