Course Description

*This selection is for the Final Exam only. Access to the book, Therapy-Interfering Behavior in DBT, is required to complete the exam. If you already have access to the book, click the "Enroll" button above to continue. To order the e-Book from Guilford Press (which enables you to take the course immediately), click here. To order the paperback book from PRP, click here.

This course gives clinicians everything they need to assess, understand, and address TIB both in clients and in themselves. Therapists learn how to orient clients to TIB and work with it effectively whenever it shows up, using a combination of validation, contingency management, and dialectics. Packed with clinical examples, dialogues, and practical tips, the book discusses the full range of DBT contexts, from individual therapy to skills class, phone coaching, and consultation teams.

7 CE credits/hours, 46 questions

Target Audience

Psychologists | School Psychologists | Marriage & Family Therapists | Mental Health Counselors | Social Workers

Learning Level

Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  • List and describe four behaviors that would be considered Therapy-Interfering Behaviors (TIBs).
  • Summarize which skills and practices set the stage for successfully addressing TIBs in therapy.
  • Discuss and predict the various forms TIBs can take and identify the function they serve.
  • Identify and discuss which TIBs to address and in which order.
  • Compare the similarities and differences in responding to TIBs in coaching calls, classes, and family sessions.
  • Analyze and plan for the management of contingencies in addressing TIBs.
  • Apply management strategies for different TIBs as they present in the therapist.

Sections

  1. 1

    • Statement of Understanding (downloadable/printable)
  2. 2

    • Therapy-Interfering Behavior in DBT - Final Exam Questions (downloadable/printable)

    • Final Exam
  3. 3

    • Evaluation Questionnaire

About the Author

Esme A. L. Shaller, PhD

Esme A. L. Shaller, PhD, is Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), which she joined in 2007. At UCSF, she helped build the Wavefront Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Clinic, for which she serves as Clinical Director. Both Dr. Shaller and the Wavefront DBT Clinic are certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. Dr. Shaller’s central passions are teaching and dissemination of DBT, particularly for adolescents and families. She devotes a large percentage of her time to teaching and training, both within UCSF’s residency and fellowship programs and across California and the United States. She has worked with other members of the Wavefront team to implement comprehensive DBT for low-income teens in three Bay Area counties. Dr. Shaller is past president of the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT (ISITDBT) and a cofounder of the ISITDBT Anti-Racism Committee.