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Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Miriam Arond2025-06-17T12:52:10-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: bipolar disorder, self harm, bpd, dbt, psychotherapy, PTSD, co-occurring disorder, evidence based, ed institute, Dialectical Behavior, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use, Depression|

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment originally designed for individuals with suicidal or self-harm behaviors. It has come to be an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality (BPD). However, many other clients and disorders have been shown to benefit from DBT, such as depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, or alcohol and drug use disorders. It can be applied as a behavioral therapy to any target behavior that the client would want to change. DBT is built on balancing acceptance and change. Its use of dialectics like this one, the teaching of mindfulness as a core skill, and its group curriculum of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that have distinguished DBT as a skills-based therapy.

Nicotine and Vaping: What Clinicians Need to Know

Miriam Arond2024-06-11T13:16:53-04:00June 11th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: nicotine, vaping, smoking, co-occurring disorders, addiction, clinicians, ed institute, Mental Health, Substance Use|

Smoking cigarettes remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and causes more than 440,000 deaths each year. In addition, vaping continues to grow in popularity and is the most common delivery method of nicotine among teenagers and young adults. Nicotine is the main addictive chemical in both smoking cigarettes and vaping.

Opioids: What Clinicians Need to Know

Miriam Arond2024-04-05T14:14:11-04:00April 5th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: opioids, substance use disorder, co-occurring disorders, clinicians, drug use, ed institute, Mental Health, Substance Use|

Drug overdose now causes more deaths than car accidents and is the leading cause of injury death in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these deaths are due to opioids. This session will give an overview of opioids, including their various types and main intoxication symptoms. Important trends in opioid addiction will be reviewed, including the rise of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.

The ABC’s of CBT

Miriam Arond2024-03-20T16:28:14-04:00March 20th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: cognitive heavioral therapy, dbt, psychotherapy, CBT, co-occurring disorder, evidence based, ed institute, Dialectical Behavior, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use|

Dates: 4/30/24 & 5/7/24 Time: 9:00 – 10:30 Contact Hrs: 3 CEUs: 3 It has been determined that WJCS staff would benefit from access to a general training specific to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The cognitive behavioral paradigm provides a unique way to conceptualize pathology and to plan therapeutic intervention. The majority of clinicians practicing today identify that some part of their work is informed by CBT. Research consistently indicates the efficacy of CBT with many psychological disorders and with a diverse range of clients. CBT is often embedded in frequently used interventions at WJCS such as dialectical behavior therapy ...

Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan

Miriam Arond2026-01-07T11:09:17-05:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: trauma therapist, trauma treatment, PTSD, CBT, ed institute, mental health course, stress, Trauma, Mental Health, Behavioral Health|

Clinicians are likely to encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. In addition to clients who meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders from single traumatic events, survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma may also present more complex clinical pictures.

Psychopharmacology and Co-Occurring Disorders: What Clinicians Need to Know

Miriam Arond2024-02-14T12:01:46-05:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: Psychopharmacology, psychology, co-occurring disorder, evidence based, ed institute, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use|

This 1.5-hour training will introduce attendees to the concept of co-occurring disorders- the co-occurrence of one or more mental health and substance use disorders that often act in synergistic ways to exacerbate one another leading to more negative outcomes than if individuals had a substance use or mental health disorder alone.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)

Miriam Arond2025-03-04T16:18:03-05:00July 19th, 2023|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: cbti, cognitive behavioral therapy, ed institute, insomnia, Mental Health|

In this course, participants will be introduced to the rationale for CBTi, learn the tools involved in implementing it, and become familiar with how to manage common comorbidities and challenges in implementation.

Theories & Practices to Support Clinicians Working with Grieving Clients

Miriam Arond2025-12-04T18:01:54-05:00April 10th, 2023|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: clinicians, ed institute, Grief, Mental Health|

The current course aims to provide clinicians with a grounding in psychoeducation and theory behind grief responses in order to increase clinician confidence in working with clients who are experiencing bereavement. Additionally, this course will provide clinicians with examples of and hands-on practice with activities they can use in session to help support clients on their journey through grief and healing. At the close of each day of the course, space will be provided for clinicians to process their thoughts and feelings related to working with grieving clients in an effort to normalize conversation about death and dying and dispel some of the discomfort or concern about supporting grieving clients.