|  DIALECTICAL
BEHAVIOR THERAPY:
TREATING BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER
Kenneth Meyer
This workshop will provide an introductory overview of Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT), a comprehensive and empirically validated
treatment protocol for Borderline Personality Disorder. This
integrative therapy approach blends Eastern Zen practices
of mindfulness and acceptance with Western behavioral and
cognitive approaches to change.
Through lecture, experiential exercises, and a video of DBT
founder Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., participants will get exposure
to, and a practical sampling of, this treatment approach to
working effectively with patients who meet the criteria for
Axis II Borderline Personality Disorder, in addition to other
co-morbid Axis I diagnoses. The workshop will also include
applications of DBT to various treatment settings, including
a private practice, and its effective use in working with
adolescents, drug and alcohol addictions, and binge-eating
disorders.
| Kenneth Meyer, Psy.D.,
is the founder and clinical director of The Bay
Area Center for DBT Integration (www.dbtintegration.org),
which runs Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
skills training groups in Berkeley and San Francisco.
He has given grand rounds talks at local hospitals
and taught continuing education trainings in DBT
and has served as DBT coordinator and program
developer for the Departments of Psychiatry at
Kaiser Oakland and Union City. Dr. Meyer
is in private practice in Oakland and San Francisco.
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