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Working Well with LGBTQ+ Clients in DBT

Free Webinar | March13th, 2024 | 12:00pm PST/ 3:00pm EST | 60 Minutes

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About

This 1-hour talk will focus on ways that DBT can be effectively tailored for LGBTQ+ clients. Participants will learn key components of minority stress theory and how they connect with biosocial theory in DBT. Examples of how DBT concepts and strategies can be contextualized for LGBTQ+ clients will be provided.

Learning Objectives
By the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify key components of minority stress theory and how they relate to biosocial theory in DBT.
  2. Describe how DBT skills can be effectively tailored for LGBTQ+ clients.
CEU Opportunity: Credits are available and approved by NBCC for attendees who participate for the entire webinar. Next steps for receiving credits will be sent out at the end of the webinar.
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Speakers

Kim Skerven, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC

Licensed psychologist at the Center for Behavioral Medicine

Kim Skerven, PhD, ABPP is a licensed psychologist at the Center for Behavioral Medicine in Brookfield, WI. Dr. Skerven is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician, Associate Editor for the Clinician’s Digest in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association through Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity), and is Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. She has a special interest in LGBTQ+ psychology and facilitates a dedicated DBT skills training group for LGBTQ+ clients in comprehensive DBT.

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