Letting Go of Overcontrol: Applying RO-DBT Principles to Activate Social Safety and Address Supervisee Perfectionism

Presented by Jennifer Contarino Panning, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder, Mindful Psychology Associates

Friday, May 19, 2023

10:15AM-12:15PM CT

Event Held In-Person and Online

This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists or 2.0 IL CEUs for LPCCs and LPSW

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Workshop Description:

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is an empirically validated, transtheoretical treatment modality founded by Thomas Lynch PhD to address issues related to overcontrol (rigidity, perfectionism, aloof interpersonal style, loneliness, social anxiety) and clinical presentations such as OCPD, anorexia nervosa, depression, and anxiety. RO-DBT focuses on goals such as mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, openness, and improved flexibility. Additionally, RO DBT concepts and skills can be utilized by clinicians for their own growth and development (especially those who identify as overcontrolled), and to understand how their own temperaments impact their ability to be present with themselves and their clients.
Workshop participants will complete a self-assessment to understand their level of overcontrolled coping, learn the basic components of RO-DBT including identifying and shifting social signaling and the Neuroregulatory Model of Emotions, and learn several RO-DBT skills designed to help participants activate social safety and feel more calm. This workshop will use interactive components such as role plays and skill practicing. An additional focus will be on clinical supervisors being able to help their graduate trainees, who may benefit from learning more about their own overcontrolled coping style, and clinical supervisors will be taught RO-DBT concepts and skills designed to help trainees in managing their own anxiety and perfectionistic tendencies around their clinical work.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this ntroductory-level presentation, participants will be able to:

Name their own coping style (overcontrolled or undercontrolled) and discuss two benefits and two challenges to their style
List two RO-DBT skills that can be used for professional development or to teach supervisees

Program Standards and Goals:

This program meets APA’s continuing education Standard 1.3: Program content focuses on topics related to psychological practice, education, or research other than
application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that are supported by contemporary scholarship grounded in established research procedures.

This program meets APA’s continuing education Goal 1: Program is relevant to psychological practice, education, and/or science.

Workshop Schedule (shown in CST):

10:15 am – Event Begins

12:15 pm – Event Ends

References:

Lynch, T. R. (2018). Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol. Context Press/New
Harbinger Publications.

Lynch, T. R. (2018). Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual: For Disorders of Overcontrol. New Harbinger Publications.

Hempel, RJ, Booth, R, Giblin, A, Hamilton, L, Hoch, A, Porter, J, Wolf-Arehurt, M. (2018). The implication of RO DBT in clinical practice. the Behavior
Therapist, 41, 161-173

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Clinical supervisors, including masters-level and doctoral level clinical supervisors, mental health practitioners, and psychologists.

Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.

Counselors/Clinical Counselors: This program, when attended in its entirety, is available 2.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for counselors and clinical counselors. License Number: 197.000159

Social Workers: This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for social workers. License Number: 159.001036

Participation Certificate. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is able to provide students and other participants who simply wish to have documentation of their attendance at the program a participation certificate.

Non Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.

*Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.