Live Webinar on October 31: How DBT Promotes Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Mindfulness
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an effective treatment for improving emotional regulation in adults with ADHD. DBT is a lesser known but important intervention under the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) umbrella of treatments for ADHD.
DBT aims to improve emotional dysregulation through four basic skills modules: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT modified for adult ADHD also integrates skills that improve executive function.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- About basic DBT skills modules and how they are modified to treat adult ADHD symptoms and traits
- How DBT teaches skills to improve management of intense emotions, impulsivity, mood swings, stress intolerance, and related behaviors
- How DBT teaches skills to improve executive functioning
- How DBT teaches approaches to activate the emotions needed for task initiation and persistence
- About the actionable strategies that DBT provides to bring about lasting changes in behavior and motivation
Have a question for our expert? There will be an opportunity to post questions for the presenter during the live webinar.
Meet the Expert Speaker
Scott Spradlin, a licensed professional counselor and licensed master’s addiction counselor, is the co-director of Wichita DBT at NorthStar Therapy, along with his wife, Mariah Spradlin, a licensed clinical social worker and licenses clinical addiction counselor. They provide adherent comprehensive DBT and Wise Mind for the Distracted Mind: DBT for Adult ADHD, a modified DBT for adult ADHD.
Scott completed DBT intensive training with DBT founder Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., and Linda Dimeff, Ph.D., in 2000 in Seattle, Washington. He served as an adjunct professor for the College of Education and School Psychology at Wichita State University, where he taught courses on DBT and related topics, the assessment and treatment of suicidality and self-harm, and the ethical integration of religion and spirituality in psychotherapy for undergraduate and graduate students. Scott authored Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control (New Harbinger, 2003).
He and his wife are co-authoring a new workbook on DBT for adult ADHD scheduled for release in 2026.
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DBT Skills for ADHD Symptoms: More Resources
- Sign Up: ADHD Treatment Guide for Adults
- Read: Why Dialectical Behavior Therapy Works
- Read: DBT Plus tDCS May Best Improve ADHD Symptoms in Adults
- eBook: How the ADHD Brain Works
Certificate of Attendance: For information on how to purchase the certificate of attendance option (cost $10), register for the webinar, then look for instructions in the email you’ll receive one hour after it ends. The certificate of attendance link will also be available here, on the webinar replay page, several hours after the live webinar. ADDitude does not offer CEU credits.
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