Trainings and Seminars
Pat has provided trainings on the following topics:

  • "Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Philosophy to Understand, Engage and Motivate
    Clients" presented at the Montgomery County Commission for Women Professional Training
    Series, January 18, 2008

  • "Using DBT Skills training and Philosophy to Engage and Understand Consumers",
    presented to Community Behavioral Health rehab professionals,  Dec 6, 2007

  • DBT Skills Training for Adolescents, private seminars delivered at Zumbro Valley Mental
    Health Center, Rochester, Minnesota, November, 2007

  • "DBT Skills Training: Partnering with Parents to Help Children"; seminars given throughout
    the United States for PESI, Inc  June, 2007 - October, 2007

  • "DBT Basic Concepts of Acceptance"  at St. Luke's, Inc., June, 2006

  • "Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Introduction to Concepts and Philosophy and Skills Training
    Modules" delivered to Silver Spring Therapists, April 22 and June 3, 2006

  • "Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Training to Support & Educate Parents of
    Mentally Ill Children" at the NASW State Conference on March 31, 2006

  • "Working with Children and Families Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a Guiding
    Philosophy" taught in 5 sessions to employees at Family and Child Services of Washington
    DC

  • "Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Basics for Consumers and Family Members"  at NAMI-MD
    Annual Statewide Conference, October 24, 2005

  • "DBT Basics for Residential Programs" at St, Luke's Training Day, August, 2005

  • "DBT Used in a Community Residence for Adolescents" presented at The International
    Society for the Investigation and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, November, 2003

  • "DBT, Grove Street and Working with Parents" presented as a Seminar to Psychiatric
    Residents at UMASS Med School, April 30 and May 6, 2004

  • Social Work Module presented every other month as part of Bridge of Central Mass. Agency
    Orientation

  • "Mental Illness and Treatment Approaches" presented to Southboro Apartment Program
    staff monthly from Dec 2003-June 2004

  • Consumer Boundaries/Grooming presented as part of “Train the Trainers” at the Bridge on
    January 24, 2004

  • "Mental Illness and Behavior Management: Validation and Limit Setting, Acceptance and
    Change" presented at a Division Team Day on August 6, 2003

  • "Using Yourself as a Reinforcing Agent: Basic Principles in Behavior Management"
    presented at a Division Team Day in April, 2003

  • "Using Yourself as a Reinforcing Agent" presented as a training for all staff of the Bridge on
    October 24, 2002
Pat provides training to a variety of audiences – clinicians and therapists,
paraprofessionals, family members, rehab counselors, residential
counselors – to audiences of different sizes and from hour long brown
bag trainings to 3 hour workshops to one and two day seminars.
IN THE WORDS OF SOME TRAINING PARTICIPANTS:

"Pat is a dynamic and engaging facilitator, whose personal life stories really added to my
understanding and knowledge of how to better facilitate DBt skills training."

"Pat's traiing is fantastic. With all her experience...she makes it very applicable and not only to
our clients but for ourselves. She is very approachable and down to earth, and I like the ways
she accepts all questions and challenges...It could be a lot of dry technique, but she is able to
present it in a way that is very interesting."

"Although I have had previous DBT training, I learned new information from her training".

"....I would hear her all over again..."