A Dialectical–Expressive Approach for Calm, Emotional Regulation, and Resiliency

Location: Online, Live via Zoom (link will be shared with ticketholders)

CEUs: Qualifying practitioners receive 2.0 CEUs

This session will present the framework of DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy, an evidence-based therapeutic approach teaching the art and science of emotional regulation. DBT is a widely utilized treatment approach across diagnostic categories. This model can be incorporated into any psychodynamic or psychoanalytic way of working. Dr. Mathew will present a unique DBT – Expressive Approach, how to translate principles of mindfulness, self-soothing, and emotional regulating utilizing expressive techniques.

WTCI invites you to this DBT informed - expressive arts self-care session with our guest presenter, Dr. Reji Mathew. Dr. Mathew is a mental health educator and clinical instructor at New York University specializing in coping skill-focused treatment models such as DBT, CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, Positive-Psychology, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and BBT (Brain-Based Therapy).

Dr. Mathew is also an intermodal artist and an expressive arts advocate. She is passionate about expressive languages—movement, visual arts, drama, writing, and music. Her social advocacy work centers on how artistic skills enable us to reimagine our lives when facing challenges. Her therapeutic arts specialization explores the use of expressive arts as multi-sensory processing tools for problem-solving, self-expansion, and personal growth.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand and identify the principles of DBT: Dialectic Behavior Therapy.

2. Understand how to translate DBT concepts prescriptively across diagnostic presenting concerns.

3. Understand how to integrate the 4 skills of DBT into a psychodynamic frame.

4. Pair DBT modules of mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation with calming expressive techniques.

Participants are asked to join the workshop with the following items. Please let us know in advance if accommodations would be helpful to you.

• Journal - to make notes for the session

• Drawing paper & colored pencils or markers (not paint or watercolors)

• Comfortable clothing and space to move