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PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 4

Strong Roots Perinatal DBT: EB-Intervention to Support Perinatal Women with Trauma and Emotion-Dysregulation

Facilitators

Half Day workshop- Forenoon (9am to 12pm)

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Prof. Maria Muzik

Dr. Jessica Riggs

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Michigan Medicine
University of Michigan, USA

Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan, USA

Bio

Dr. Maria Muzik is a clinician, scholar and educator, whose work is grounded in reproductive health and justice and mental health equity across the childbearing years. Professionally, she is faculty and Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Michigan Medicine and serves as Medical Director of the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Services at Michigan Medicine. She is also co-Director, Zero To Thrive & Women and Infant Mental Health Program, Medical Director, Perinatal Psychiatry Service and Medical Director, MC3 Perinatal Psychiatry Assessment Program at Michigan

Bio

Dr. Jessica Riggs is Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of psychiatry, University of Michigan. Dr. Riggs works on the impact of early parent-child relationships, and stress, trauma, and resiliency.

Maximum Participants- 75

Note : Please confirm your eligibility for the workshop before applying.
If not eligible, the fee will not be refunded.

Eligibility:

Should be a qualified Mental Health Professional (MHP)
Clinicians with Minimum 2 years of experience in their field (Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and psychiatric social work)
Students and Academics: Enrolled in PhD (social sciences related to mental health) or MD in psychiatry.
Teaching Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows: Working in mental health or related fields.

Goals and Learning Outcomes:

1) Learn about relational dialectics and how they can guide psychotherapy work in perinatal populations
2) Identify and practice 4 specific dialectical behavioural therapy skills adapted for perinatal populations
3) Assess and respond to risk using evidence-informed, relationally-based methods sensitive to the perinatal period.

Objectives:

Strong Roots Perinatal DBT is an 18-week group intervention for trauma-exposed perinatal women and based on the DBT works of Marsha Linehan, PhD. The treatment incorporates several evidence-based therapies including DBT, Strong Roots concepts, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Infant Parent Psychotherapy and is rooted in trauma informed principles. SR-Perinatal DBT is accessible, supportive, and sensitive to the unique needs of women during the perinatal period, teaching concrete therapeutic skills that target frequent areas of difficulty around emotion regulation and parenting. We focus on mood regulation and coping skills that promote mothers’ mental health, peer support, parenting competence, and parent-child relationships.

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