Basic Counseling Skills

This training will provide basic counseling skills that are very important and can have applicability in many settings, not just the therapy setting. This training will provide an overview of basic counseling skills as well as an opportunity to practice them.

This presentation will be led by Emily Dreher. Emily Dreher is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Linehan Board Certified DBT Clinician with clinical experience providing outpatient therapy and in home crisis counseling. Her specialties include working with individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Prolonged Exposure. Emily is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Applied Health Behavior Research graduate program at Washington University.

Behavioral Health professionals who attend may apply for up to 3 CEUs.

•All attendees must attend the full time of the event.

•All attendees are required to be registered before the event.

•All attendees must complete the event CEU questions during the registration process and sign-in sheet at the start of the training.

•Please, arrive to the training 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure that any potential difficulties are worked out prior to the event start.

•Attendees must attend the full event time in order to receive continuing education. If an attendee is not present at the start of the training, leaves for a significant time during the training or leaves the training early, CEUs may not be awarded.

•If an attendee experiences any issue that would keep them from being in the training from start time to end time, continuing education cannot be awarded. Illume retains the attendance list for auditing purposes.

•Please allow at least 45 days to receive your CEU certificate or certificate of attendance. If your training has multiple dates, certificates will be sent at least 45 days from the date of the last training or workshop.

CEUs will only be disbursed via email to individuals that have followed the guidelines.

If you have any questions, please contact Illume Program Assistant, Abby Brackenridge at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence