Brief DBT for Loss-related Dysregulation

Live Online Workshop

Thursday, July 17, 2025
3:00–5:00pm ET

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2 CE contact hours

While almost all distress benefits from support in regulation practices, grief-related distress can be particularly tricky to manage. As grief is part of a typical attachment process and distress would be considered normative, knowing how and when to intervene—to support but not suffocate the grieving process—requires nuance and skill. In this presentation, Kate Kreider, a noted expert in DBT, will discuss the ways that traditional DBT paradigms—Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness—can be applied to grief in both short and long-term settings. An overview of grief-related distress symptoms and DBT theory will be provided, as well as suggestions for intervention and case studies.

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Note: This workshop will be recorded and made available for future purchase and viewing. Contact silver.zeldafosterstudies@nyu.edu for more information.

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the clinical foundation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
• Utilize the biosocial theory to understand the physiological experience of grief.
• Identify four therapeutic interventions to manage grief dysregulation.

Kate Kreider, LICSW

Kate Kreider is a proud alum of Smith College School for Social Work, earning her MSW degree in 2018. She currently works as a pediatric palliative care social worker at Baystate Health and has over 14 years of experience working with children and families. She became certified as a Dialectical Behavior Therapist in 2019 and is passionate about weaving DBT skills into supporting patients and parents navigating life-limiting illnesses. In this work, she serves on the Scholar Provided Respite In-home Novel Training (SPRINT) Advisory Board committed to providing nursing students with homebound pediatric patient care training. She is an advisor and faculty member for the Smith College Palliative and End Of Care certification program. Kreider is also the vice president of Sparkle House, a nonprofit organization focused on bringing a children respite and palliative care house to Western Massachusetts. Sparkle House is a part of the Children Respite Homes of America initiative. In her free time, Kreider owns and operates Rumspringa Books in downtown Springfield, where she sells an array of grief and loss titles.

General Admission: $75

Available Discounts:

• Current Practicum Instructors/Educational Coordinators: 10% discount ($67.50)
• NYU Silver Alumni: 10% discount ($67.50)

If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:

• Refund requests made on or before July 10, 2025 (by midnight): full refund
• Refund requests made on or before July 14, 2025 (by midnight): 50% refund
• Refund requests made on or after July 15, 2025: no refund 

If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Addressing Grievances:
For information on our grievance and complaint procedures, contact 212.998.9099 or silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Note on Accessibility:
It is a priority to make our events inclusive and accessible. For any questions or to notify us of a request, please email silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu at least 72 hours before the event.

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497