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Utilize behavior modification strategies at the earliest stage of dysregulation. Determine the importance of structure in both skills training and home environments and how to teach parents or care providers to implement these strategies. Determine how to adapt each skills module to reflect the language of the child. Debra Safer, MD is a board certified psychiatrist in Stanford, California. She is affiliated with Stanford Health Care.

Behavioral Medicine Clinic, Stanford Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Training

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• 401 Quarry Road
  Dept of Psychiatry
  Stanford, CA 94305

Education & Training

• Stanford UniversityFellowship, 2000
• Stanford UniversityInternship, Psychiatry, 1994 - 1995
• University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

• American Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyPsychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 CertificationEpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Clinical Trials

14dialectical Behavioral Training Jobs

• FDA Approved Medication to Reduce Binge Eating and/or PurgingStart of enrollment: 2015 Jul 01Safer D.L.
• Adding Guided Self-Help Group Therapy to the Alli Weight Loss Program in Treating Binge Eating DisorderStart of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01Safer, D.L.
• Comparing Two Group Therapy Treatments for Binge Eating DisorderStart of enrollment: 2003 Oct 01Safer, D.L.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• Parenting after Weight Loss Surgery: A Conceptual Model and Two Case Reports.
  Elise L. Gibbs, Cristin D. Runfola, Caroline E. Dickens, Hannah Welch, Debra L. Safer, Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit> ;Family Process. 2020 Dec 1
• Body Image Disturbance and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms Improve After Orthognathic Surgery.
  Häberle, A., Alkofahi, H., Qiao, J., Safer, D. L., Mittermiller, P. A., Menorca, R., Trickey, A. W., Girod, S.> ;Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. 2020 Aug 19
• Parent-based prevention after parental weight loss surgery: a pilot case-series trial.
  Sadeh-Sharvit, S., Runfola, C. D., Welch, H. A., Gibbs, E. L., Dickens, C. E., Lock, J., Safer, D. L.> ;Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 2020 Jul 9

Hospital Affiliations

• Stanford Health CarePalo Alto, California

Dr. Debra Safer, Dr. Debra Safer, MD, Dr. D Safer, Dr. Debra Lynn Safer

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, or DBT, is a powerful multi-modal treatment approach that Elements Traverse uses to address the extreme emotional intensity and dysregulation with which many of our clients struggle. It’s this intense emotionality that often leads to angry, destructive or counterproductive behaviors. DBT emphasizes personal responsibility and helps our clients examine how they deal with conflict and negative feelings. The goals of our dialectical behavioral therapy program include identifying maladaptive coping patterns and providing clients with adaptive coping strategies to promote healthier behaviors and psychological well-being.

DBT combines the basic strategies of cognitive-behavioral therapy with mindfulness practices. Dialectical behavioral therapy calls on clients to accept current reality while maintaining a strong and conscious commitment to change. DBT has also been modified so that it can be used with other difficulties such as substance use, self-harm and anger management. DBT targets the issues that cause distress and teaches skills to deal with them without having to resort to self-defeating behaviors. It does so in a structured framework that helps us understand that, on the one hand, we are doing the best we can and, on the other hand, we need to learn better ways of dealing with challenges.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy focuses on:

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Definition

• Mindfulness: Focusing the mind, directing attention and understanding how you feel.
• Emotional Regulation: Reducing emotional intensity that can lead to impulsivity and destructive behaviors.
• Distress Tolerance: Reducing impulsivity and managing personal crises.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Keeping relationships steady, getting what is needed and maintaining your self-respect.