The Luke Sklar Mental Health Initiative Presents:
How to Navigate Life’s Challenges and Maintain Your Mental Health – Strategies from DBT
With Guest Speaker Dr. Shelley McMain, Ph.D., Clinician Scientist, General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems Division, CAMH
Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm, in the Mishkan
We all know life can be chaotic at times. Many of us are blindsided by major challenges – a serious physical or mental health illness in the family, an unexpected death of a family member or close friend, the estrangement of children or grandchildren – these are just a few examples. We can all think of more, because, as the saying goes, “we’ve been there.”
DBT, or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, is a way to effectively manage our emotions and tolerate distress. In this session, Dr. Shelley McMain, will guide us through a variety of situational examples and case scenarios we recognize all too well. She’ll outline what Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is, and how practical DBT techniques, skills and strategies can help us ride out the storm and successfully deal with life’s challenges.
Please join us in the Mishkan and feel the warmth of community as we learn together, share together, and enjoy refreshments after the program.
For anyone who can’t make it in person, the event will also be Livestreamed.
The link to the Livestream will be provided when you register here.
More about Dr. McMain:
Shelley McMain, Ph.D., holds the positions of the Head of the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic and a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. Additionally, she serves as the Director of the Psychotherapy, Humanities and Psychosocial Interventions Division and holds an Associate Professorship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also a founder and co-director of a private practice, the Centre for Mindbody Health. Dr. McMain occupies key leadership roles, such as the President of the transitional board of the World Federation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She was the President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research from 2022-2023. Dr. McMain’s clinical interests revolve around the areas of psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, borderline personality disorder, emotion regulation, and the mechanisms of change. She has made significant contributions to the field, having authored over 90 published articles and book chapters, as well as co-authorship of three books.
If you have a question you’d like addressed by Dr. McMain during the program, in confidence, please see the directions on your registration form.
This program is generously sponsored by The Luke Sklar Mental Health Initiative.
Please send questions, in confidence, to: [email protected]
