Australian psychologists, deepen your expertise in managing emotionally dysregulated clients by learning the 'Walking the Middle Path' skills. This module offers practical, compassionate strategies from Dr. Ella Brent, empowering families across Australia to validate feelings, set boundaries, and foster psychological flexibility.
This fourth module introduces Walking the Middle Path, a DBT-informed skill set specifically developed to support families of emotionally dysregulated individuals. In addition to the four core DBT modules—Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness—Walking the Middle Path focuses on helping families navigate high-stakes emotional situations with validation, balance, and flexibility.
Dr. Ella Brent presents a practical, compassionate framework for acknowledging the emotional experiences of others—even when you don’t agree with their behaviour. This approach helps families learn how to validate feelings without necessarily endorsing actions, creating a foundation for more effective communication, boundary-setting, and emotional support
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Describe the Walking the Middle Path skills set as an extension of standard DBT modules.
Teach families how to validate emotional experiences while maintaining healthy boundaries.
Apply techniques that promote psychological flexibility and reduce invalidating responses.
Support families under stress to hold multiple perspectives and engage in dialectical thinking.