Mindful Psychology Associates

Licensed Clinical Psychologists in Evanston, Illinois

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Skills Training Class Begins in November

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Anyone struggling with anxiety, depression which seems to be resistant to treatment, anorexia nervosa, OCDP (obsessive-compulsive personality disorder) may benefit from this Skills Training Class in RO-DBT or Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

The class will take place on Tuesday evenings beginning in November at the Mindful Psychology Associates office in the Carlson Building, 636 Church Street, Suite 620, Evanston. Practice owner and licensed clinical psychologist Jennifer (Panning) Contarino, PsyD, is bringing this evidence-based treatment to the North Shore along with colleague and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Ethan Stark.

Who is this class for?

Do traits like these ring a bell?

  • Perfectionism
  • Excessive self control
  • Rule follower
  • Preference for order, structure
  • Reserved, restrained
  • Frugal

Clients who may endorse the following diagnoses:

  • Chronic depression
  • Treatment resistant anxiety
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Body Dysmorphia
  • Binge Eating Disorder
  • Obsessive Compulsive
  • Personality Disorder

Benefits of this Class

  • Flexibility
  • Openness
  • Social connectedness
  • Emotional expressiveness

WHEN: Tuesday evenings (begins November 2019)

WHERE: Mindful Psychology Associates, 636 Church Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL

TIME: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

PRICE: $60 per class (MPA can bill BCBS PPO or Northwestern University Student Health Plan)

For more info or to sign up, please use our Contact Form and indicate your interest for yourself or a client in the RO-DBT class with Dr. Contarino.

Related: MPA Now Offering RO-DBT Individual Therapy and Class, August 2018

NOTE: Clients must be in ongoing individual therapy. This class is a supplement to individual therapy. We will collaborate with referring therapists.

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MPA Now Offering RO-DBT Individual Therapy and Class!

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In Spring 2018, practice owner and licensed clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning, PsyD, completed the first week of an intensive two-week training on Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT or RO). Dr. Panning is excited to finalize the program this fall and bring this new evidence-based treatment to Mindful Psychology Associates.

RO-DBT was developed by Thomas Lynch, PhD, and his colleagues, and has been empirically validated and researched with clients for 20 years. This year, Dr. Lynch published a textbook and skills training manual for psychologists, making Radically Open therapy more accessible for clinicians and their prospective clients.

RO is a trans-diagnostic treatment approach, meaning that it was not designed for one particular diagnosis. However, if you struggle with any of the following problems, you may benefit from RO treatment:

  • Treatment resistant depression
  • Anxiety
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCDP)

For more information on the treatment approach, visit the Radically Open website.

While traditional DBT is helpful for individuals who need more help regulating and controlling emotions, RO-DBT is designed for those who benefit from goals of openness and flexibility.

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If you identify with any or all of the following traits, you may benefit from RO-DBT:

  • Rigidity in behaviors or thinking (perfectionism)
  • Excessive need to be in control (over control)
  • Difficulty accessing emotions
  • Social isolation
  • Emotionally shut down or guarded

Dr. Contarino is currently accepting referrals for clients for RO-DBT. Since RO is a structured treatment, you may benefit from RO even if you are already in traditional talk therapy. Dr. Contarino will consult and collaborate with your current therapist.

Coming this fall, Dr. Contarino and Heather Stephenson, PhD, will offer RO-DBT skills training class! This class will be limited to ten participants and will meet in our Evanston office. Please contact Dr. Contarino for more information on either of these offerings.