Pat Harvey

DBT Parent and Family Coach, Skills Trainer

About

My focus is on supporting and validating parents and other family members who love someone who has intense emotions/emotion dysregulation/mental illness and helping them to learn skills they can use to parent and respond to their loved one effectively and safely. I am also focused on training professionals to create a validating and non-judgmental environment when working with parents and family members of youth, young adults and adults who have emotional challenges while helping those family members to structure an emotionally healthy environment for their family member. I am the co-author of "Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions" (a book for parents), "Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents: A Practitioner's Guide to Treating Challenging Behavior Problems", (a book for professionals about using DBT skills in their work with adolescents and their families), Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions and a short book called, "Hey, I'm Here Too! A book for Tween/Teen Siblings of a Young Person Kids With Emotional Issues" which was self-published in July, 2014. Specialties: DBT Skills Training, individually and in group, with parents (and siblings) of individuals with emotion dyregulation/mental illness. DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) is a cognitive/behavioral framework that emphasizes acceptance and change. It is an empirically -based structured framework that helps people manage emotions effectively. I have recently redesigned and updated my website, patharveymsw.com, to reflect my focus on working with parents. It has resources, videos and podcasts for parents who have children of any age who have emotional challenges. You can watch a YouTube video of Pat talking about DBT and parenting adolescents and young adults on Therapy Talk (June 12, 2015) by following the link below

Country

United States

City

Rockville

Industry

Mental Health Care

Skill

DBT, DBT Skills Training for Parents and Family Members, DBT Coaching for parents and family members, Mental Health, Clinical Supervision, Support for Siblings of individuals with mental health problems, Clinical Consultation to professionals and organzations, Social Services, Behavioral Health, CBT, Case Managment, Treatment, Interventions, Adolescents, Family Therapy, Therapists, Group Therapy, Program Management, Dual Diagnosis, Psychotherapy

Experience

DBT Parent and Family Coach, Skills Trainer

DBT Parent and Family Coach, Trainer, Consultant

2005 - Present · 21 yrs

Rockville, MD

I provide individualized coaching sessions for parents and other family members who love someone whose emotional intensity leads to challenging behaviors. I also provide Parents DBT Skills Training Groups so that parents can learn DBT Skills - Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Balanced Parenting, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness - in order to parent less emotionally and more effectively and be able to take care of their own needs as well.

Private Consultation/Practice

Pat Harvey, LCSW-C

2005-1 - Present · 21 yrs 9 mos

Facilitate Parent and Siblings DBT Skills Training Groups Coaching and Support for Parents and siblings of Children and Adults with Emotion Dysregulation Clinical Supervision and Consultation, Training and Workshops in using DBT skills and concepts

Public Policy Consultant

NAMI Maryland

2007-1 - 2009-11 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Consult on state legislative policy related to mental health concerns, testify to General Assembly Participate in State Transformation Grant subcommittees Chair and coordinate work of NAMI System Reform Committee

Division Director

The Bridge of Central Massachusetts

2000-8 - 2004-11 · 4 yrs 4 mos

As the Division Director of the Metro-Suburban Division, I oversaw a Transition Age youth group home that implemented DBT and I helped to develop one of the first DBT adherent adolescent group homes in the country, a program that won an APA Gold Award in 2004.

Division Director

Metro-Suburban Division

2000-8 - 2004-11 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for overall fiscal, programmatic and clinical aspects of a DBT adolescent group home, a DBT young adult group home, and a dual diagnosis adult program for individuals with mental illness Supervised and Structured a Drop-In/Crisis Intervention Program for GLBTQ youth Implemented DBT treatment within two programs Provided clinical supervision of Master's level Clinicians and supervision of Program Managers Collaborated with Department of Mental Health funding agencies Conducted training and workshops for staff and agency personnel Developed, facilitated and reported on Quality Management Plans for programs Increased divisional emphasis on work with parents and families Developed and facilitated Parents DBT Skills Training Group

Lecturer

COPACE, Clark University

2003-12 - 2004-6 · 7 mos

Mental Illness and Behavior Management: Validation and Limit Setting, Acceptance and Change presented at a Division Team Day on August 6, 2003 Mental Illness and Treatment Approaches presented to Southboro Apartment Program staff monthly; "Family Counseling Techniques and the Therapist's Own Family" "Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques" "Interventions with Severely Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents