Save the Date: Atlanta February 1st Family Connections Open Meeting

SAVE THE DATE!!  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1st  10:00AM to 12 Noon – Room 2309  (new meeting room!!)

For our first Family Connections Continuing Education Program of 2014, we are honored to host a very special guest speaker and researcher:

Dr. Nori Lim, PhD from Emory University School of Medicine’s Adolescent DBT Program

Dr. Lim is a licensed clinical psychologist working with children, adolescents and adults in the Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP) and directs the Anxiety Program at CAMP.

In 2008, CAMP launched a DBT program to meet the needs of teens struggling with persistent emotion dysregulation, self-injury and suicidal ideation. A parallel parent DBT skills group for parents of the adolescents was added in 2010 to improve parents’ interactions with their teens.

Dr. Lim will discuss research and findings to-date of Emory University’s Adolescent DBT program, focusing specifically on:

1) The elements of the adolescent DBT program

2) Treatment outcomes on DBT for adolescents

3) The role of care-giver involvement in the treatment of adolescents with emotional dysregulation

A brief biography of Dr. Lim follows.

WHEN: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST FROM 10:00AM TO 12 NOON

WHERE:           PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BUCKHEAD – ROOM 2309

 BRING: SOMETHING TO DRINK AND YOUR OWN SNACK

NORI LIM, PHD is a licensed clinical psychologist working with children, adolescents and and adults in the Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP). Dr. Lim direct the Anxiety Program at CAMP and is involved in CAMP’s Adolescent DBT Program. Dr. Lim received his B.A. in psychology and anthropology from the University of California-Berkley. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Lim completed a pre-doctoral internship training in Clinical Child Psychology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. 

Dr. Lim specializes in evidence-based approaches in the treatment of anxiety, depression and emotion dysregulation among children, teens and adults. His research has focused on the mental health and well being of ethnic minority youth, particularly those from immigrant families.