Emily Weiss NEA BPD Recording

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• 00:00Hi everyone, my name is Emily Weiss and today
• 00:03I'm presenting a poster on a psychotherapy
• 00:06group that I Co created and Co facilitated.
• 00:10This group blends DBT,
• 00:11mindfulness skills, and Taekwondo.
• 00:13Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that
• 00:15emphasizes mind body connections and has
• 00:18positive effects on psychological well-being.
• 00:20In part one of this project,
• 00:23we ran six groups in total on an
• 00:25adult psychiatric inpatient unit.
• 00:27Each group consisted of a
• 00:29different mindfulness, skill,
• 00:30instruction, dynamic stretching,
• 00:31and basic Taekwondo,
• 00:33hand and foot movements.
• 00:35In a sample of 19 adults,
• 00:37we looked at the effects of group
• 00:40participation on patients moods and explored
• 00:42patients experiences of being in the group.
• 00:45We found that patients reported
• 00:47significant decreases in anxiety
• 00:49after participating in the group.
• 00:51They also tended to report increases
• 00:54in relaxation and happiness.
• 00:55These differences were only
• 00:57marginally significant.
• 00:58However,
• 00:59the effect sizes were medium,
• 01:01so these differences may have reached
• 01:04significance with a larger sample.
• 01:07The qualitative feedback demonstrated that
• 01:09the group was well received by patients.
• 01:11All patients identified at least one
• 01:13part of the group they found helpful.
• 01:15Many found the entire group helpful,
• 01:17and many reported that they wouldn't
• 01:20want to change any part of the group.
• 01:23Overall,
• 01:24this preliminary evidence suggests
• 01:26that Taekwondo is a feasible solution
• 01:29for increasing physical activity
• 01:31on psychiatric inpatient units.
• 01:33The next part of this project
• 01:35examines a similar Taekwondo and
• 01:37mindfulness group in a sample of
• 01:40adult patients enrolled in an 8 week
• 01:43DBT Intensive Outpatient program.
• 01:44This group takes place as part
• 01:46of the DBT IOP curriculum.
• 01:48The first half is a skill instruction group,
• 01:51focusing on one or two of the
• 01:53core DBT mindfulness skills.
• 01:55In the second-half of the group,
• 01:57we asked participants to reflect on
• 01:59how they can apply these skills during
• 02:01the movement practice and provide
• 02:03some prompts to help participants
• 02:06practice using the mindfulness skills.
• 02:08This is followed by stretching
• 02:10and the Taekwondo practice.
• 02:12We are currently collecting quality
• 02:13assurance data and looking at whether
• 02:15group participation affects mood,
• 02:17both in the moment and over time.
• 02:19We are also collecting qualitative
• 02:21feedback from patients about
• 02:22what they like about the group,
• 02:24what they don't like and how
• 02:26they would improve it.
• 02:27And finally,
• 02:28we are asking patients to
• 02:29rate the group in terms of
• 02:31effectiveness and satisfaction.
• 02:33Thank you for visiting my poster
• 02:34and I hope you enjoy the conference.