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Healing the Disconnect: Working with Low and High Affect in At-Risk Youth

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Clinicians working with at-risk youth often face a wide spectrum of affect dysregulation – from emotional shutdown and detachment to explosive reactivity. In this training, Dr. Eboni Webb offers an attachment-based framework, case examples, and practical strategies to help you accurately assess, differentiate, and intervene with these complex presentations.

You’ll discover how to:

  • Recognize early affective patterns linked to trauma, neurodivergence, and emerging personality traits
  • Apply attachment-based strategies that promote safety, regulation, and attunement
  • Confidently navigate misdiagnosis risks and treatment challenges in at-risk youth

Here's What You'll Learn

Understanding the Affect Spectrum in At-Risk Youth

  • Define low affect (e.g., emotional detachment, flat affect) and high affect (e.g., emotional volatility, impulsivity)
  • Explore how these presentations show up in clinical settings
  • Clinical takeaway: Improve recognition of affective dysregulation beyond behavioral symptoms

Early Indicators of Emerging Personality Disorders

  • High affect; borderline traits (e.g., fear of abandonment, emotional instability)
  • Low affect: sociopathy traits (e.g., lack of empathy, manipulative behavior)
  • Clinical takeaway: Differentiate between trauma responses, personality pathology, and neurodivergence

Anxiety and Depression as Common Denominators

  • How internalizing disorders manifest across the affect spectrum
  • The role of chronic anxiety and depression in masking or amplifying personality traits
  • Clinical takeaway: Recognize underlying mood disorders that complicate diagnosis and treatment

The Role of Neurodivergence in Affect Regulation

  • How ADHD, autism, and sensory processing differences influence affective expression
  • Misdiagnosis and overlap with personality traits
  • Clinical takeaway: integrate neurodivergent-informed assessment into treatment planning

Attachment-Based Strategies for Engagement and Regulation

  • Building relational safety with youth across the affect spectrum
  • Techniques for co-regulation, emotional literacy, and attunement
  • Clinical takeaway: Apply practical tools to foster connection and reduce dysregulation

Risks and Limitations

  • Limited longitudinal research on early personality disorder diagnosis in youth
  • Ethical considerations in labeling and treatment
  • Importance of cultural and developmental context
  • Clinical takeaway: Use caution and clinical judgment when interpreting affective symptoms

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • Up to 1.5 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSP

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Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSP, opened the private practice Kairos in Middle Tennessee in July 2010. Kairos, now The Village of Kairos, offers diverse DBT specializations including DBT or trauma-based disorders and co-occurring disorders. The Village of Kairos has expanded therapy programs, better known as Restorative Services, to include individual and group therapy sessions for adolescents, parents, families, and adults, including in-the-moment coaching for patients.

Dr. Webb earned her Doctor of Clinical Psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Webb began her clinical work as assistant clinical director and program director at Mental Health Systems in Minnesota, a large clinic specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She has extensively practiced DBT, developing two special treatment programs for clients with developmental disabilities and borderline-intellectual functioning.

Dr. Webb has completed Level II training and is currently in the process of completing her board certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy as an Advanced Certified Practitioner, which has become a prominent feature of therapy offerings in the Village.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Eboni Webb maintains a private practice, has employment relationship with WebbJam Consulting, LLC, Acacia Therapy and Health Training, and Jack Hirose and Associates, Inc. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Webb receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Eboni Webb is a board member for Nashville Psychotherapy Institute.
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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150627
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Copyright:
Mar 26, 2026
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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