Category Archives: POST ENGLISH

2008 Dr. Marsha Linehan’s DBT Seminar, hosted by the U.S. Embassy

"The DBT Center of Korea (under the umbrella of the Tree Group) invited Dr. Marsha Linehan and
initiated the DBT Workshop. With the U.S. Embassy’s support, Dr. Cho hosted an official DBT seminar."

The DBT Center of Korea (under the umbrella of the Tree Group) invited Dr. Marsha Linehan and initiated the DBT Workshop. With the U.S. Embassy’s support, Dr. Cho hosted an official DBT seminar. 

 

Dr. Marsha Linehan explained the effectiveness of DBT in suicide attempts. It was a great opportunity for professionals from various organizations in the U.S. and Korea to come together and to discuss how to protect lives. 

2008 Lectures about bilingual Korean students organised by Embassy of the United States in Seoul

"The United States Embassy hosted lectures
to give advice on the issue of children's mental health from studying overseas."

JoongAng Daily by Moon Published July 23, 2008

The United States Embassy invited a U.S. licensed psychologist, Dr. Cho to give lectures on the issue of how moving abroad affects children’s mental health. Many school professionals and parents are growing their interests in children’s language development, learning behavior and mental health, especially with an increase in the number of families who move abroad for various reasons.

 

In the lecture, Dr. Cho explained that children who move abroad and start living in new cultures can have developmental difficulties and language delays. He further elaborated on how the parents should give guidance for their children with those difficulties. 

2008 ‘The Tree Group Press’ was founded within the umbrella of the Tree Group 

"The Tree Group Press was founded
to publish psychotherapy books under the strict ethical guidelines."

In 2008, the Tree Group Press was founded to publish DBT and other psychotherapy books.

 

In 2011, the Tree Group Press published the first editions of ‘Prolonged Exposure Therapist Guide’ and ‘Prolonged Exposure Therapy Workbook’. In 2022, the three DBT Skills Training Manual books and the second editions of the Prolonged Exposure Therapist Guide and Workbook were published. This gave opportunities for clients to experience evidence-based psychotherapy in Korea.

 

Additionally, “Seven Rooms” was published, which is a fiction, exploring how various psychotherapies were applied in real-cases. “DBT Mindfulness Cards” were created for individuals to experience DBT mindfulness on everyday basis. 

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2007 DBT Center of Korea was founded and was approved by Dr. Marsha Linehan, the founder of DBT

"DBT Center of Korea opened its doors as the first approved DBT organization in Asia,

supported by Dr. Marsha Linehan and DBT Center of Seatle/ EBTCS."

‘DBT Center of Korea’ was founded within the umbrella of the Tree Group and became the first collaborated organization in Asia with the DBT Center of Seattl approved by Dr. Marsha Linehan, the founder of DBT 

 

A EBTCS team of Dr. DuBose and Dr. Sayrs provided a 3-year supervision for the ‘DBT Center of Korea’ on how to facilitate and implement the DBT program and system.

 

Additionally, clinicians at DBT Center of Korea received DBT Intensive Workshop at Behavioral Tech in 2007-2008 for two years.

2007: DBT Center of Korea was founded

2007.6: DBT Intensive Workshop Part I in Seattle
2007.9: DBCTS – DBTCK Accreditation
2007.9: DBCTS – DBTCK Accreditation
2008.1: DBT Intensive Workshop Part II in Seattle
2008.1: DBT Intensive Workshop Part II in Seattle
2008.1: DBT Intensive Workshop Part II in Seattle
2008.1: EBTCS-DBTCK MOM (Meeting of Minds)

2006 A non-for-profit Open Clinic for Human Rights Victims was established  

"2006 A non-for-profit Open Clinic for crime victims and
Life and Human Rights Movement Headquarters were established."

Since 2006, Dr. Cho opened Open Clinic, which is a non-profit organization for crime victims who could not get psychological treatments due to financial difficulties. 

Children with traumatic experiences were treated and educated through various activities. At first, those children had hallucations from extremely high levels of anxiety and fear after having seen devastating crime scenes. They were at risk for further emotional distress. After a few years, children gradually found comfort, made friends, and progressed academically with the support from volunteers at the Open Clinic.

Additionally, the Open Clinic continuously networked with organizations that could provide legal support for crime and sexual assault victims. Such support helped the victims to find their voice and to take a step towards growth. 

Many supporters were the roots to the Open Clinic and encouraged its mission. The kind-hearts and supportive hands of various individuals gave happiness to many victims.

2005 Prolonged Exposure Therapy Workshop with Dr. Edna Foa

"Prolonged Exposure PE Therapy for post traumatic stress disorder PTSD,
recognized by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA"

In May 2005, the Tree Group held a workshop by Dr. Edna Foa, a worldly renowned psychotherapist in treating PTSD, for professionals in the field of psychology and psychiatry. 

  

Dr. Foa is a clinical psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. and works as a director for Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Not only is she an expert in PTSD, Dr. Foa is also known for her work in psychopathology and anxiety treatments. She is the chairman of the committee for researching DSM-IV of PTSD. Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) developed by Dr. Foa has shown to result in the most therapeutic effects for individuals with trauma from sexual abuse, wars and human rights violations. 

  
In order to provide training for PE and supervision in an ethical manner, the Tree Group invited Dr. Foa to Seoul and held a 4-day intensive workshop. 

  

Dr. Cho translated and published Dr. Foa’s books, PE Manual and Workbook, and continues to research treatments to support victims and survivors of traumatic events and train juniors. 

2004 The Tree Group Expansion and Relocation

"With the support from international organizations and schools,
children and young adults who have language development delays, second language acquisition difficulties,
and emotional-behavioral difficulties were given new opportunities."

In 2004, the Tree Group’s Center for International Psychological Services was expanded and relocated to Daechi-dong in Korea. With the support from international schools and organizations, the clinic started helping children and young adults with language delays and behavioral difficulties for learning.

 

The Tree Group provided accurate diagnosis and scientifically rigorous clinical treatments for children and their families who were suffering from emotional, behavioral, psycho-educational difficulties due to having multi-cultural backgrounds. 

 

There are a lot of children who could not progress academically due to language transfer difficulties, even after coming back to Korea from abroad for a year. Their difficulties were not improved by having classes at school or private tutoring centers. Instead, the children lost confidence, struggled to adapt to new schools, and emotional-behavioral symptoms exacerbated. 

 

Schools did everything they could to support the children. However, it is not easy to support children who have difficulties in a classroom with typically developing children and many teachers were disheartened. International schools realized the need for professionals in clinical psychology.

 

Our Center for International Psychological Services identify the causal factors of various symptoms as well as specific difficulties in language acquisition. Many children successfully transferred to schools after completing our individualized psycho-educational programs, which could not have been done without families’ and schools’ support. 

2003 Promoting Evidence-Based Psychological Services in Korea

"Promoting evidence-based Clinical Psychology services in Korea for bilingual and Korean individuals."

In 2003, Dr. Cho came back from New York and established the Tree Group in Korea.

 

Dr. Cho started to provide evidence-based psychological treatments in Korea, including DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), PE (Prolonged Exposure), and BT (Behavioral Therapy). 

 

He started providing psychotherapy and comprehensive psycho-educational assessment for bilingual children and young-adults who had difficulties with language transfer. 

 

For publications, Dr. Cho translated and published DBT Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Manual for Professionals, in order to help those suffering from borderline personality disorder.

2003 The New York Times highlighted the treatment work of Dr. Yong Cho

2003 Dr. Cho Yong-Beom, the psychologist highlighted in New York Times

"Freud meets Buddha: Therapy adapts to immigrants' need"

Dr. Yong Cho opened the Asian-American Family Clinic at the Zucker Hillside Hospital/Long Island Medical Center in New York and launched a specialized treatment program for Korean and Asian immigrants.


Dr. Cho studied Behavioral Therapy for symptoms of depression and anger through research on these immigrants’ cultural adaptation and psychological hurdles, and provided Dialectical Behavioral Therapy based on mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

He emphasized that patients and clients in Asia are in a unfriendly environment to receive therapeutic services due to a shallow understanding of psychosis that is different from what the Western culture understands it, and suggested where professional clinical treatment services should focus on based on his deep sympathy for this population.

His treatment services for people from various cultures were highlighted in the New York Times in 2003 as well as local media. 

2003 ‘DBT Skill Training Manual for Borderline Personality Disorder’ by Dr. Linehan was translated into Korean and published 

"Dr. Cho started DBT for Korean immigrants in New York since 2000.
He translated each worksheet in ‘DBT Skills Training Workbook’ written by Dr. Marsha Linehan and
conducted DBT skills training group sessions for clients."
DBT Client

Dr. Cho started DBT for Korean immigrants in New York since 2000. He translated each worksheet in ‘DBT Skills Training Workbook’ written by Dr. Marsha Linehan and conducted DBT skills training group sessions for clients.

 

When he came back to Korea in 2003, he translated ‘DBT Skills Training Manual’ and published in 2007 through a Korean publisher. 

 

It was important to ensure that the translated terminologies were applicable with clinical significance for the clients in Korea. Once the clients were treated and showed improvements in symptoms using the translated manual, the final draft of the publication was completed.

 

Dr. Marsha Linehan was the bestseller author in the US and her books were used by more than 20 million professionals. She gave her congratulations for the publication of her book in Korea. 

 

“I was impressed with Dr. Cho’s energy and effort in embracing the DBT, and I’m very glad that he did so. Many people simply want to apply the skills in DBT to their situations straight away. It is uncommon for people to truly master the treatment. It is critical that clinicians learn and use the evidence-based psychotherapy according to its manual.

 

I could not imagine that the two DBT manuals would be published in countries other than the US and the UK. In particular, I did not think that it would be published in Korea. From now on, individuals with complex psychological disorders and borderline personality disorder would be treated with DBT, which would not have been possible if the translated books were not published.”

 

Marsha M. Linehan