Full Course Description

4-Day Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Course

Program Information

Outline

Master the Core Skills and Competencies of CBT

Foundations in CBT

Evolution of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
Outcome Studies

Offshoot Models

Third Wave Approaches
DBT
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Schema Therapy

Treatment Concepts

Socialization to Treatment Model
Establishment of Problem lists and Goals

The Therapeutic Relationship

Establish Rapport
Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance

Cognitive Conceptualization

Case Formulation
Collaborative Empiricism
Sociotrophic and Autonomous Personality
Identifying Underlying Beliefs

Key Components of CBT Practice

Structure
Feedback
Guided Discovery
Collaborative Empiricism
Homework

Proficiency and Fidelity to the Model

The Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale

CBT for Mood Disorders, Anger, Anxiety, PTSD, Substance Abuse and Group Settings

CBT for Mood Disorders

Cognitive Model of Depression
Behavioral Activation
Sleep Hygiene
Activity Monitoring & Scheduling Modify Negative Cognitions
Bipolar Disorder

Behavioral Activation

Assessment
Basic Principles
Scheduling

Cognitive Restructuring

Levels of Cognition
The Downward Arrow Technique
Identify & Evaluate Automatic Thoughts
Eliciting & Labeling Distortions

Application to Clinical Practice

Case Studies/Role Plays

CBT for Anger

Cognitive Model of Anger
Role of Values & “Moral Resistance”
Symptom Management

CBT for Anxiety

Model Overview
Appraisals and Restructuring Fear
Exposure Strategies

Specific Anxiety Disorders

Generalized Anxiety
Phobias
Panic Disorder
Interoceptive Strategies
OCD
Intrusive Thoughts
Metacognitive Strategies
Behavioral Experiments

CBT for PTSD

Prolonged Exposure
Cognitive Reprocessing
Trauma Narratives

CBT for Substance Abuse

Impulse Control Models
Monitor Cravings & Resist Urges
Relapse Prevention
Application to Clinical Practice
Case Studies/Role Plays

Group CBT

Basic Principles
Video Demonstration

Difficult Cases, Cluster B & C Personality Disorders

Overview of CBT for Challenging Cases

Why are they challenging
Adaptations in CBT
Modified Expectations for the Therapist

Treatment Model

Early Maladaptive Schemas
Breaking Destructive Behavioral Cycles
Belief Modification Protocol

CBT for Cluster B Personality Disorders

Antisocial
Narcissistic
Histrionic
Borderline

CBT for Cluster C Personality Disorders

Modifying Avoidant Schemas and Strategies
Changing Dependent Beliefs and Behaviors
OCPD: Interventions and Strategies

Please Note: PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.

Target Audience

Psychologists
Counselors
Social Workers
Psychotherapists
Case Managers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Addiction Counselors
Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

Apply evidence-based CBT techniques to multiple symptom sets to improve treatment outcomes.
Choose methods for conducting CBT psychoeducation to elicit “buy in” from difficult clients.
Point out, challenge and modify clients’ dysfunctional self-talk, thoughts and core beliefs to improve client level of functioning.
Develop case conceptualization skills for treating DSM-5® diagnosis with CBT informed strategies.
Implement rapport-building tools to improve the therapeutic alliance and client engagement.
Evaluate behavioral activation strategies useful for improving treatment resistant depression.
Develop strategies for treating depressive relapses to improve to improve client level of functioning.
Implement cognitive behavioral methods to reduce intrusive, obsessive compulsive thoughts.
Integrate strategies for impulse control to treat clients with substance use-disorders.
Provide exposure and cognitive processing interventions to treat symptoms of PTSD and trauma.
Utilize cognitive reprocessing for clients with PTSD in order to improve treatment outcomes.
Implement CBT-informed symptom management strategies for personality disorders.
Articulate the role of early maladaptive schemas in developing and maintaining chronic mental health conditions.
Utilize schema-based strategies for breaking lifelong destructive behavioral cycles in clients.
Determine eight motivations for parasuicidal behaviors and how to effectively intervene for each motivation.
Determine how family dynamics are affected by an individual with Borderline Personality Disorder and identify strategies for improving family communication.
Implement suicide assessment skills and compose accurate documentation in order to minimize risk and liability.
Develop strategies to increase buy in with clients with substance abuse disorders.
Determine the demanding imperative of anger and replace with more helpful preferences to improve treatment outcomes.
Determine and differentiate the meanings given to unfulfilled demanding expectations as a strategy to reduce hurt and fear.
Implement cognitive behavioral strategies in a group.
Utilize techniques to enhance individual participation in group therapy.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of clients through the lens of the cognitive model.
Determine the specific cognitive content of fear associated with individual anxiety disorders.

Building Self-Esteem in Youth

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists
Counselors
Social Workers
Psychotherapists
Case Managers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Addiction Counselors
Mental Health Professionals

Outline

-Cognitive Conceptualization of Self-Doubt

-Tools to gain self-confidence

-Replacing ineffective action with effective action

-Sustaining and growing self-confidence

Objectives

Apply evidence-based CBT principles to building self-confidence in youth to improve treatment outcomes.
Communicate a youth cognitive conceptualization of their self-doubt in relation to assessment and treatment planning.
Utilize effective behavior strategies for youth related problems to improve client level of functioning.

CBT For Couples

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists
Counselors
Social Workers
Psychotherapists
Case Managers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Addiction Counselors
Mental Health Professionals

Outline

Assessment of Couples Problems
The cognitive model of couple dysfunction
Building intimacy, communication, companionship
Using marital questionnaires for assessment, intervention, and outcome

Objectives

Apply evidence-based CBT principles for repairing and fortifying relationships.
Analyze couples’ problems from a CBT perspective in relation to assessment and treatment planning.
Utilize clinical strategies to identify and manage distorted thinking patterns in couples.