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Digital Seminar

Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems


Speaker:
Judith Beck, PhD
Duration:
17 Hours 11 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 23, 2010
Product Code:
POS041900
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Dr. Beck has taught thousands of clinicians through training programs at the Beck Institute and has presented hundreds of workshops nationally and internationally on a variety of cognitive therapy topics. Among her many professional publications are two essential texts in the field, used at hundreds of universities worldwide.

In this seminar, she will teach you how to diagnose, conceptualize, plan strategy and implement solutions for the challenging problems that arise when treating clients.

Dr. Beck discusses how to specify problems, differentiate between practical and psychological problems, use a cognitive framework to understand why the latter set of problems has arisen and use a variety of interventions from various psychotherapeutic modalities.

Credit


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Counselors - Counselors

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Social Workers - Canadian Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 5.75 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level self-study course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

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PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 5.75 continuing education credits.


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 5.5 contact hours.


Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 5.5 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Social Workers - New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Social Workers - Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

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Psychologists - Canadian Psychologists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 5.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

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Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

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This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 5.5 CE in the Treatment Plan skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 5.5 CEH's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 5.75 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This intermediate activity is approved for 5.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 5.5 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 5.5 self-study contact hours.

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 7.0 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 5.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the APA and the ASWB. Full participation in this self-study course will qualify for 5.0 hours of continuing education credit.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 5.75 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Judith Beck, PhD's Profile

Judith Beck, PhD Related seminars and products

Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy


Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is the Director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in suburban Philadelphia and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches psychiatry residents. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982.

Dr. Beck directs the three major functions of the Beck Institute: educating professionals in cognitive therapy through a variety of training programs, clinical care and research. She currently divides her time between administration, supervision and teaching, clinical work, program development, research and writing. Dr. Beck is a consultant for several NIMH studies and presents workshops nationally and internationally on cognitive therapy for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders and medical problems with psychological components. She has written numerous articles and chapters on various applications of cognitive therapy. Dr. Beck is the author of the primary text in the field, Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond, which has been translated into 20 languages. Her other books include Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems: What to Do when the Basics Don't Work, The Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy, and Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. She has written a cognitive behavioral book and workbook for consumers, The Beck Diet Solution: Training Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person, and her latest book is The Complete Beck Diet for Life (for more information about the diet books and diet workshops, visit www.beckdietsolution.com).

Dr. Beck is a Distinguished Founding Fellow and Past President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Speaker Disclosures: 

Financial: Judith Beck receives compensation as President of Beck Institute. She receives royalties as an author for Guilford Press. Dr. Beck receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Judith Beck has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
 


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

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

Objectives

  • Analyze challenging problems according to a cognitive framework.
  • Describe key techniques to enhance the therapeutic relationship.
  • Describe key techniques to help clients change dysfunction beliefs that interfere with treatment.
  • Implement strategies to improve the therapeutic alliance to achieve treatment goals.
  • Apply techniques to increase motivation, improve therapy session and change core beliefs.

Outline

Cognitive Therapy

  • Cognitive Therapy in 2010 and challenging problems
  • Applying techniques from other modalities within a cognitive framework
  • Recognize and determine the level of intervention needed for challenging problems

Why Challenging Problems Arise

  • Formulate difficulties in cognitive terms
  • Conceptualize clients with personality disorders
  • Plan treatment based on a cognitive conceptualization

Improving the Therapeutic Alliance with Challenging Clients

  • Essential strategies for all clients
  • Specialized strategies for clients who are angry, manipulative, entitled, resistant, or unrevealing
  • Use the therapeutic alliance to achieve therapeutic goals
  • Respond effectively to your own negative reactions to clients

Setting Goals with Resistant or Unmotivated Clients

  • Strategies for clients who refuse to set goals
  • Addressing vague or unrealistic goals
  • When clients set goals for others

Structuring the Therapy Session with Challenging Clients

  • Setting agendas
  • Resistance to therapist intervention
  • Lack of problem solving

Modifying Automatic Thoughts of Challenging Clients

  • Clients feelings of invalidation
  • Clients who are too distressed
  • The inability to identify thoughts and images

Enhancing Homework Completion

  • Strategies to maximize homework completion
  • Handling the session when homework isn’t complete

Modifying the Core Beliefs/Schemas of Challenging Clients

  • Use an information-processing diagram to educate clients
  • Motivate clients to change their beliefs
  • Specialized strategies to modify entrenched beliefs at the intellectual and the emotional level
  • Change the meaning of early traumatic experiences

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