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Digital Seminar

Treatment Resistant Anxiety, Worry & Panic: 60 Effective Strategies


Speaker:
Jennifer L. Abel, PhD
Duration:
6 Hours 11 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 24, 2015
Product Code:
POS044700
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD


Description

  • Over 60 techniques to treat anxiety, worry and panic
  • Stop the anxiety spiral early
  • Identify 5 treatment pitfalls and learn evidence based approaches to correct them
  • Melt panic and anxiety with innovative mindfulness strategies
  • Recognize and stop negative reinforcement of panic, worry and fear of guilt
  • Strategies to effectively treat
    • perfectionism
    • procrastination
    • subjugation (people pleasing)
    • hypochondriasis
    • catastrophizing/intolerance of uncertainty

Attend this seminar and learn over 60 evidence-based strategies for your clients who struggle with treatment resistant anxiety, worry and panic. You will learn how to assess clients’ anxious habits, symptoms and behaviors with cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies that are effective with even your toughest clients.

Dr. Abel will teach you how to stop the anxiety spiral early to significantly reduce the habit of worry and panic using self-controlled desensitization. Experience how evidence-based treatments can help your clients problem solve, reduce tension, and increase energy. Learn unique, effective approaches to mindfulness, cognitive therapy, and exposure, including thought-labeling, interoceptive exposure, and better-but-believable thoughts. Dr. Abel succeeds where other therapists fail.

Case studies, role plays, demonstrations and interactive discussions will be utilized in this cutting-edge seminar.

OUTLINE

Anxiety Spirals, Panic and Early Cue Detection

  • Examples of Worry Spirals and Panic Spirals
  • The Empirical Evidence
  • 3 Benefits of Catching Anxiety Early
  • A Dozen Reminders for Catching Anxiety Early

Mindfulness

  • Moving Toward Relaxation vs. Away From Anxiety
  • Process vs. Command
  • Present Focus – Mindfulness as a Relaxation Tool
  • Acceptance
  • Observation of Thoughts and Emotion
  • Labeling of Thoughts and Emotions
  • Observation and Labeling Game

Self-Controlled Desensitization (SCD)

  • Rationale for SCD
  • Formal SCD
  • In-Session SCD
  • Active Relaxation

Cognitive Therapy

  • A Quicker Better Way to Do Cognitive Therapy – B3s
  • Find the Best Alternative Thoughts
  • The Role of “Shoulds” and “Need To’s”
  • Changing to “Want To’s”
  • The Humor of Worry
  • Dealing with Superstitious Worry

Problem Solving

  • Worry Prevents Problem Solving–Evidence
  • 4 Ways to do Problem Solving

OCD-like Symptoms in Panic and Worry

  • Dangers of a Poor Assessment
  • Stop Encouraging Avoidance and Escape
  • Assess for Negative Reinforcement
  • Removing Crutches
  • Traditional Exposure
  • Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
  • Finding and Flooding “The Real Worry”

Reduce Tension and Increase Energy

  • Progressive-Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
  • Quick Alternatives to PMR
  • Energy Conservation

Problems That Are Often Treatment Resistant and How to Fix It

  • Hypochondriasis and Fear of Untimely Death
  • Perfectionism
  • Subjugation
  • Catastrophizing/Intolerance of Uncertainty
  • Procrastination

OBJECTIVES

  • Outline the anxiety spiral and identify several evidence-based strategies (including self-controlled desensitization) to catch it early to prevent worry and panic from getting out of control.
  • Identify 5 treatment pitfalls and learn evidence based approaches to correct them.
  • Explain 4 unique ways to utilize mindfulness to treat worry including mindful labeling and a mindfulness game.
  • Define the inverse relationship between worry and problem solving, and learn what to do about it.
  • Demonstrate how panic, worry, and fear of guilt are similar to OCD and how to stop the cycle of negative reinforcement.
  • Develop skills to treat problems that are often resistant to treatment: perfectionism, subjugation, procrastination, hypochondriasis, and catastrophizing/intolerance of uncertainty.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jennifer L. Abel, Ph.D has specialized in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders for over 20 years. Before opening a private practice, she served as

the associate director of the Stress and Anxiety Disorders Institute at Penn State under the direction of the leading expert in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, T.D. Borkovec. Weekly brainstorming sessions with Dr. Borkovec and another psychologist led to numerous innovative and effective techniques based on evidence-based approaches used with anxiety disorders.

Dr. Abel, trained as a scientist-practitioner, has many articles published in professional journals on the topic of anxiety and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies invited her to write a pamphlet about Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She has been interviewed and quoted by several popular magazines (e.g., Health, Prevention, Glamour) for her expertise in Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Dr. Abel presents seminars to the public as well as to professionals like Anxiety Disorders Association of America and Magellan Behavioral Health. She has appeared on “Great Day” KMOV TV (CBS Affiliate) to discuss anxiety and phobias. Her book, Active Relaxation: How to Increase Productivity and Achieve Balance by Decreasing Stress and Anxiety, has received outstanding reviews from mental health care professionals and anxious readers alike.


To order the book, The Anxiety & Worry Workbook: The Cognitive Behavioral Solution, please visit our product store.

To order the book, The Anxious Brain: The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively Treat Them, please visit our product store.


 

 

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). 

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Clinical

) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level 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. 


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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.


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This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 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.


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Jennifer L. Abel, PhD's Profile

Jennifer L. Abel, PhD Related seminars and products


Jennifer L. Abel, PhD, international speaker, author and clinical psychologist, has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders for over 20 years. Before opening a private practice, she served as the associate director of the Stress and Anxiety Disorders Institute at Penn State under the direction of the leading expert in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), T.D. Borkovec.

Her first book, Active Relaxation (Self-Published, 2010), has received outstanding reviews from mental health care professionals and anxious readers alike. Her second book, Resistant Anxiety, Worry, and Panic: 86 Practical Treatment Strategies for Clinicians (PESI, 2014), has received praise from top experts in anxiety management. Jennifer is also the author of The Anxiety, Worry & Depression Workbook: 65 Exercises, Worksheets & Tips to Improve Mood and Feel Better (PESI, 2018) and the Melt Worry and Relax Card Deck: 56 CBT & Mindfulness Strategies to Release Anxiety (PESI, 2016).

Dr. Abel has published many articles in professional journals and wrote a pamphlet about GAD for ABCT. She has been quoted by several popular magazines (e.g., Health, Prevention, Glamour) for her expertise in Worry. Dr. Abel presents to the public (e.g., Working Women’s Survival Show), as well as professionals (e.g., Australian Psychological Society; Anxiety Disorder Association of America).

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Abel is in private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Jennifer Abel receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jennifer Abel has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Target Audience

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

Objectives

  1. Demonstrate components of the “anxiety spiral” and utilize several evidence-based strategies (including self-controlled desensitization) to prevent exacerbation of symptoms.
  2. Demonstrate five potential anxiety treatment pitfalls and learn evidence-based approaches to avoid or correct them.
  3. Employ four mindfulness strategies for treating anxiety symptoms in a clinical setting.
  4. Evaluate the inverse relationship between worry and problem solving, and identify its implications for treatment of anxiety.
  5. Differentiate the clinical presentation of panic, worry and fear of guilt and how they compare to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and other anxiety disorders.
  6. Develop clinical skills to address treatment-resistant issues, including perfectionism, subjugation, procrastination, illness anxiety disorder, and catastrophizing/intolerance of uncertainty.

Outline

Anxiety Spirals, Panic and Early Cue Detection
  • Examples of Worry Spirals and Panic Spirals
  • The Empirical Evidence
  • 3 Benefits of Catching Anxiety Early
  • Reminders for Catching Anxiety Early
Mindfulness
  • Move Toward Relaxation vs. Away From Anxiety
  • Process vs. Command
  • Present Focus – Mindfulness as a Relaxation Tool
  • Acceptance
  • Observation of Thoughts and Emotion
  • Labeling of Thoughts and Emotions
  • Observation and Labeling Game
Self-Controlled Desensitization (SCD)
  • Rationale for SCD
  • Formal SCD
  • In-Session SCD
  • Active Relaxation
Cognitive Therapy
  • An Alternative Way to Do Cognitive Therapy – B3s
  • Find Alternative Thoughts
  • The Role of “Shoulds” and “Need To’s”
  • Change to “Want To’s”
  • The Humor of Worry
  • Deal with Superstitious Worry
  • Limitations of Research and CBT Interventions
Problem Solving
  • Worry Prevents Problem Solving-Evidence
  • 4 Ways to Do Problem Solving
OCD-Like Symptoms in Panic and Worry
  • Dangers of a Poor Assessment
  • Stop Encouraging Avoidance and Escape
  • Assess for Negative Reinforcement
  • Remove Crutches
  • Traditional Exposure
  • Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
  • Finding and Flooding “The Real Worry”
  • Risks Associated with Treatment of Panic
  • Related Research Limitations
Reduce Tension and Increase Energy
  • Progressive-Muscle Relaxation
  • Quick Alternatives to PMR
  • Energy Conservation
Problems That are Often Treatment Resistant and How to Approach Them
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder and Fear of Untimely Death
  • Perfectionism
  • Subjugation
  • Catastrophizing/Intolerance of Uncertainty
  • Procrastination

Reviews

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Overall:      4.5

Total Reviews: 29

Comments

Niloufer M

"An excellent presentation! Dr. Abel is a great speaker!"

Pam L

"Was not my favorite presenter. Some areas of the topic were long and drawn out, others could have been expanded on."

Catherine C

"Dr.Abel presented an informative program. Her delivery was well-paced and entertaining. Learned more than I expected- well-done!"

CECILIA SOPHIA D

"Excellent training "

Lynne D

"Great webinar!! Thanks so much!"

Sherrriann M

"fantastic course...i am happy to listen to it again in parts also and thankful that it can still be available to me, so that i can really internalize the valuable information. "

Yvette B

"Excellent presentation"

Olga B

"Excellent presentation! Thank you!"

Marisol C

"Great presentation. Dr. Abel was very knowledgeable. I learned a lot. "

Mike M

"Great presentation, very informative, I learned a lot."

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