Depression and anxiety represent the two presenting concerns at the root of most clinical mental health cases, especially in the majority of outpatient settings. It is critical for all mental health providers to possess a deep and reliable toolset to meet the growing need nationwide for treatment of depression and anxiety. It can be argued there is none better proven than what you get with cognitive and behavioral approaches that can be used alongside your chosen therapeutic orientation. Versatile, evidence-based, and easy to implement!
Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most empirically supported form of treatment for multiple psychiatric diagnoses and is widely considered the “gold standard” for treating a variety of problems encountered by consumers of behavioral health services. Most clinicians are familiar with standard CBT, but many practitioners in the trenches get “stuck” when following empirically supported protocol treating symptoms of depression and anxiety that seem to “hang on.” Leave this chock-full training not only with specific handouts, worksheets, and practical “tools,” but with a deeper schema-focused cognitive understanding of how to assess, conceptualize, and treat your clients with depression and anxiety that will transform the way that you work with your clients in your very next session!
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Attendance and Location Details
Date and Time
Friday, March 7, 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm CST / 10:00am – 2:00pm EST / 7:00am – 11:00am PST
*Live Webinar Attendees: Zoom link will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to event date
Agenda:
Foundational Tenets and Core Competencies (9am – 9:30am)
– Socialization to the cognitive model in a way that elicits buy-in and decreases dropout rate
– Levels of cognition and the role of beliefs in information processing
– Early Maladaptive Schemas
– Schema maintenance process
Case Formulation (9:30am – 10:00am)
– Developing Case Conceptualization and Hypotheses
– Collaboration with the Client
– Treatment Planning and Documentation
CBT Tools and Techniques (10:00am – 11:00am)
– Cognitive distortions – Cliff Notes version
– The 3 Types of Cognitive Interventions
– Behavioral Experiments and advanced cognitive distortions work
– Following the Affect
– The Downward Arrow and other techniques for Eliciting Underlying Core Beliefs
The Cognitive Model of Depression (11:00am – 11:45am)
– Facilitating Behavioral Activation
– Gratitude
– Decreasing Vulnerability to Negative Emotions
– Depression-Related schema work and the Negative Cognitive Triad
The Cognitive model of Anxiety (11:45am – 12:30pm
– Appraisal of Risk
– Developing internal and external resources
– Meta cognitive strategies for GAD
– Exposure-Based Strategies for Phobias
– Interoceptive Strategies
Application to clinical practice (12:30pm – 1:00pm)
– Collaborative Agenda Setting
– The 3 Stages in a CBT Session
– Self-Therapy Sessions
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Describe methods of socialization to the cognitive model in ways that elicit client buy-in and decrease dropout rates.
b). State the 3 levels of cognition addressed in CBT.
c). Identify and describe the 18 early maladaptive schemas and explain their role in client information processing.
d). Create client-specific cognitive conceptualization maps that drive treatment planning, agenda setting, and documentation for clients with depression and anxiety.
e). Learn and implement behavioral activation activities to increase affect in depressed patients to enhance cognitive change.
f). Apply exposure-based and interoceptive strategies for phobias, panic disorder, GAD and other anxiety-related conditions.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, and Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
Material Author(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
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