Schema-Focused CBT: Rooting Out Resistant Behavior Patterns

Date course created: April 2023

Usually, beginning early in life, negative patterns of thought interfere with the person’s ability to reach goals. Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy begins with an assessment of the patterns involved, followed by clients enhancing their emotional awareness of these patterns in daily life, and ultimately replacing negative thoughts with positive ones. Schema related treatment approaches have been shown to be effective for a variety of difficult to treat conditions. However, the long-term nature of pure schema therapy is not a fit for all clients in all settings. Thus, many professionals find themselves scratching their heads for effective alternatives to more quickly meet the needs of a segment of their caseloads.

Most practitioners are familiar with standard CBT which offers a variety of tools and techniques helpful for managing symptoms. But few are versed in the deeper schema-level work that is necessary for truly treating the most challenging conditions seen in the clinical setting. Schema modification treatments offer a refreshing hybrid between dynamic, insight-oriented approaches and evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, incorporating attachment theory, psychodynamic concepts, and emotion-focused techniques as well. Also, in comparison to traditional CBT, Schema-Focused Therapy emphasizes identifying and changing lifelong patterns, and utilizes the therapeutic relationship in a powerful way to leverage deeper level change, making it particularly well suited for complex, resistant clients with entrenched, chronic psychological challenges. Schema-based techniques have proven themselves capable of modifying underlying meaning at “the root” of client’s presenting problems without sacrificing practical “here and now” interventions. Join Dr Jeff Riggenbach, the internationally known and three-time bestselling author, in this highly engaging online course, and learn new tools for treating your most challenging client symptoms sets including:

•Easily Triggered Out of Proportion Impulsive Responses
•Emotional Dysregulation
•Resistance to Change
•Self-Destructive Behaviors
•Poor Awareness/Insight
•Rule breaking and other antisocial behaviors
•Treatment resistant depression and more!

**This is a 5.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**

Agenda:

00:00 – 01:00: Types of Schemas

01:00 – 02:00: Schema-Based Case Conceptualization

02:00 – 03:00: Schema Modification Protocol

03:00 – 04:00: Understanding Schema Focused Therapy (SFT)

04:00 – 05:00: Introduction to Emotion Regulation Groups (Skill Building)

05:00 – 05:50: Cognitive Restructuring

Objectives:

This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:

a). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and understand the relationship between SFCT and Standard SCT, DBT, ACT Schema Focused therapy, and the others!

b). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn skills to socialize clients to the model in a way that fosters engagement and decreases therapy dropout rates.

c). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and understand, in depth, schemas and the role they play in driving challenging behavior.

d). After completing this training, participants will be able to state the 18 Maladaptive Schemas and ways to leverage them to promote client recovery.

e). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice behavioral pattern-breaking to long-standing cycles of destructive behavior.

f). After completing this training, participants will be able to incorporate Schema Mode Work into your individual and/or group sessions.

g). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice augmenting standard CBT protocols with deeper level work to prevent relapse and retain client progress.

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

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD is a best-selling and award-winning author who has earned a reputation as an international expert in cognitive approaches to treating personality disorders. Over a 20-year period, he has developed and overseen CBT-based treatment programs for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behavior disorders and personality disorders at two different psychiatric hospitals and clinics serving over 3,000 clients at multiple levels of care. Dr. Riggenbach trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia, is a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and is a certified cognitive therapist. He has trained over 20,000 professionals worldwide including audiences in all 50 United States, The UK, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Riggenbach is the author of seven publications including his most recent clinical release The CBT Toolbox (2nd ed): A Workbook for Clients and Clinicians (2021) and his brand new general audiences book “Disarming High Conflict Personalities: Dealing with the 8 Most Difficult People in Your Life Before you Burnout!” (2022). Jeff is known for bridging the gap between academia, research findings, and day-to-day clinical practice, and his work has earned him the reputation for being “the practical tools guy.” His seminars on CBT, DBT, and Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy routinely receive the highest evaluations from conference participants in terms of clinical utility as well as entertainment value.

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