Date course created: April 2025
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!
**This is a 3.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 00:35: Introduction, Hypervigilance in Anxiety Disorders, Metacognitive Approaches in Therapy
00:35 – 00:58: Collaboration, Clarifying Treatment Expectations, Acceptance vs. Change
00:58 – 01:39: Introduction to Schema Therapy, Exploring Emotional Deprivation, Fluidity in Conceptualization
01:39 – 02:13: Developing a Treatment Plan, Identifying Key Historical Events, Strategies for CBT
02:13 – 02:54: Introduction to Cognitive Restructuring, Thought Patterns, Behavioral Strategies in CBT
02:54 – 03:13: Exploring Self-Care Strategies, Utilizing Relationship Circles for Support
03:13 – 03:49: Understanding Triggers, Panic Disorder Treatment, Booster Sessions and Self-Therapy
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe methods of socialization to the cognitive model in ways that elicit client buy-in and decrease dropout rates.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to state the 3 levels of cognition addressed in CBT.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and describe the 18 early maladaptive schemas and explain their role in client information processing.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to create client-specific cognitive conceptualization maps that drive treatment planning, agenda setting, and documentation for clients with depression and anxiety.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to implement behavioral activation activities to increase affect in depressed patients to enhance cognitive change.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to 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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Course Materials & Delivery Method:
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- Delivery Method – This course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
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