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Digital Seminar

Anxiety Treatment via Telehealth


Faculty:
Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP
Duration:
2 Hours
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 16, 2020
Product Code:
POS056485
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Telehealth has burst onto the mental health scene as both a viable, effective treatment option and a source of distress for clinicians and clients alike – particularly those who experience anxiety.

Are you prepared to virtually treat your most symptomatic anxiety clients?

Join author and clinical psychologist Dr. Richard Sears in this 2-hour recording as he combines evidence-based anxiety intervention strategies with the nuanced skill of effectively providing online care therapeutically.

You’ll learn:

  • 5 must-do’s and must-not-do’s of telehealth
  • How to orient and engage even your most anxious clients on a teletherapy platform
  • Mastery of the nuance of virtual care while avoiding common traps that accidentally reinforce clients’ anxiety and avoidance
  • How to transform telehealth into an effective exposure tool for anxious clients
  • Practical virtual strategies for anxiety management, including mindfulness, disruption of anxious thoughts, and more!

Packed with case examples, interactive discussion, analogies, and experiential exercises, Dr. Sears will have you re-thinking your conceptualization of anxiety – and how it can be treated.

Purchase today!

**BONUS** All purchasers will receive FREE handouts to share with clients about stress, anxiety, and working with anxious thoughts

CPD


CPD
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 2.0 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

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Faculty

Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP's Profile

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Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), runs a private psychology and consultation practice, and is the director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation. He has run hundreds of mindfulness groups and was lead clinician in the first brain scan study involving mindfulness with children and adolescents. He is also an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati psychology department, clinical research faculty at the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, volunteer professor of psychiatry & behavioral neurosciences at the UC College of Medicine, and a former research/psychologist contractor with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center.

His most recent books include ACT with Anxiety (PESI); The ACT Flip Chart (PESI); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox (PESI); Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life in the Moment (Wiley-Blackwell); Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (Routledge); and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (Wiley-Blackwell).

Dr. Sears is a sixth-degree black belt in Ninjutsu, and once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama with his teacher, Stephen K. Hayes. He has studied Eastern Wisdom for over 40 years, receiving ordination in three traditions, and transmission as a Zen master.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Sears maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, Alliance Integrative Medicine, and Wright State University. He receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Sears receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Sears is the founder and director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation and is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the Academy of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. He is a peer reviewer for Mindfulness and a book reviewer for John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and Routledge.


Objectives

  1. Apply clinical interventions to help clients distinguish realistic from excessive anxiety.
  2. Modify traditional exposure therapy techniques to be efficacious via telehealth.
  3. Demonstrate three methods for disrupting anxious thought patterns.

Outline

Telehealth: Providing Quality Care from a Distance

  • 5 must-do’s and must-not-do’s of telehealth
  • Know your platform – limitations, troubleshooting, and more
  • Helping anxious clients adjust to virtual sessions

Anxiety: Treatment Considerations for Every Client

  • The “science 101” of the anxiety response
  • Benefits of anxiety (and the problem with avoidance)
  • How anxious thinking gets negatively reinforced
  • Collective v. personal anxiety

Screen-Friendly Anxiety Interventions

  • Separating realistic concerns from paralyzing anxiety
  • Decentering & distancing vs. disputation of thoughts
  • Do’s and don’ts of online mindfulness techniques
  • Interoceptive exposure; walking clients through the extinction burst
  • What to do with the client who stays “busy” to avoid anxiety
  • Unhooking rumination from thoughtful planning
  • Helping clients find meaning, purpose, and value
  • And more!

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses

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