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Digital Seminar

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Practice: Effective Techniques for Treating Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Family-Based Turmoil


Faculty:
Avidan Milevsky, PhD, LCPC
Duration:
6 Hours 20 Minutes
Copyright:
Apr 29, 2020
Product Code:
POS055675
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Do you have a client who everyone else has given up on?

They’ve seen multiple therapists; without the relief they want and deserve. Maybe you feel stuck with this client – and at this point, even the client believes they are not cable of getting better.

You can offer them hope…with practical interventions that are proven to WORK!

Evidence points to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as one of the most effective treatments for many chronic, recurring, and challenging mental health conditions. If you don’t use this method or if you’ve been using CBT skills and aren’t getting the response you expected, then don’t miss this opportunity to master a fresh set of clinical tools and skills that will transform your practice. This is NOT a “one-strategy-fits-all” approach. This CBT course recording offers you a complete collection of practical ways to integrate this empirically supported approach in your very next session.

  • Proven, effective techniques you can use with your clients for the most common presenting problems…including anxiety, depression, and trauma.
  • A collection of specific, practical tips with real-world examples to help you adapt these proven principles to fit your client’s unique needs…building a strong, collaborative relationship with them and shifting their negative beliefs without your client feeling disrespected or shamed.
  • Example scripts to masterfully overcome the most common objections and problems therapists encounter at each stage of therapy.

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 6.5 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

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Faculty

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Avidan Milevsky, PhD, LCPC, has over 20 years of experience specializing in the broad application of cognitive behavioral interventions for multiple client difficulties. He is an associate professor of psychology at Ariel University and a psychotherapist at The Center for Mental Health in Bet Shemesh, Israel. He also serves as a psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling in Towson, MD.

His clinical research has produced over 100 conference presentations, more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and six books including Will I Ever be Happy Again, Understanding Adolescents for the Helping Professional, and Sibling Issues in Therapy.

Dr. Milevsky has lectured to audiences in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and the Middle-East on various topics including cognitive behavioral interventions for individual and family issues, parenting, sibling relationships, and the intersection between spirituality and mental health.

He has been interviewed by national media about his work including stories in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, Real Simple, and Allure magazine. Additionally, Dr. Milevsky is a columnist for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post on well-being issues. He has been a guest expert on TV and radio including an appearance on Public Radio International’s “The Takeaway.”

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Avidan Milevsky has employment relationships with the Judah District, Ariel University, and Wellspring Baltimore. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Milevsky receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Avidan Milevsky is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the Society for Research in Child Development.


Objectives

  1. Choose methods for conducting CBT psychoeducation to elicit motivation from clients.
  2. Develop case conceptualization skills for treatment of DSM-5® conditions.
  3. Assess behavioural techniques to modify maladaptive behaviours.
  4. Evaluate key behavioural activation strategies useful for alleviating treatment-resistant depression.
  5. Propose behavioural methods to overcome intrusive, obsessive-compulsive thoughts.
  6. Integrate exposure and cognitive processing interventions used in the treatment of PTSD and trauma.
  7. Apply assessment tools for CBT with individual and family dysfunction.

Outline

OVERVIEW OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY

  • The cognitive model
  • Measurements and assessments

CBT CHECKLIST

  • Short term intervention
  • Demystifying the process
  • Accountability and independence
  • Collaboration
  • Educational
  • Continuity of sessions

ESTABLISHING A THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE

  • Client feedback
  • Therapist harmful reactions

COGNITIVE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES

  • Session agenda and assessment
  • Automatic thoughts and core beliefs
  • Common core beliefs
  • Core beliefs, assumptions, reactions, and coping
  • Situational reactions

MODIFYING RIGID COGNITIONS AND CORE BELIEFS

  • Confronting automatic thoughts
  • Cognitive distortions and automatic thoughts
  • Modifying core beliefs
  • Cognitive application

BEHAVIORAL TOOLS AND STRATEGIES

  • Behaviourism in practice
  • Systematic desensitization
  • Hierarchy of fears
  • Emotional and behavioural exposure
  • Relaxation, breathing, and mindfulness
  • Goal setting and progress check
  • Positive engagement and communication strategies
  • Target behaviour selection
  • Behaviour assessment
  • Homework tasks

APPLICATION TO CLINICAL PRACTICE WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, ANGER, TRAUMA, AND PERSONALITY DISORDER USING CASE STUDIES AND ROLE PLAYS

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychotherapists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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