John Ludgate – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intensive Training Course

Outline

Master the Core Skills and Competencies of CBT

Foundations in CBT

• Evolution of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
• Neurobiological Findings
• Outcome Studies

Treatment Concepts

• Socialization to Treatment Model
• Levels of Cognition
• Eliciting & Labeling Distortions
• Identify & Evaluate Automatic Thoughts

Offshoot Models

• Third Wave Approaches
• DBT
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Schema Therapy

The Therapeutic Relationship

• Establish Rapport
• Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
• Predictive of Outcome

Cognitive Conceptualization

• Case Formulation
• Collaborative Empiricism
• Symptom Driven Treatment Planning

Key Components of CBT Practice

• Structure
• Feedback
• Guided Discovery
• Collaborative Empiricism
• Homework

Application to Clinical Practice

• Case Studies/Role Plays

CBT for Mood Disorders, Anger, Anxiety, PTSD & Substance Abuse

CBT for Mood Disorders

• Cognitive Model of Depression
• Behavioral Activation
• Sleep Hygiene
• Activity Monitoring & Scheduling
• Modify Negative Cognitions
• Gratitude & Meaning
• Depressive Relapse
• Bipolar Disorder

CBT for Anger

• Cognitive Model of Anger
• Role of Values & “Moral Resistance”
• Symptom Management

CBT for Anxiety

• Generalized Anxiety
• Cognitive Model of Anxiety
• “Worry Cure”
• Phobias
• Hierarchy Work
• Desensitization
• Panic Disorder
• Cognitive Model of Panic
• Interoceptive Strategies

CBT for OCD

• Intrusive Thoughts
• Metacognitive Strategies
• Behavioral Experiments

CBT for PTSD

• Prolonged Exposure
• Cognitive Reprocessing
• Trauma Narratives

CBT for Substance Abuse

• Impulse Control Models
• Monitor Cravings & Resist Urges
• Relapse Prevention

Application to Clinical Practice

• Case Studies/Role Plays

Difficult Cases, Cluster B & C Personality Disorders

Overview of CBT for Challenging Cases

• Why are they challenging
• Adaptations in CBT
• Modified Expectations for the Therapist

Treatment Model

• Early Maladaptive Schemas
• Breaking Destructive Behavioral Cycles
• Belief Modification Protocol

CBT for Cluster B Personality Disorders

• Antisocial
  • Psychopathy
  • Behavior Management
• Narcissistic
  • Subtypes of Narcissism
  • Schema Mode Work
• Histrionic
  • Schema Modification
  • Constructive Alternatives for “Getting Noticed”
• Borderline
  • DBT Based Strategies
  • Emotion Regulation Skills
  • Distress Tolerance Skills
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

CBT for Cluster C Personality Disorders

• Modifying Avoidant Schemas and Strategies
• Changing Dependent Beliefs and Behaviors
• OCPD: Interventions and Strategies

Advanced Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders

• Modify Deep Seeded Beliefs
• Continuum Work
• Construct New Beliefs
• Internalization Exercises
• Build Resilience
• Cognitive Behavioral Chain Analysis
• Schema Mode Work

CBT for Suicidal Clients

• CBT Model of suicide
• Risk Assessment
• Strategies for Suicidal Ideation and Hopelessness
• Reasons for Living Inventories

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