Effective strategies for relapsing clients Advanced & cutting-edge CBT techniques Case examples
Join Dr. Ludgate, national expert and CBT expert, for this exclusive live webcast event to learn advanced CBT techniques to treat chronic or recurring depression and anxiety. Clients with a high relapse potential or chronic depression and anxiety are very complex and challenging to treat, and Dr. Ludgate will teach you special augmented CBT strategies which can easily be incorporated into your everyday practice.
This workshop will address state-of-art interventions and adaptations in CBT for complex cases and also, will focus on client, therapist and therapy factors which can interfere with therapy’s effectiveness. Specifically, a model will be offered which helps to formulate from a cognitive behavioral perspective the factors involved in chronicity or in the process of relapse. Assessment and conceptualization skills which can aid treatment planning will be examined. Interventions which target chronic and recurrent problems will be described in detail with case examples.
OUTLINE
Defining chronicity and recurrence in Depression & Anxiety disorders Factors predictive of chronicity and recurrence with clinical practice implications Important skills every clinician needs for working with this population CBT conceptualization: current and historical formulation
Effective Strategies & Interventions for Chronic Anxiety Enhanced standard CBT procedures (de-catastrophizing, worry control, relaxation) Motivational interviewing Meta cognitive approaches Increasing tolerance for uncertainty Relapse Prevention Strategies & Interventions for Recurrent Anxiety Self-directed CBT aimed at early detection and intervention Mindfulness Vulnerability reduction
Effective Strategies & Interventions for Chronic Depression Enhanced behavioral activation Schema modification Cognitive behavioral analytic psychotherapy strategies Facilitating self compassion Relapse Prevention Strategies & Interventions for Recurrent Depression Self-directed CBT aimed at early detection and intervention Mindfulness Life style modification
Self-directed CBT for the therapist Strategies to manage our reactions when dealing with chronic or relapsing clients Dealing with therapist dysfunctional beliefs Mindfulness, acceptance and compassionate approaches for the therapist
OBJECTIVES
Summarize factors predictive of chronicity and recurrence with clinical practice implications Utilize advanced CBT intervention skills when treating chronic or recurring depression and anxiety. Develop skills to maintain positive treatment outcomes and prevent relapse. Identify the best evidence- based practices currently available. Outline self-directed CBT strategies to enhance therapeutic effectiveness.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Ludgate, Ph.D., is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked as a psychotherapist for almost 30 years. His practice, which involves work in both a private practice and in an outpatient psychiatric center, consists largely of treating clients referred with mood problems and/or anxiety conditions. He is currently working at the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Center of Western North Carolina in Asheville, North Carolina. John is a native of southern Ireland and obtained a Master Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He trained at the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia under Dr. Aaron Beck, the founder of Cognitive Therapy, obtaining a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently became Assistant Director of Training at Dr. Beck's Center. In the early 1990s, Dr. Ludgate was a Research Clinical Psychologist at the University of Oxford in England and served as cognitive therapist in several outcome studies of panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia and hypochondriasis. He has authored Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Relapse Prevention for Depression and Anxiety (Professional Resources Press, 2009) and was co-editor with Wright, Thase and Beck of Cognitive Therapy with Inpatients: Developing a Cognitive Milieu (Guilford Press, 1993). He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters in the field of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety and Depression. He has presented seminars and workshops on cognitive behavioral approaches, both nationally and internationally.
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