Cost £749
Basic CBT Theory
CBT Assessment and Formulation
Collaborative working: starting sessions
Goal Setting
Behavioural Experiments
Socratic Method
Using imagery and behavioural experiments to enhance CB for panic disorder and agoraphobia
CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder
Mental imagery and formulation in cognitive therapy
Working with core beliefs
Enhanced reliving in PTSD
Enhancing self-esteem
Compassionate mind
Topic: These presentations guide the therapist through the stages of CBT for panic and agoraphobia. Role plays and lecture are used to show how to draw out a collaborative formulation, socialise the patient to the cognitive model, design effective behavioural experiments, and use imagery techniques to work with upsetting memories and images. Presenter: Ann Hackman - particularly known for her pioneering research, writing and teaching on the role of imagery and memory in the anxiety disorders... READ MORE
Topic: Sometimes, in CBT, the therapist needs to move beyond automatic cognitions to fundamental beliefs. This workshop gives guidance on when this is appropriate and how to elicit core beliefs in ways that are sensitive to the client’s needs and personal resources. It then describes three key techniques for working with them: continuum work, a powerful strategy for combating the extreme quality of problem core beliefs; positive data logs which are helpful in constructing more adaptive beliefs... READ MORE
Topic: Despite a compelling evidence base, and expert guidance, clinicians are often reluctant to use reliving as a therapeutic tool. This presentation takes you through the process of preparing a patient for reliving; how to use reliving to construct a coherent narrative and find unhelpful appraisals; and how to re-insert updated information into the trauma memory. Common obstacles and how to overcome them will also be described. Feedback on this process from patients will be given. This presen... READ MORE
Topic: This module explores the use of compassion focused approaches to work with shame and self-attacking thoughts. First, we explore the theoretical background of compassionate mind as developed by Paul Gilbert. Then we move onto to look at how to formulate cases using this approach. Specific ways of working with self-criticism and shame based memories, through the development of compassion, are presented. Finally, the use and development of compassionate imagery, the perfect nurturer’ is pr... READ MORE