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Listen to this seminar recording and learn a straightforward, evidence-based CBT approach for conceptualizing and treating ANY anxiety problem. This workshop presents a time-limited and effective CBT approach that can be used with clients suffering from any anxiety-related problem including the following:
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panic disorder
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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post-traumatic stress disorder
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social phobia
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specific phobias
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generalized anxiety disorder
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hypochondriasis (health anxiety)
Dr. Brett Deacon is an expert CBT practitioner and clinical researcher whose work has contributed to recent advances in evidence-based CBT treatment. He will teach you a step-by-step method for case conceptualization, treatment planning and cognitive-behavioral intervention informed by recent scientific advances in CBT for anxiety disorders. Learn how to assess core cognitive and behavioral processes and use this knowledge to develop a case formulation and treatment plan. Techniques for modifying faulty appraisals of threat will be emphasized, including psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring and exposure. You will learn how to construct a fear hierarchy, implement exposure therapy in a maximally effective manner and navigate the unique clinical and ethical challenges posed by this technique. Treatment techniques will be liberally illustrated with case examples, videotaped therapy sessions, live demonstrations and discussion of participants’ cases. You will end with the knowledge and materials necessary to immediately implement this CBT approach in your clinical practice.
OBJECTIVES
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Describe the common psychological processes that maintain anxiety disorder symptoms
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Summarize a specific method for case conceptualization applicable to clients with any anxiety disorder
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Construct a treatment plan using the most evidence-based CBT techniques
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Implement the core CBT techniques of psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, and exposure
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Troubleshoot common clinical challenges and ethical issues
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Identify how recent scientific advances can be used to maximize the power of CBT
OUTLINE
CBT for Anxiety Disorders
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Hallmarks of the anxiety disorders
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Common CBT techniques
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Latest research on CBT for anxiety disorders
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What works best: An evidence-based CBT approach
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Combining CBT and medications
Commonalities Across the Anxiety Disorders
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Advantages of a transdiagnostic vs. disorder-specific approach
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Targeting processes vs. symptoms
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Common psychological processes and their assessment
- Maladaptive beliefs
- Biased information processing
- Safety behaviors
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Why irrational fears fail to self-correct
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A specific format for case conceptualization
Treatment Planning
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How to interrupt the vicious circle of anxiety
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Selecting appropriate and evidence-based techniques
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Implications of recent research for maximizing outcomes
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Increasing client motivation for treatment
Treatment: Cognitive and Education Restructuring
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Discussing the CBT model and case conceptualization
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Psychoeducation about the anxiety response
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Basics of cognitive restructuring
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Correcting overestimates of threat
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Setting the stage for behavioral exposure
Exposure Treatment
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Preparing clients for exposure
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Theoretical considerations: Exposure to what?
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Constructing the fear hierarchy
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Types of exposure
- Situational exposure
- Imaginal exposure
- Interoceptive exposure
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Fading safety behaviors
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Minimizing risk during exposures
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Dealing with uncertainty and doubt
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Ethics, boundaries and therapist behaviors during exposure
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Maintaining treatment gains
Case Presentations, Q&A, Discussion of Participants’ Cases
ABOUT BRETT DEACON, Ph.D.
Brett Deacon, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Wyoming and co-author of the book Clinical Handbook of Exposure Therapy for Anxiety, published in 2010 by Guilford Press. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in CBT for anxiety disorders at Mayo Clinic and currently directs the University of Wyoming Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Dr. Deacon supervises doctoral student therapists and maintains a private practice specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders. He regularly presents workshops on CBT for anxiety disorders at national conferences and serves on the clinical advisory board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
A scientist as well as a practitioner, Dr. Deacon has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters on CBT and anxiety disorders and has presented approximately 100 symposium talks, research posters, workshops, panel discussions and invited addresses at national and international conferences. His research involves conducting clinical studies of CBT for various anxiety problems and investigating the psychological processes that cause and maintain anxiety disorders. Dr. Deacon has received awards from the University of Wyoming for his research and teaching.
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