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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Suicidality
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Learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for depression and suicidality through an experiential workshop at the Beck Institute. Led by Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. and Daniella Cortez Cavenagh, Ph.D., participants will learn how to conceptualize depressed patients, plan treatment based on an individualized conceptualization, establish the therapeutic relationship, instill hope, and use effective cognitive and behavioral strategies to motivate patients to complete homework, modify their maladaptive thinking and behavior, and solve problems on their own. Participants will learn how to elicit and respond to patients’ feedback, measure progress, and prevent relapse. The third day of training will address the ethical considerations when treating suicidal patients, identifying and assessing these patients, and implementing specific strategies for preventing and managing suicidal crises. A feature of the workshop is a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. Participants are encouraged to prepare or have in mind cases for discussion or role-play. This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. CE/CMEs: 18 (includes 3 ethics credits) All participants in our Core I workshop receive a complimentary Cognitive Therapy Worksheet Packet. Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Personality Disorders and Challenging Problems
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Led by Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. and Amy Cunningham, Psy.D., this advanced-level workshop is designed for mental health professionals who have mastered the basics of CBT with “easier” clients and want to enhance their ability to deliver CBT efficiently and effectively to clients who present with more complicated problems. Patients with complex difficulties and/or personality disorders often don’t respond to “standard” CBT and pose special difficulties in treatment. They may, for example, fail to fully engage in treatment, continually miss sessions, feel hopeless or stuck, become angry with their therapist, engage in self-harm, use substances, blame others, avoid homework, experience continual crises, call their therapist (too often) between sessions, demand special treatment—the list of challenges that arise in session and between sessions could go on and on. Through didactic instruction, case discussions, DVDs by master clinicians, supervised roleplaying, and other hands-on learning experiences, attendees of this workshop will learn how to quickly conceptualize why clients engage in these “coping” strategies and then specifically, what to do. They’ll learn how to effectively implement and vary the basic structural elements of CBT, and how to develop, maintain, and use the therapeutic alliance to achieve therapeutic goals. They’ll learn specific techniques to use in challenging cases, as well as how to use CBT techniques on themselves when clients’ behaviors trigger their own core beliefs. *The third day of the workshop will focus on CBT for borderline personality disorder. Participants are encouraged to prepare or have in mind difficult cases for discussion or role play. A feature of the workshop is a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops. Participants must have a doctorate or master's degree in a mental health, medical or related field.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse
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Patients who present with substance abuse problems are a highly heterogeneous group in terms of co-morbid problems, the range of substances used, personal resources, pre-morbid functioning, and readiness for change. Nonetheless, these patients often have important factors in common, such as difficulties in managing cravings and urges, faulty beliefs that perpetuate their abuse of substances, mood instability, and fluctuations between feeling “in control” of their problems and feeling hopeless and desperate. This workshop presents evidence-based, cognitive behavioral methods for helping substance-abusing patients improve their motivation to change, identify and moderate their drug-use-related beliefs, manage their cravings more effectively, improve their mood states via self-help methods, and utilize a range of adaptive skills (e.g., rational responding, honest communication). This experiential workshop covers the essentials of cognitive behavior therapy for mental health professionals who treat substance abuse disorders. Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Cory F. Newman, Ph.D., participants will learn how to:
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Conceptualize clients’ dysfunctional substance use via the cognitive model;
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Identify, evaluate, and moderate patients' dysfunctional substance-use-related beliefs (including "permission-giving" beliefs);
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Integrate cognitive-behavioral principles with 12-step ideas and values;
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Combine confrontational methods with a collaborative, congenial spirit;
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Apply a range of cognitive-behavioral techniques to help patients choose not to use substances, even when they experience cravings or otherwise wish to self-medicate;
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Address co-morbid problems such as mood disorders and anxiety disorders;
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Conduct CBT for substance abuse in a group format.
Techniques for treating substance abuse will be illustrated through video, roleplays and worksheets. A special feature is a question and answer session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents
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Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Torrey Creed, Ph.D., this experiential workshop covers the basics of cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with depression and anxiety. Topics covered include how to develop a conceptualization based on the Cognitive Model, plan treatment, and deliver CBT interventions to children, adolescents and their families. Specialized techniques are described and demonstrated for clients with depression, suicidality, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Training focuses on therapy with clients between the ages of 7 and 18. A special feature is a question and answer session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Advanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents
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Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Torrey Creed, Ph.D., this experiential workshop covers advanced techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents, building on the skills in the Level 1 Child and Adolescent training to explore application and individualization for specific disorders. Topics covered include how to (1) develop an individualized cognitive case conceptualization for youths with OCD or other anxiety disorders, trauma responses (PTSD, ASD) or Pervasive Developmental Disorders, (2) create a tailored treatment plan from early treatment through relapse prevention, (3) deliver specific, empirically based CBT interventions for individuals and for families, and (4) determine whether those interventions have been effective. Training focuses on therapy with clients between the ages of 7 and 18 with OCD or other anxiety disorders, trauma responses or Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Completion of the Level 1 Child and Adolescent training is highly recommended prior to this training. A special feature is a question and answer session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety
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Learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders through an experiential workshop at the Beck Institute. This three-day workshop, developed under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., focuses on fundamental cognitive behavior theory and treatment for anxiety in adults. Participants will learn how to conceptualize anxious patients, plan treatment based on the individualized conceptualization, engage the anxious patient in the therapeutic relationship, decrease physiological symptoms of anxiety and increase functional behavior. They will learn how to use evidence-based cognitive and behavioral strategies to help patients identify and respond adaptively to key anxious thoughts and beliefs, restructure maladaptive cognitions and catastrophic misinterpretations, develop exposure hierarchies, build symptom tolerance, eliminate safety behaviors, increase tolerance for uncertainty, and reduce obsessions, compulsions, and avoidance. A feature of the workshop is a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. Participants are encouraged to prepare or have in mind cases for discussion or role-play. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Schizophrenia
A Recovery-Oriented Model [Specialty Workshop]
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Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Aaron Brinen, Psy.D. and Paul Grant, Ph.D., this experiential workshop will cover the theory, empirical-basis, strategies, and interventions of cognitive behavior therapy for patients with schizophrenia (both those who are higher functioning and those who are lower functioning). Topics covered will also include how to engage patients, how to develop a conceptualization based upon the cognitive model, how to plan treatment based upon goal setting, goal attainment, and tracking goal progress, how to address positive, negative, and disorganized symptoms, how to get patients behaviorally activated (including constructive and pleasurable activities and increased socializing with others), and how to work with patients who have cognitive impairments, low insight, and/or low motivation for treatment. The workshop will be a mix of information, video clips, and interactive exercises. A special feature is a question and answer and roleplay session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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The incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population is as high as 8%, and in the active military and veteran population as high as 17%. Given the impact of PTSD on individuals and families affected by this condition, dissemination and implementation of effective treatments is a high priority. Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Aaron Brinen, Psy.D., this Beck Institute specialty workshop will cover cognitive behavioral therapies which result in remission or a decrease in the severity of PTSD and the accompanying depressive and anxious symptoms. Participants will learn exposure techniques and other skills specifically developed to aid survivors in accessing salient trauma information, understanding his or her reactions and achieving a realistic perspective on the traumatic event. An in-depth explanation and illustration of prolonged exposure, a primary intervention for PTSD, will be included, as well as cognitive techniques for imaginal revisiting of the trauma memory. Role-plays and other experiential exercises will be conducted throughout. This workshop will feature a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and includes 18 CE/CME credits] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
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Teaching and Supervising CBT
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Competent CBT therapists must know both what CBT is (theory, empirically supported protocols, models of therapy, etc.) as well as how to do CBT, effectively, creatively, and reliably. The way in which therapists achieve competency is in large part due to their graduate education and training. It is essential, therefore, that the process of teaching and training, as well as the content, be evidence-based. Under the direction of Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., and led by Randy Fingerhut, Ph.D. and Donna Sudak, M.D., graduate faculty will learn how to employ evidence-based strategies to improve CBT teaching and supervision, how to identify key learning needs and micro skills for CBT training, and how to effectively provide feedback to students and trainees. Using concepts from the field of adult learning, this workshop will review the most effective methods of teaching CBT, explore venues of learning, discuss the use of technology in learning, and provide teaching and training resources. The workshop will also address faculty development, program development (including coordination of training elements within a program), and processes of student/trainee evaluation. Experiential exercises will be conducted throughout. Participants are encouraged to bring any CBT training materials they are currently using. This workshop will feature a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. [This training is geared towards certification in CBT through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. CE/CMEs: 18] Click here to see recent video from Beck Institute workshops.
The Beck Institute will award five faculty recipients (graduate faculty in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, and counseling may apply) with full tuition scholarships to this workshop. Click here for more information about our 1st Annual Faculty Scholarship Competition.
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CBT for Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Led by Judith S. Beck, PhD and Deborah Beck Busis, LSW, participants will learn how to use a cognitive behavioral treatment plan for weight loss and maintenance through an experiential two-day workshop designed for individuals who work with dieters. In this workshop, which is based on The Beck Diet Solution and The Complete Beck Diet for Life, participants will learn evidence-based strategies aimed at facilitating change in their clients' thinking and behavior so they can make permanent changes in their eating. Participants will learn how to conceptualize the difficulties their clients face and plan strategies to handle them effectively.
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4th Annual Student Workshop: CBT for Depression and Suicidality
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Learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for depression and suicidality through an experiential workshop at the Beck Institute. Led by Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. and Daniella Cavenagh, Ph.D., participants will learn how to conceptualize depressed patients, plan treatment based on an individualized conceptualization, establish the therapeutic relationship, instill hope, and use effective cognitive and behavioral strategies to motivate patients to complete homework, modify their maladaptive thinking and behavior, and solve problems on their own. Participants will learn how to elicit and respond to patients’ feedback, measure progress, and prevent relapse. The third day of training will address the ethical considerations when treating suicidal patients, identifying and assessing these patients, and implementing specific strategies for preventing and managing suicidal crises. A feature of the workshop is a special question and answer and role-play session with Dr. Aaron Beck. Participants are encouraged to prepare or have in mind cases for discussion or role-play. There are three differences from our regular Core I workshop: (1) no CE credits will be included; (2) this workshop is offered at a special rate for graduate students; and (3) an hour long question and answer seminar with Dr. Aaron Beck is planned. The Beck Institute will award 10 student recipients (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and residents in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, and counseling may apply) with full tuition scholarships to this workshop. Click here for more information about our 4th Annual Student Scholarship Competition.
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