Workshop Duration

2 days/12 hours

Workshop Level

intended for mental health professionals familiar with treatment of anxiety or depression but with varying levels of CBT experience

Therapist drift can be a problem for even the most experienced, highly trained cognitive-behavioral therapist.  Our tendency to drift from well-established, effective therapeutic strategies for anxiety and depression is a serious threat to clinical effectiveness.  The workshop addresses this challenge to treatment integrity by focusing on issues and solutions to therapist drift, with particular attention to how the fundamentals of CBT can be re-established and integrated into daily clinical practice.  With a two-fold emphasis on the fundamentals of CBT and maintaining treatment integrity, this workshop is aimed at all levels of CBT training, from the novice to the seasoned clinician.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

• REDUCE therapist drift
• IMPLEMENT a plan for treatment adherence
• PRACTICE cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments to enhance client learning
• ASSIGN and evaluate homework exercises
• ENSURE treatment integrity

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• the signs of therapist drift
• cognitive and emotion regulation models of anxiety and depression
• the choice of effective CBT strategies for anxiety and depression
• the use of transdiagnostic, targeted case formulation 
• to individualize cognitive and behavioral interventions for maximum effectiveness
• how homework assignments can be used more effectively
• practical aspects to building an evidence-based practice