Intermediate Level CBT: Understanding Depression, Anxiety, and Other Specific Cognitive Models

Description

Intermediate Level CBT: Understanding Depression, Anxiety, and Other Specific Cognitive Models is Module Two of the 3-course Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training Certificate (CBTTC). For more information on the CBTTC and discounted enrollment in the full program, please visit this page.

It is often said that depression and anxiety are paired or in lock step. While it is true that these conditions can frequently co-occur and have some overlapping symptoms, we as mental health clinicians would do well to remember that the same could be said of any two phenomena. But it is incumbent upon clinicians to recognize the difference and treat them appropriately!

DSM-5 is a book about behavior. While similarities can exist in behavioral symptom sets, in the same way, failure to recognize, diagnose, and treat the specific conditions that produce them usually leads to treatment failure. This course overviews the specific cognitive models of depression, anxiety, panic disorder, anger, and addiction, and presents an integrated cognitive approach to trauma and PTSD.

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD, trained at The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia and over the course of 20 years has developed and directed cognitive-behaviorally based treatment programs for Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Addictive Behavior Disorders, and Personality Disorders at two different psychiatric hospitals and clinics treating patients at multiple levels of care. He has trained clinicians in all 50 United States and 9 countries around the world on the very content covered in this course.

Through didactic teaching, case studies, and humor - and drawing from the latest CBT-Based literature, Jeff is known for tapping into lessons learned from research in a way that takes them from the “top shelf” and puts them on the“bottom shelf” so they can be practically used by clinicians“in the trenches,” working in a variety of settings.

In this course, you will understand the nuances of various cognitive models, specifically describing a plethora interventions including: behavioral activation for clients with depression, behavioral experiments for internalization of more accurate risk appraisal for clients with anxiety, interoceptive strategies for clients with panic disorder, impulse control interventions for clients with anger management problems, and strategies for managing urges and preventing relapse for clients with addictive behavior disorders. In addition, he will present an integrated cognitive approach for treating trauma based upon the newly released updated APA practice guidelines for frontline treatments for PTSD.

Key Takeaways:

• Integrated Depression Care: Learn to use a behavioral, cognitive, and compassion-focused approach to treating depression.
• Targeted Anxiety Strategies: Apply strategies for improved risk appraisal for clients with anxiety and help addictive disordered clients enhance awareness, manage urges, and curb impulses.
• Specialized Disorder Interventions: Watch an expert induce symptoms in panic disorder patients to test beliefs about symptoms.

Why This Course?

• Clinical Diagnostic Precision: Learn to provide a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
• Evidence-Based Trauma Protocols: Debunk myths about exposure-based treatments for PTSD and offer clients first-line treatment recommendations.
• Expert Demonstration: Learn from a trainer who has written a best-selling book on the topic, trained clinicians worldwide, and has 20 years of CBT-based leadership and practice.

Learning Objectives

• Select behavioral activation activities to elevate affect in depressed patients to enhance cognitive change.
• Identify 3 cognitive distortions associated with anxiety and plan behavioral experiments disorders to help clients test assumptions to experientially internalize new learning.
• Discuss the role of moral resistance in the cognitive model of anger.
• Demonstrate strategies for breaking vicious cycles in addictive behavior disorders.
• Explain the 3 stages of treatment for clients with PTSD and describe interventions in each.

So in the same way that the clinician would not treat ADHD with the same protocol s/he would treat AUD, don’t treat clients who present with depression the same way you would clients who present with anxiety! Enroll today to develop specific skillsets associated with the specific cognitive models of depression, anxiety, anger, addiction, and PTSD so you are treating your clients for the conditions they actually have!

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course that offers over 5 hours of recorded video instruction, a post-test and a course evaluation.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

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Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D.

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD, is a best-selling and award-winning author/speaker/clinician who has trained audiences in all 50 United States, Canada, Mexico, The UK, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He has devoted the past 25 years to developing advanced expertise in cognition and personality. He personally trained at The Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research to develop his hospital's Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment Program, which has not treated over 500 patients with BPD across multiple levels of care. He has since developed and directed cognitive-behavioral based programs for Depression, Anxiety Disorders, and Addictive Behavior Disorders. Jeff's approach of taking evidence-based treatments and presenting them in ways that can be used by everyday clinicians "in the trenches" has earned him the nickname "The Practical Toolbox Guy," and his trainings often receive the highest marks from conference participants.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 5 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

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Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 300 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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