Jeff Riggenbach – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Get started with the fundamental, core concepts of CBT. You’ll join Jeff as he examines and reveals the power of Aaron Beck’s original CBT model. He’ll then walk you through effective strategies for socializing your clients to the cognitive model and three levels of cognition.

• Foundations in CBT
• Rationale for Techniques & Approach
• Neurobiological Findings
• Outcome Studies

• Treatment Concepts
• Socialization to the CBT Treatment Model
• Three Levels of Cognition
• Eliciting & Labeling Distortions
• Identify & Evaluate Automatic Thoughts

Dive deep into cognitive conceptualization, the cornerstone of CBT that drives treatment planning, and gain a truly integrative understanding through a series of case studies and role plays. Jeff shares insight on effective CBT clinical application, including session structure and phases of treatment, before looking at some current adaptations of the cognitive model including DBT, ACT, and Schema Therapy. End the week’s training with a section on apps and technology in CBT.

• Cognitive Conceptualization
• Case Formulation
• Collaborative Empiricism
• Symptom Driven Treatment Planning

• Application in Clinical Practice
• Case Studies/Role Plays
• The Therapeutic Relationship
• Session Structure
• Phases of Treatment

• Offshoot Models
• Third Wave Approaches
• DBT
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Schema Therapy

• Technology in CBT
• Smart Phone Apps
• Text Dialogues

During week 3, you’ll move into the application of CBT to specific problems and symptom sets you see in the clinical setting, and this week will focus on bipolar and depressive related disorders as well as addiction and substance use disorders. There’s also a brief section on suicide risk assessment, documentation and cognitive components of treating suicidality.

• Bipolar and Depressive Related Disorders
• Cognitive Model of Depression
• Behavioral Activation
• Sleep Hygiene
• Activity Monitoring & Scheduling
• Modify Negative Cognitions
• Gratitude & Meaning
• Nutritional Interventions
• Bipolar Disorder

• Substance Use Disorders
• Impulse Control Models
• Monitor cravings & Resist Urges
• Relapse Prevention

• Suicidal Clients
• Risk Assessments
• Reasons for Living Inventories

Further building upon the application of CBT for specific clinical conditions, this section moves into anger management, multiple anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, PTSD and OCD. Case studies will demonstrate and reinforce the application of CBT for these conditions.

• Anxiety Disorders
• Generalized Anxiety
• Cognitive Model of Anxiety
• ”Worry Cure”
• Phobias
• Hierarchy Work
• Desensitization
• Panic Disorder
• Cognitive Model of Panic
• Interoceptive Strategies

• Anger
• Cognitive Model of Anger
• Role of Values & “Moral Resistance”
• Symptom Management

• OCD
• Intrusive Thoughts
• Metacognitive Strategies
• Exposure & Response Prevention

• PTSD
• Prolonged Exposure
• Nightmare Re-scripting
• Trauma Narratives

Learn about making a personality disorder diagnosis, and examine the unique characteristics and corresponding assessment strategies. You’ll then move into application of CBT for non-borderline cluster B personality disorders including histrionic and antisocial personality disorders. Additional information on DBT and schema focused therapy will be covered.

• Personality Disorder Treatment
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Schema Focused Therapy

• Personality Disorder Diagnosis
• Characteristics
• Assessment Techniques

• Cluster B Personality Disorders
  • Antisocial
  • Psychopathy
  • Behavior Management
  • Histrionic
  • Schema Modification
  • Constructive Alternatives for “Getting Noticed”

Continue with treatment ideas for additional cluster B personality disorders including narcissistic and borderline personality disorders. The course will conclude with additional case studies and advanced CBT strategies.

• Cluster B Personality Disorders
  • Narcissistic
  • Subtypes of Narcissism
  • Schema Mode Work
  • Borderline
  • DBT Based Strategies
  • Emotion Regulation Skills
  • Distress Tolerance Skills
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
  • Believe Reconstruction

• Advanced Strategies
• Modify Deep Seeded Beliefs
• Continuum Work
• Construct New Beliefs
• Internalization Exercises
• Build Resilience
• Cognitive Behavioral Chain Analysis
• Schema Mode Work