INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE THERAPY
CBT courses are offered by The International Institute for Cognitive Therapy, from Certificate to Diploma
levels.
The International Institute for Cognitive Therapy is now offering a CBT course in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. A new Assessment heuristic model will be presented in order to maximise treatment effectiveness.
All our CBT courses are taught at weekends.
It is important for CBT therapists to receive training on a regular basis. Many professional bodies such as the BABCP, BACP and IACP require that practising members spend a minimum of 30 hours per year in CPD activities. This CBT course will provide you with 12 hours CPD.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL
THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A NEW HEURISTIC ASSESSMENT MODEL TO MAXIMISE TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Trauma outcome studies have consistently found that the most effective treatments for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder are Cognitive Behavioural Therapies focusing on emotional processing of traumatic material. However, these empirically-supported treatments still fail for a high percentage of individuals. Recent estimates indicate that up to 58% of trauma patients who complete CBT are still diagnosed with PTSD at post-treatment (Resick, 2002; Tarrier, 1999), and that only 28% of patients in "real world" CBT clinical practises are successful completers of exposure therapy (Zayfert et. al., 2005).
In this workshop, participants will be offered a new heuristic model that aids the decision making process of clinicians when they need to match the best possible CBT intervention for the specific trauma characteristics of their patient. Buet’s (2007) heuristic model is an expansion of Smucker et al's algorithmic model where a decision chart has been developed to help clinicians reduce failures in treatment. This new assessment heuristic model provides a guideline to match the specific trauma characteristics of the client with the best available CBT interventions.
A range of CBT approaches are extensively covered in this training program, in theory and practice, including Exposure Therapy and a new Cognitive Therapy model for PTSD (Ehlers’ and Clark’s, 2000).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This 2-day workshop will cover:
- Introduction to trauma and PTSD: Diagnostic criteria for PTSD, limitations with the current definition of trauma, comorbidity, prevalence, types of trauma, PTSD risk factors, PTSD predominant emotions, current status of research on PTSD and effectiveness of CBT treatments.
- Symptom management and stabilisation techniques when trauma processing work is not recommended.
- An innovative heuristic PTSD assessment model to help clinicians in their decision making process about what interventions to use, for whom, when and in what order e.g. when to focus on stabilisation vs. trauma processing, assessment of predominant emotions, how to adapt CBT interventions depending on comorbidity.
- How to maximise the effectiveness of Prolonged Exposure and how to overcome possible roadblocks in its application e.g. when client is dissociated
- Ehlers and Clarks’ Cognitive model for PTSD (2000) – How to use reliving to uncover and reappraise trauma meanings.
LOCATION: BELFAST
VENUE: Belfast International Youth Hostel
22-32 Donegall Road, Belfast, BT12 5JN
T: +44 (0) 28 9031 5435
Email:
info@hini.org.uk
http://www.hini.org.uk/hostels/Belfast-International
(To see directions/more information about the venue)
DATES:
12/13 FEBRUARY 2011 (Saturday/ Sunday)
PRESENTER: Sylvia Buet
FEE: £220. Fees include tea breaks but not lunch.
This course uses a range of effective teaching methods with a mixture of formal presentations, video demonstrations, case presentations, role-play, and group discussions. This training program is eminently practical in developing the necessary therapeutic skills although all exercises will be carried out in a safe, non-threatening classroom environment.
This session would be suitable for clinicians at all levels, and should provide a useful update for Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychiatrists, Nurses and other mental health professionals.
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