Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Integrative CBT and Schema Therapy Techniques for Anxiety, Trauma, and Eating Disorders

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Amy Van Arsdale, PhD Related seminars and products

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Dr. Amy Van Arsdale, is a licensed psychologist with over 15 years of clinical experience. In her private practice, she provides individual therapy, couples therapy, and career counseling. She identifies as an integrative practitioner and specializes in perinatal mental health and vocational psychology. CBT is the foundation of her practice, which she routinely integrates with approaches such as interpersonal, Schema, and multicultural therapy. In her career, Dr. Van Arsdale has worked successfully with patients on a range of concerns including relationship issues, pregnancy and perinatal mental health, career problems, adjustment issues, trauma, mood/anxiety disorders, and other matters.

Dr. Van Arsdale earned a PhD in Counseling Psychology rom the University of Florida and received post-graduate clinical training in Perinatal Mental Health at the Postpartum Stress Center in Rosemont, PA. Active in the psychology community, Dr. Van Arsdale currently serves on the Board of Directors of Division 42 (Independent Practice) of the American Psychological Association and has presented at over twenty national and international conferences. Her work has been published in Practice Innovations, Psychotherapy Research, and The Counseling Psychologist, among others, and she is in the process of co-authoring a chapter in the forthcoming International Handbook of Perinatal Mental Health Disorders. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Van Arsdale enjoys teaching. A former professor at Marymount University, she currently provides clinical supervision to doctoral students at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology and trains therapists, psychologists and psychiatric residents in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. She has been a PESI speaker since 2016.

 

Speaker Disclosures
Financial: Dr. Amy Van Arsdale maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with the University of Denver. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Amy Van Arsdale is a member of the American Psychological Association.

Objectives

1. Integrate evidence-based techniques and latest research into treatment using the CBT model.
2. Utilize CBT thought records and worksheets to identify negative self-talk, automatic thoughts, assumptions, and core beliefs
3. Apply CBT case conceptualization and adapt it to a variety of disorders, including anxiety, eating, and mood disorders.
4. Practice behavioural activation, mindfulness, and interpersonal skills techniques.
5. Compare and contrast Young’s 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas and apply them to sample cases.
6. Utilize re-parenting techniques to change self-defeating behavioural patterns.

Outline

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Exploring the model

• CBT Triad: A tool for psychoeducation and intervention
• Empirical support for CBT
• Integrative CBT techniques
• Cultural considerations for best practice
• Research limitations and potential risks
• CBT case conceptualization:
  • Beck’s Cognitive Triad
  • Symptom Maintenance

Cognitive and Behavioural Interventions

• Identifying cognitive distortions
• Guided Discovery & Socratic Questioning
• Negative core beliefs
• Changing and reframing problematic thinking
• Hypothesis testing/behavioural experimentation to change unhelpful patterns
• Mindfulness, breathing and relaxation
• Tools: CBT thought record, worksheets, homework, and apps

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Specific Clinical issues

• Anxiety Disorders
  • CBTs role in managing anxiety and worry
  • Psychoeducation and reduction of physiological symptoms
  • Worry time for generalized anxiety
• Exposure techniques for:
  • • Generalized Anxiety
    • Social Anxiety
  • OCD
• Trauma
  • Overview of evidence-based practices
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Emotional regulation strategies and skills
  • Grounding and self-soothing strategies
• Eating Disorders
  • Challenging cognitive distortions
  • Behavioural interventions for Bingeing and Restrictive Eating
  • Hunger Scale and Mindful Eating
• Mood Disorders
  • Psychoeducation for clients and their families
  • Behavioural activation for depression
• Coping and problem-solving skills for:
  • • Depression
    • Bipolar Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Strategies to provide solutions for daily problems
  • Relapse prevention
• Anger
  • Identifying triggers & emotional identification
  • Active feelings vs. dormant feelings
  • Slowing down and calming techniques
• Interpersonal skills:
  • • Assertiveness
    • Communication
  • Boundaries

Schema Therapy

• What to do when CBT isn’t enough
  • An expansion of traditional CBT
  • Emphasis on lifelong patterns and effective change techniques
  • Special emphasis on re-parenting
  • The 18 early maladaptive schemas
  • Core emotional needs and self-defeating coping styles
  • Schema modes and self-defeating behavioural patterns
  • Breaking rigid patterns with resistant clients
  • Integration into long-term therapy

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychotherapists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Addiction Counselors
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals