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EP13 Invited Address 21 - Refocused Psychotherapy as The First Line of Intervention in Behavioral Health - Nicholas Cummings, PhD, SCD
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Length: 54:12
Description:
In the age in which psychotropic medications have largely replaced psychotherapy, or medications are primary when psychotherapy is included, this presentation will demonstrate how psychotherapy alone can take precedence over medications, and achieve better outcomes than are currently being seen in our failing mental health system.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe how to expand psychotherapy into proven techniques that far surpass the limited, stiled limitations of today’s cognitive therapy.
- Explain how personality disorders must be treated differently than the usual patient, thus markedly improving the success rate.
- Demonstrate the successful techniques without medication.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Nicholas Cummings, PhD
Distinguished Professor, University of Nevada, Reno. President of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health, Inc. Former president of the American Psychological Association and recipient of psychology's highest award, the Gold Medal for Lifetime Contributions to Practice. Dr. Cummings has founded over 20 organizations, including the California School of Professional Psychology, the National Academies of Practice, and the former American Biodyne, which remains America's only clinically driven behavioral health system. He is autlilor or editor of 38 books and over 400 referenced journal articles.
