Description:
The success of brief therapy with anxiety disorders largely depends on how well and consistently the therapy targets central fears maintaining anxiety. Live demonstrations and guided clinical exercises show participants how to a) identify the central thoughts and images that maintain anxiety disorders, b) use worksheets from the 2nd Edition of Mind Over Mood to construct fear ladders and identify underlying assumptions to guide treatment, and c) set up and evaluate behavioral experiments to help clients test out anxious underlying assumptions (central fears).
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*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Christine A. Padesky, Ph.D, is considered one of the leading cognitive therapy workshop presenters in the world, appreciated for her depth of knowledge, compassion, and good-humoured warmth. She has presented over 450 workshops to more than 45,000 professionals throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia as well as 25 workshops with cognitive therapy's founder, Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Her clear, organized and compelling presentations integrate theory, empiricism, creativity, audience interaction and practical skills.