A new two-day workshop by Christine A. Padesky, Ph.D.

Date(s): Thursday, September 16, 2010 to Friday, September 17, 2010
Venue: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,Toronto, Ontario
Organizer: Cognitive Workshops
Event URL: www.cognitiveworkshops.com

Event Details
A new two-day workshop by Christine A. Padesky, Ph.D.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers a rapidly expanding collection of therapy protocols tailored to specific disorders. Learning these can be a daunting task for CBT therapists.

CBT Boot Camp is especially designed for novice and intermediate level CBT therapists who want to build and strengthen core clinical competencies as well as understand more clearly how these competencies function as the foundation for all CBT protocols. By the end of Boot Camp, participants will achieve greater CBT fitness in the areas of: therapy structure and alliance, client observation and self-monitoring, awareness of safety behaviours versus good coping, assigning and debriefing relevant homework, and use of guided discovery methods (such as Socratic dialogue, thought records, and behavioural experiments).

Dr. Padesky also demonstrates therapeutic responses to common therapy obstancles that often derail CBT progress. Following her demonstrations, participants engage in "obstacle courses" which are exercises designed to help therapsists apply the appropriate core competency in the face of these challenges.

Therapists who attended Dr. Padesky's previous workshops may recognize some topic overlap with those programs. Even so, CBT Boot Camp is a unique workshop with innovative clinical demonstrations and participants exercises that approach familiar topics in novel ways. Workshop learning is enhanced through live and video clinical demonstrations, structured parricipant exercises, and handouts. As always, this workshop is infused with Dr. Padesky's signature warmth, humour, and an emphasis on practical clinical tips.

Contact Information
Dr. Lorna Tener
Conference Organizer
Phone: 1-888-379-4770
E-mail: tener@cognitiveworkshops.com