Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Master the Core Skills and Competencies of CBT

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Charles Jacob, PhD Related seminars and products

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Charles Jacob, PhD, received his PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and completed a year of additional training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. He has over 15 years of clinical experience conducting and overseeing the delivery of mental health services to individuals with severe mood and personality disorders as well as their families.

Dr. Jacob is an expert in cognitive therapy, as well as a highly regarded clinician and scholar. He has regularly delivered lectures on cognitive behavioral therapies throughout the country and has been an invited speaker at universities throughout the world. Dr. Jacob is an Evergreen Certifications approved CBT-C consultant. He is a past president of the ACA’s Pennsylvania branch, a recipient of PCA’s David W. Hall Advocacy Award, and has been a featured interview in Counseling Today as well as NPR’s The Pulse.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Charles Jacob maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Calco Consulting Group and the University of New York in Prague. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Jacob receives a grant from the United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Charles Jacob is a member of the American Counseling Association.

Objectives

1. Apply evidence-based CBT techniques to multiple symptom sets to improve treatment outcomes. 
2. Choose methods for conducting CBT psychoeducation to elicit “buy in” from difficult clients. 
3. Utilize CBT techniques to identify and challenge clients’ dysfunctional self-talk, thoughts and behaviours to improve client level of functioning. 
4. Develop CBT informed case conceptualizations for a range of DSM-5® diagnoses.
5. Implement rapport-building tools to improve the therapeutic alliance and client engagement. 
6. Evaluate behavioural activation strategies useful for improving treatment resistant depression, anxiety, or other presenting concerns. 

Outline

• Evolution of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies  
• Latest CBT Outcome Research 
• Basics of Schemas  

• Structuring Session for Progress 
• Feedback-informed Treatment  
• Guided Discovery for Effective Solutions 
• Collaborative Empiricism  
• Homework  

• Introduce and Motivate Clients with CBT  
• Building Strong Rapport with Directive Models  
• Levels of Cognition  
• Eliciting & Labeling Distortions  
• Identify & Evaluate Automatic Thoughts  
• Thoughts and Beliefs Differentiation  
• Technology and Mood Monitoring  

• CBT Case Conceptualization 
• Case Studies   
  • Depression 
  • Anxiety 
  • Anger 
  • Trauma  
  • OCD 

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy 
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy  
• Narrative Therapy 

Target Audience

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