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• Emotional Literacy & Cultivating Positive Emotions with Older Adults

  • When
    10/10/2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  CBT involves attention to clients’ emotional experiences, both within and between psychotherapy sessions. This Lunch & Learn Session unpacks strategies and challenges involved in applying the first half of Workbook Module 2: Skills for Feeling (pp. 43-52) from Treating Later-Life Depression: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach.  The clinical skills needed to promote emotional literacy and flexible use of emotional regulation strategies are discussed in detail in the LLD Clinician Guide pp. 109-116.

  CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) Learning objective:

  By the end of this webinar, clinicians will be able to:

  1. Describe 3 within-session strategies to help aging clients understand and describe their feelings and nurture positive emotions.

  ABOUT PRESENTERS

  Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP is currently a professor of psychology and gerontology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she has spent her career in teaching, research, supervision and direct clinical services focused on the needs of older adults and family caregivers.  At UM-St. Louis, she has served as the director of Gerontology programs and as director of clinical training for the APA-approved doctoral program in clinical psychology.  Dr. Steffen is a faculty clinician at the UM-St. Louis Community Psychological Service, and is dual board certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology and in Geropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is lead author on the recently revised 2^nd edition of Treating Later-Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach workbook and clinician guide  in Oxford University Press's Treatments ThatWork Series.

  Suzann Ogland-Hand, Ph.D.  completed her bachelor’s in psychology at the University of Northern Iowa; her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, CA; & a fellowship in Geropsychology at the Palo Alto VA. She has been practicing geropsychology for over 25 years. After working at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services for 18 years, she started a private practice in 2015 in Grand Rapids, MI. She focuses on family caregiving, mental health issues, and treatment-resistant depression across the adult lifespan. Throughout her career, she has also provided training, supervision, and consultation to mental health professionals.

  Target Audience
  

  This presentation is intended for licensed mental health professionals and advanced graduate student trainees seeking licensure and with some clinical experience. The instructional level of this presentation is INTERMEDIATE.

  Continuing Education

  • Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists*. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • This program provides one (1) hour of CE credits. 
  • PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.**
  • ZOOM VIDEO LINK WILL BE SENT TO  REGISTRANTS 2 DAYS BEFORE & MORNING OF EVENT
  • Full attendance with video display is required to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed.
  • Contact PBTAcontinuingeducation@philabta.org if you need any learning accommodations no later than one week before event.
  • * PBTA does offer CE to practitioners licensed in the state of New York. 
  • ** If you do not practice in PA & are not certain about whether or not CE credits from an APA-sponsored CE provider meets criteria for ongoing education,  please inquire with your respective licensing board to confirm.  
  • All events are Eastern Time Zone 

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• Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Guide Exposure Therapy

  • When
    10/16/2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Exposure therapy is the gold standard intervention for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Since the early success of exposure, many theories have been created to understand and explain its mechanism. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has emerged as a useful framework for understanding how to conceptualize and use exposure. Within the past 10 years, research has demonstrated the effectiveness of exposure therapy within an ACT context (Bluett et al., 2014). This is a beginner workshop for therapists who are interested in learning more about conceptualizing exposure through the ACT model. The presenters offer concrete and practical tips for orienting clients to and engaging in ACT-informed exposure, including discussing a rationale with clients, conducting exposures, and trouble-shooting problems during treatment. This workshop is based on a recent book by the presenters, ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety: Creating Effective, Innovative, and Values-Based Exposures Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

  CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) Learning Objectives

   Following this virtual workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Orient clients to ACT-informed exposure
  • Design exposure exercises to maximize client success in practicing psychological flexibility
  • Design exposure exercises that strengthen ACT processes.

  Suggested readings

  Bluett EJ, Homan KJ, Morrison KL, Levin ME, Twohig MP. Acceptance and commitment therapy for anxiety and OCD spectrum disorders: an empirical review. J Anxiety Disord. 2014 Aug;28(6):612-24. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Jun 23. PMID: 25041735.

  Thompson, B. L., Pilecki, B. C., & Chan, J. C. (2023). ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety: Creating Effective, Innovative, and Values-Based Exposures Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New Harbinger Publications.

  
  

  About Presenters
  

  Brian Pilecki, PhD: Dr. Brian Pilecki is a clinical psychologist at the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic that specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders (OCD, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder), trauma and PTSD, and matters related to the use of psychedelics.  Brian completed his doctorate at Fordham University in Bronx, NY and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Weill-Cornell Medical center at New York Presbyterian Hospital.  He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and practices from an orientation based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).  Brian also has extensive experience in the areas of mindfulness and meditation and incorporates them into his therapy with clients.  He is an active researcher and has published on topics such as anxiety disorders, mindfulness, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. At Portland Psychotherapy, Brian is also involved in research in his specialty areas, including a clinical trial investigating the use of MDMA-assisted therapy to treat social anxiety.

  Brian Thompson, PhD: Dr. Brian Thompson is a licensed psychologist and director of the anxiety clinic at the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center in Portland, Oregon. Brian completed a post-doctoral fellowship focused on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) under the supervision of Jason Luoma, PhD, (e.g., Learning ACT) and Jenna Lejeune, PhD, (e.g., Values in Therapy). He has been studying ACT and ACT approaches to exposure for over 15 years. Passionate about evidence-based treatment, he specializes in working with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRD). In addition to working full-time as a clinician, Brian has published in peer-reviewed journals on Third Wave approaches to anxiety and OCRD, organized and contributed to professional trainings (e.g., workshops, symposia, panel discussion) on related topics, and offers consultation to professionals on integrating ACT and newer models of exposure in clinical work. He is a Past-President for the Oregon Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. Brian is an author of ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety: Creating Effective, Innovative, and Values-Based Exposures Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

  Target Audience

  This presentation is intended for licensed mental health professionals and advanced graduate student trainees seeking licensure and with some clinical experience. The instructional level of this presentation is BEGINNER.

  Continuing Education

  • Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • This program provides two (2) hours of CE credits for psychologists*.
  • * Yes, PBTA does offer CE to psychologists licensed in the state of New York
    
  • PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.**
  • See below if you are not a psychologist and are licensed in state other than PA.
    
  • APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed.
  • ZOOM VIDEO LINK WILL BE SENT TO  REGISTRANTS 2 DAYS BEFORE & MORNING OF EVENT
    
  • Contact PBTAcontinuingeducation@philabta.org if you need any learning accommodations no later than one week before event.
  • All events are Eastern Time Zone
    

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• Managing Challenges in the Therapeutic Relationship in CBT. Virtual CE on 12/6/23 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET with Cory Newman, Ph.D.

  • When
    12/06/2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  The therapeutic relationship itself has empirical support as a vitally important part of the efficacy of psychotherapy such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). When evaluating the competency of therapists doing generic (e.g., Beckian) CBT, three out of the eleven scoring items on the Cognitive Therapy Scale pertain to managing the therapeutic relationship. There is evidence that when working with patients with personality disorders, a skillful management and resolution of problems in the therapeutic relationship is particularly powerful in contributing to positive outcomes. With these and similar findings in mind, this webinar will address ways of spotting, addressing, and resolving strains and ruptures that may occur in the therapeutic relationship, whether the problem is one of overt tensions, or more subtle signs of client withdrawal. Emphasis will be placed on how we as therapists can maintain composure and professionalism even under duress, how to conceptualize the difficulties in the therapeutic relationship (including taking stock of one’s own role in the interaction with the client), and how to facilitate collaborative problem-solving to repair the strain or rupture, learn from it, and move forward with positivism. Numerous clinical vignettes will be utilized to illustrate all of the above.

  CE Learning Objectives
  

  Following this presentation, participants will be able to:

  1.      Recognize strains and ruptures in the therapeutic relationship in order to attend to them.

  2.      Maintain composure, hopefulness, and forthrightness in addressing problems in collaboration.

  3.      Conceptualize the difficulties in the therapeutic relationship in terms of patient’s beliefs (schemas), the therapist’s responses, and their interaction.

  4.      Communicate effectively toward the goal of problem-solving in the therapeutic relationship.

  5. Facilitate a “corrective experience” for the patient.

  About Presenter

  Cory F. Newman, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy and Professor of Psychology, in Psychiatry, at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Newman is a Fellow of ABCT, and in 2019 he was the recipient of ABCT’s Outstanding Clinician Award. Dr. Newman has extensive experience as a CBT supervisor both at the University of Pennsylvania and through the Beck Institute’s international training programs. Dr. Newman is a global lecturer, having presented cognitive-behavioral therapy workshops and seminars throughout the U.S., as well as in twenty-three other countries. Dr. Newman is author of over 100 articles and chapters covering many topics related to cognitive-behavioral therapy, and he has authored or co-authored six books.

  Target Audience
  

  This workshop is designed for licensed professionals & advanced graduate students with clinical experience who anticipate seeking licensure as mental health professionals. The instructional level of this presentation is INTERMEDIATE.

  Continuing Education

  • Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists*. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • This program provides two (2) hours of CE credits.
  • * PBTA does offer CE to licensed psychologists licensed in the state of New York. Attestation of full attendance and provision of license number post-event required to obtain certificate that meets NY criteria for CE.
    
  • PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.Non-psychologist licensees in other states should confirm with their respective boards if this meets criteria for CE in their specific non-PA states.
    
  • Full attendance with video display is required to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed. Registrants can log in and cancel up to 48 hours before event when registration closes.
    

  Zoom video link will be sent to participants 48 hours before the event contingent upon membership being paid in full if membership rate was selected. NOTE: New membership period begins 2/1/23. Enrollment for non-members is automatically cancelled if registration fee is not paid within 15 minutes of registration. Past members who have not renewed membership will not be eligible for no-cost CE credits.
  

  Recommended Readings

  Cummings, J.A., Hayes, A.M., Newman, C.F., & Beck, A.T. (2011). Navigating therapeutic alliance ruptures in cognitive therapy for avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders and comorbid Axis-I disorders. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 4, 397-414.

  Eubanks, C. F. (2022). Rupture repair. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 29(3), 554-559.

  Muran, J. C., Safran, J. D., Eubanks, C. F., & Gorman, B. S. (2018). The effect of alliance-            focused training on a cognitive-behavioral therapy for personality disorders. Journal  of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(4), 384-397.

  Newman, C.F.  (1997). Maintaining professionalism in the face of emotional abuse from clients. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 4(1), 1-29.

  Newman, C.F. (2007). The therapeutic relationship in cognitive therapy with difficult-to-engage clients. In P. Gilbert & R.L. Leahy (Eds.), The therapeutic relationship in the cognitive behavioral psychotherapies (pp.165-184). Routledge-Brunner.

  Norcross, J. C., & Lambert, M. J. (2019). Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: The             third task force. In J. C. Norcross & M. J. Lambert (Eds.), Psychotherapy relationships that work (pp. 1-23). Oxford University Press.

  Strauss, J.L., Hayes, A.M., Johnson, S.L., Newman, C.F., Barber, J.P., Brown, G.K., Laurenceau, J.P., & Beck, A.T. (2006). Early alliance, alliance ruptures, and symptom change in cognitive therapy for avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(2), 337-345.

  
  

  Zilcha-Mano, S. (2017). Is the alliance really therapeutic? Revisiting this question in light of

  recent methodological advances. American Psychologist, 72(4), 311.

   

   

   

   

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