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Why you cannot afford to miss this course:
- Radically rethinking depression as a concept
- Age, ethnicity and gender issues – research challenging common assumptions
- A current review of “what works” and “what doesn’t”
- Stepped models of service delivery including “low impact” approaches
- New thinking on engagement with poorly motivated depressed clients
- Effective evidence based Non-CBT approaches to working with depression
- Video demonstrations of 2nd and 3rd wave CBT techniques and strategies
“Theoretically stimulating and intensely practical. A rare combination. Would
strongly recommend this to colleagues”
J.B., Cognitive Psychotherapy Services Manager
Course Outline:
09.30 Registration & refreshments
10.00 Depression – The nature of the problem
* Depression : the 20 fold increase demographic. Gender, age & ethnicity issues
* What exactly is “depression”. Limitations in definition and assessment. From DSM IV to the Beck Depression Inventory
* Differential presentations and their implications. Mild to severe depression, differentiating depression and grieving.
* SAD, post-natal depression and OCD
* Suicide Risk Assessment (1). Limitations of current accuracy. How NOT to conduct an assessment.
11.15 Refreshments
11.30 Depression – The nature of the problem (cont.)
* Suicide Risk Assessment (2). Assessing and keeping clients safe
* The role of substance misuse and depression. Alcohol, cannabis and cocaine. Impact on mood and depressive thinking. How to work with substance misuse in depressed individuals.
12.00 What works?
* The question of motivation and depression. Assessing motivation and the use of strategies to increase motivation in depressed clients
* Effective interventions in working with depressed clients. The role of CBT. The ARC model for working with negative cognitions and beliefs. Treatment strategies – the stepped care model and its implications for our practice. The current limitations of CBT and the issue of relapse
* Non-CBT approaches. The evidence base for Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) and Exploratory approaches in working with depression. An integrative resource based therapy (RBT) model approach to depression. Case illustrations
13.00 Lunch
14.00 2nd & 3rd Wave techniques for addressing negative beliefs and cognitions (1)
* Addressing the content of negative thoughts and beliefs
* Weakening and changing negative self regard
* Making rigid thinking more flexible
* Strategies for addressing clients’ cognitive ruminations
* Case Studies and video illustration of techniques
15.15 Refreshments
15.45 2nd & 3rd Wave techniques for addressing negative beliefs and cognitions (2)
* Changing clients’ negative expectations
* Techniques for effectively working with “hopeless” cognitive styles
* Strategies for treating negative intrusive mental imagery
* Case studies and video illustration of techniques
16.25 Plenary
16.30 Finish
Course Leader:
Paul Grantham
MSc, M.Clin.Psychol, C.Psychol
Paul is a clinical psychologist with a background within the NHS in community care. He currently trains extensively within the NHS, Social Services and the Independent sector on a range of therapy based topic areas. His interests currently lie in addressing obstacles to personal and behavioral change. An extensively informed, and humorous presenter, he emphasises the practical rather than just the theory of client based work
