4-DAY IMMERSIVE Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training to Treat Children and Adolescents: Master the Art of Integrating the Three Waves of CBT

Foundational Theory Underlying CBT Interventions: Opening the Doors to This Work

• Behavioral approaches (First Wave)
• Cognitive approaches (Second Wave)
• Mindfulness and acceptance approaches (Third Wave Advances)

Build a Solid CBT Treatment Foundation: Step-by-Step Guide

• Transparency and collaboration in therapy
• Conduct a treatment planning session
• Structure a CBT session
• Develop collaborative SMART treatment goals
• Enhance client motivation for treatment
• Effective utilization of psychoeducation
• Involve parents in the treatment process
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Conduct a bio-psycho-social evaluation and diagnostic screening
• Formulate a CBT case conceptualization
• Conduct a transparent and collaborative CBT treatment planning session

Integrate Traditional CBT Techniques with Third Wave Interventions: How and When to Blend Therapies

• Behavioral and cognitive therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Mindfulness Cognitive Therapy
• Cognitive Processing Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Positive psychology
• Polyvagal theory

CBT for Youth Depression

• CBT depression paradigm
• Psychoeducation for youth and families
• Mood monitoring: Non-judgmental selfawareness tools
• Youth-friendly mindfulness interventions
• Behavioral activation: Let’s get moving again!
• Cognitive processing: Tuning thoughts without judgment
• Cognitive restructuring: Socratic questioning and how to be a thought detective
• Problem-solving techniques to identify solutions
• Assertiveness training to resolve internalized distress
• Positive psychology applications to build resilience
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Develop a depression CBT case conceptualization
• Help client identify their automatic thoughts and dispute them
• Help client recognize realistic, positive thoughts to fight depression

CBT for Youth Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention

• Suicide risk factors and warning signs
• Evidence-based suicide risk assessments
• Evidence-based suicide prevention safety plan
• Behavioral chain analysis to prevent future self-harm behavior
• Explore reasons for living to reinforce positive motivations
• Emotional distress tolerance skills to manage intense emotions
• Hope box to enhance coping skills and evoke positive emotions
• Promote resilience through:
  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
  • Positive psychology interventions
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Conduct a suicide risk assessment
• Develop a suicide prevention safety plan
• Conduct a behavioral chain analysis to prevent future self-harm behaviors

CBT for Youth Anxiety Disorders

• The CBT Anxiety Disorders Paradigm
• Psychoeducation: Classical conditioning, negative reinforcement, and the neuroscience of anxiety
• Mindful meditation to quell the emotional brain and engage the rational thinking/problem solving brain
• TF-CBT and cognitive restructuring to identify/dispute catastrophic automatic thoughts
• How to develop an anxiety hierarchy
• Gradual exposure therapy: Imaginal and in vivo exposure
• Target interventions for anxiety disorders including phobias, separation anxiety, panic, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder
• Social skills training to overcome social anxiety
• Positive psychology to cultivate positive
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Develop an anxiety coping plan
• Conduct imaginal and in-vivo exposure

CBT for Youth Trauma and PTSD

• Behavioral, neuroscience and CBT models of trauma
• Prolonged Exposure for PTSD: Theory and implementation
• The TF-CBT Model: “PRACTICE”
• Psychoeducation
• Relaxation training and mindfulness
• Affective awareness: Non-judgmental awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviors
• Cognitive coping: Practicing cognitive processing and restructuring
• The trauma narrative: Prolonged exposure
• In-Vivo mastery of trauma reminders: Gradual exposure therapy
• Conjoint parent-child sessions
• Enhance your client’s safety: Develop a personalized safety plan
• Manage parental vicarious traumatization
• Build positive parenting skills to enhance child’s trauma recovery
• Positive psychology interventions to promote trauma resilience
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Conduct the “PRACTICE” model to provide structure and prioritize safety, emotional regulation, and the development of coping skills
• Conduct a trauma narrative: Reframe the trauma experience

CBT for Youth Disruptive Behavior Disorders (ODD/CD & ADHD)

• The CBT model of ODD and CD: The Aggression Attribution Bias
• Importance of parent training and family behavioral approaches
• The parent-child escalation cycle
• Parent skill-building strategies to effectively manage child’s behavior
• Positive parenting approaches to reinforce positive child’s behaviors
• Techniques for conflict de-escalation and resolution skills
• ADHD: A neuro-developmental disorder
• Executive functioning skills for ADHD
• Academic interventions for ADHD
• Positive psychology interventions
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Identify and implement positive parenting practices: Family Behavioral Contract

CBT for Youth Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder & Bipolar Disorder

• The CBT Model of OCD
• How pediatric OCD impacts the whole family
• Develop a toolkit of skills to fight OCD
• Declaring war on OCD: Exposure therapy with response prevention
• Evidence-based treatment of BD
• Psychoeducation and the therapeutic relationship with child and parents
• How to manage mania symptoms
• Positive psychology interventions
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Develop and implement an exposure therapy with response prevention to manage OCD

CBT for Youth Substance Use Disorder & Insomnia

• Developmental model of SUD
• CBT model of Substance Use Disorder
• How CBT can effectively address SUD in adolescents
• Evidence-based CBT and family-based treatments
• Two process model of sleep
• Behavioral model of insomnia
• 5 factor cognitive model of insomnia
• 12 evidence-based methods to improve sleep
• Hands-On Practice: Applied Clinical Training
• Develop a craving coping card with your client
• Create a CBT-I sleep plan with client and parents