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1. Apply evidence-based CBT techniques to multiple symptom sets.
2. Illustrate methods for conducting CBT psychoeducation to elicit “buy in” from most difficult clients.
3. Detect, challenge and modify dysfunctional self-talk, thoughts and core beliefs.
4. Develop case conceptualization skills for treating any DSM-5® condition.
5. Measure three cutting-edge uses of technology to improve treatment outcomes.
6. Implement rapport-building tips and tools to improve client relationships.
7. Summarize key behavioral activation strategies useful for alleviating treatment resistant depression.
8. Develop and put to practical use in-session strategies for treating depressive related disorders.
9. Implement cognitive behavioral methods to overcome intrusive, obsessive compulsive thoughts.
10. Illustrate key strategies for impulse control used to treat substance use-disorders.
11. Illustrate exposure and cognitive processing interventions used for treatment PTSD and trauma.
12. Utilize nightmare re-scripting for clients with PTSD.
13. Measure symptom management strategies for personality disorders.
14. Apply DBT skills training for borderline personality disorder.
15. Summarize the role of early maladaptive schemas in maintaining chronic conditions.
16. Utilize schema-based strategies for breaking lifelong destructive behavioral cycles.
17. Summarize eight motivations for parasuicidal behaviors and how to effectively intervene for each motivation.
18. Discuss how family dynamics are affected by an individual with borderline personality disorder and discover how to improve family communication.
19. Acquire suicide assessment skills and learn how to document to minimize liability.

MASTER THE CORE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES OF CBT

Foundations in CBT

• Rationale for Techniques Approach
• Neurobiological Findings
• Outcome Studies

Treatment Concepts

• Socialization to Treatment Model
• Levels of Cognition
• Eliciting & Labeling Distortions
• Identify & Evaluate Automatic Thoughts

Offshoot Models

• Third Wave Approaches
• DBT
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Schema Therapy

The Therapeutic Relationship

• Establish Rapport
• Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
• Predictive of Outcome

Cognitive Conceptualization

• Case Formulation
• Collaborative Empiricism
• Symptom Driven Treatment Planning

Technology in CBT

• Smart Phone Apps
• Text Dialogues
• Computerized CBT

Application to Clinical Practice

• Case Studies/Role Plays

CBT for Bipolar Disorders, Anger, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD & Substance Use Disorders

Bipolar and Depressive Related Disorders

• Cognitive Model of Depression
• Behavioral Activation
• Sleep Hygiene
• Activity Monitoring & Scheduling
• Modify Negative Cognitions
• Gratitude & Meaning
• Bipolar Disorder

Anger

• Cognitive Model of Anger
• Role of Values & “Moral Resistance”
• Symptom Management

Anxiety Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety
• Cognitive Model of Anxiety
• “Worry Cure”
• Phobias
• Hierarchy Work
• Desensitization
• Panic Disorder
• Cognitive Model of Panic
• Interoceptive Strategies

OCD

• Intrusive Thoughts
• Metacognitive Strategies
• Exposure & Response Prevention

PTSD

• Prolonged Exposure
• Nightmare Re-scripting
• Trauma Narratives

Substance Use Disorders

• Impulse Control Models
• Monitor cravings & Resist Urges
• Relapse Prevention

Application to Clinical Practice

• Case Studies/Role Plays

Difficult Cases, Co-occuring Conditions, Cluster B Personality Disorders Treatment Model

• Early Maladaptive Schemas
• Breaking Destructive Behavioral Cycles
• Belief Modification Protocol

Co-occurring Conditions

• Substance Use Disorders
• Cross-Cutting Symptoms
• Impulse Control Conditioning

Dissociation

• Grounding
• Scheduling
• Mindfulness

Cluster B Personality Disorders

• Antisocial
• Psychopathy
• Behavior Management
• Narcissistic
• Subtypes of Narcissism
• Schema Mode Work
• Histrionic
• Schema Modification
• Constructive Alternatives for “Getting Noticed”
• Borderline
• DBT Based Strategies
• Emotion Regulation Skills
• Distress Tolerance Skills
• Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
• Belief Reconstruction

Advanced Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders:

• Modify Deep Seeded Beliefs
• Continuum Work
• Construct New Beliefs
• Internalization Exercises
• Build Resilience
• Cognitive Behavioral Chain Analysis
• Schema Mode Work

Suicidal Clients

• Risk Assessments
• Reasons for Living Inventories

Please Note: PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.

Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D., is one of the most sought after educators in North America in the area of CBT and personality disorders. Over the past 15 years he has developed and overseen CBT based Mood Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder treatment programs at two different psychiatric hospitals serving over 3,000 clients at multiple levels of care. Dr. Riggenbach trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia, is a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and has presented in all 50 United States, Mexico, and Canada on topics related to CBT, DBT and Personality Dysfunction.

Dr. Riggenbach has authored two best-selling books, The Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Toolbox: A Workbook for Clients and Clinicians (PESI, 2012) and Borderline Personality Disorder Toolbox: A Practical Evidence-Based Guide to Regulating Intense Emotions (PESI, 2016), which was Amazon’s #1 new release in its category. Jeff is known for bridging the gap between academia, research findings and day-to-day clinical practice, and his seminars on DBT, CBT, and Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy receive the highest evaluations in terms of clinical utility as well as entertainment value.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jeff Riggenbach has an employment relationship with Brookhaven Psychiatric Hospital. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Jeff Riggenbach has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Addiction Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals