Effective Cognitive Restructuring in CBT

Description

What is this workshop about?

One of the key principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is that it is crucial to help clients see the impact of thinking on emotions. Biased thinking patterns can lead to low mood, high anxiety, low self esteem, anger or a range of other psychological challenges. These cognitive patterns are also crucial in maintaining psychological disorders such as depression or GAD. Key to many CBT interventions is to help the client challenge their own thought processes and break the vicious circle of biased thinking and negative affect.

This workshop will look in detail at the practical techniques which can help clients overcome these patterns of thinking which drive emotional reactions and behavioural avoidance or overreaction. Key skills to help clients replace dysfunctional thought structures with more effective, balanced perspectives will be at the heart of the workshop.

The workshop will include live demonstrations by Prof McGhee of some of the most crucial techniques. There will also be a case study for participants to review and discuss.

Ticket price includes all slides and handouts.

Key Topics (indicative)

1. KEY CONCEPTS
2. The role of beliefs in maintaining psychological distress
3. Negative Automatic Thoughts
4. Unhelpful Thinking Styles
5. Unhelpful Rules
6. Unhelpful Assumptions
7. Core Beliefs
8. KEY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
9. Challenging Thought Structures
10. Common Errors to avoid
11. Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Restructuring
12. Mindfulness and Cognitive Restructuring
13. Imagery and Cognitive Restructuring
14. Metaphor and Cognitive Restructuring
15. SUMMARY and NEXT STEPS

What have previous delegates said about similar workshops?

• "Excellent overview. Great Case Studies"
• "Very Informative"Learned a lot of new techniques - thank you!
• Excellent, I’ve learnt a great deal today .... thank you!
• This was very clear and practical l. The techniques simple to understand. Excellent session
• Interesting Patrick - helps me to get my thoughts in order. Enjoy some of the links and will find overall very useful"
• "Informative and educational""Thought provoking""grounded in research""good resources provided"
• "Very interesting Good knowledge and excellent research"

Who is leading this webinar?

Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psychologist and UK National Teaching Fellow. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, he has completed CPD programmes at Harvard Business School and Ashridge. In 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow/Scholar at the universities of Cornell, Yale and MIT in the USA. He has taught, researched or practised in psychology and therapy for 30 years. His first post was a Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Psychology at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. He is the author of Thinking Psychologically (Palgrave) and co-editor of Accounting for Relationships (Methuen). He is an occasional columnist for the Guardian, the BBC and the Times Higher. He currently works in private practice in Greater Manchester. He has full accreditation from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

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