Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression with Specialized Training in Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System for Psychotherapy (CBASP) for the Treatment of Chronic Depression
March 29th – 31st 2012 at 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Garden Level at the Rachel Upjohn Building
4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
by Melissa Webster, LMSW and Todd K. Favorite, PhD
$200 3-day workshop register $600 3-day workshop & ongoing supervision register
Overview:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression works on the assumption that emotions, including depressed feelings, are influenced by thoughts and behaviors, and that it is possible to change negative emotions by changing the way young people think about, or act in response to, stressful situations. For example, an adolescent who becomes depressed after an experience of academic failure may have reacted by engaging in overly general self-critical thinking ("I am stupid") and by giving up on studying in a helpless manner. By working with the adolescent to react to frustration with active coping (e.g., seeking help) and by more realistic thinking ("I did not do well on that test but I could do better if I got some additional help"), CBT counters the depressive reaction and helps the adolescent to build skills to prevent future depression. The focus of CBT is on changing thinking and behavior to meet our patient’s goal.
The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System for Psychotherapy (CBASP) is a structured, time limited, interpersonally focused, treatment for chronic depression that is grounded in cognitive, behavioral, and social learning theories. CBASP is currently the only evidenced-based psychotherapy focused on early onset, chronic depression with four RTCs showing a strong treatment effect comparable to SSRIs. CBASP has shown significant durability of post treatment change when compared to IPT for chronically depressed patients. Recent clinical research conducted in Germany, Netherlands, and Scotland has begun to demonstrate the mechanisms of change specific to CBASP, in particular the enhancement of “perceived functionality” in the improvement of treatment refractory patients. CBASP teaches individuals to view their problems in manageable “slices of time,” from which they can better evaluate their behavior and its consequences. Using a system of “situational analysis” to develop a clear desired goal, patients begin to attend to target outcomes and improved functionality. These assertive and approach oriented behaviors disrupt avoidant patterns and increase functionality with a direct impact mood and interpersonal problems solving. This workshop will address the theoretical foundations of CBASP and the research that supports the key principles of treatment for chronically depressed patients. The workshop will focus on the principle methods and strategies of CBASP and how they are utilized in treatment. Clinicians will learn how to generate the Significant Other History, as well as the Interpersonal Circumplex, and depression timeline for differential diagnosis. Additionally, clinicians will construct a Situational Analysis and learn how to work with Interpersonal Discrimination strategies.
Format:
The CBT/CBASP workshop is comprised of didactic presentations of theoretical principles and treatment rationale. Video recordings of actual treatment cases depicting the stages of CBASP treatment with chronically depressed clients will provide clinical examples, which will be followed by experiential practice, and case discussion. Copies of relevant research literature and copies of CBASP treatment materials for both patient and therapist will be provided for workshop participants.
CBASP follow-up supervision will include, 2 one-hour telephone group supervision sessions per month (max of 6 trainees per group) for a total of 6 months. Individual Trainee Feedback/Certification includes attendance in 10 of 12 group supervision and submitting 2 tapes between months 2 – 4 and two tapes at the end of the 6 month follow-up supervision.
Objectives:
By the conclusion of the workshop, participants will gain knowledge in:
- The clinical research that informs the evidence basis for the use of CBT/CBASP in treating depression
- Identifying early and late onset chronic depression and provide a cogent case conceptualization with a Significant Other History, Causal Analysis, Transference Hypothesis, and depression timeline
- Conducting a Situational Analysis and Interpersonal Discrimination Exercise.
- The role of the therapist as an active agent of behavioral change in CBASP.
About the Presenter:
Melissa Webster, LMSW is a Clinical Social Work Manager in the Department of Psychiatry, Department of Social Work and Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools at the University of Michigan. She also serves as the Director of the Clinical Social Work Post Graduate Training Program and manages research in the Department of Social Work. Melissa has a strong background in research to include STARD Child (NIMH Study), Treatment Monitoring, Adherence and Outcome in Depressed Youth, Teen Options for Change. She currently is the co-investigator on Youth-Nominated Support Team for Adolescents-II, Phase Two 5 Year Follow-Up and a consultant of Developing a Model Tracking System for Delivering Tangible Resources and Follow-up Data of Use of these Resources. Melissa has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapies and provides psychotherapy training seminars and clinical supervision to child psychiatry staff and trainees. She has provided guest lectures in the community, at the University of Michigan, School of Social Work, and has presented at Depression Center Colloquium Series and the 22nd Annual Advances in Psychiatry on CBT with youth. Her clinical interests include child and adolescent depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Todd K. Favorite, Ph.D., received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Fielding Graduate University in 2006. He joined the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Healthcare System in 2004, completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the PTSD Clinic there and becoming a faculty member in 2006. He is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, and the Director of the University of Michigan Psychological Clinic, within the Rackham Graduate School, Institute of Human Adjustment. His research focuses on clinical interventions for chronic depression and trauma symptoms as well as development of prevention strategies and enhancement of psychological resilience for at-risk groups. He has developed a group application for CBASP for patients with co-morbid depression and PTSD, and has published on specific methods for the treating these co-existing disorders. He has received advanced national certification in the practice and training of CBASP and has provided a number of workshops and mentorships both nationally and internationally. Dr. Favorite is co- investigator for a study investigating the mediating effects of stress inoculation skills for graduate students completing foreign fieldwork in high risk countries. He is also studying the use of group CBASP applications in the treatment of Haitian school aged children traumatized and displaced by the 2010 earthquake In Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Applicant Prerequisite
Doctorate or master’s degree in mental health, medical or related field
Tuition
Tuition is due upon acceptance. Payment can be made by credit card through our secure server. Payment completes your registration.
CEU/CME
Pending approval of 18 CEU/CME credits for the 3-day workshop
