Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression with Specialized Training Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (TF-CBT)
March 29th – 31st 2012 at 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Garden Level Auditorium at the Rachel Upjohn Building
4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
by Melissa Webster, LMSW and Roy Van Tassell, MS, LPC
$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.
TF-CBT is a conjoint child and parent psychotherapy approach for children and adolescents who are experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties related to traumatic life events. It is a components-based treatment model that incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavioral, family, and humanistic principles and techniques. Children and parents learn new skills to help process thoughts and feelings related to traumatic life events; manage and resolve distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related traumatic life events; and enhance safety, growth, parenting skills, and family communication. TF-CBT has proved successful with children and adolescents (ages 3 to 18) who have significant emotional problems (e.g., symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, fear, anxiety, or depression) related to traumatic life events.
This treatment can be used with children and adolescents who have experienced a single trauma or multiple traumas in their life. Children or adolescents experiencing traumatic grief can also benefit from this treatment. TF-CBT can be used with children and adolescents residing in many types of settings, including parental homes, foster care, kinship care, group homes, or residential programs.
Format:
The CBT/TF-CBT workshop will use didactic presentation, digitally recorded examples of TF-CBT with clients, experiential practice, and case discussion. Resource materials will include lists of suggested readings as well as copies of clinical handouts and worksheets for clients.
TF-CBT 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 (including a psychoeducation session, family session and/or trauma narrative session of the same patient) 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:
- CBT/TF-CBT strategies for intervening with both the children and their parents or caregivers.
- Training demonstrations and role-plays
- Rationale for this treatment approach
- A component-based description of the treatment procedures, suggestions for implementation of each component and suggested re-source materials.
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.
Roy Van Tassell MS LPC is the Clinical Supervisor for the Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program and Family & Children's Services in Tulsa and the agency's Trauma Specialist. He holds a Masters in Counseling from OSU and is a LPC Licensure Supervisor. Roy's background over the last 29 years is diverse, having worked with all ages from children to seniors in multiple settings. He pro-vides local, state and national trainings and is a national trainer tor Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and currently a faculty member for the Southern Regional Child Advocacy Center Learning Collaborative for TF-CBT and is a consult-ant for a statewide TF-CBT initiative with the University of Tennessee. Roy provides on-going F&CS staff training, consultation, clinical supervision and treatment services for clients exposed to trauma.
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
