Objectives

Series 1

• Participants will be able to identify, evaluate, and moderate patients’ dysfunctional substance-use-related beliefs (including “permission-giving” beliefs).
• Participants will be able to integrate cognitive-behavioral principles with motivational interviewing, and with 12-step philosophy.
• Participants will be able to challenge patients with a collaborative, congenial spirit.
• Participants will be able to apply a range of cognitive-behavioral techniques (and their related homework assignments) to help patients decide not to drink or use substances, even when they experience cravings or otherwise wish to self-medicate.
• Participants will be able to apply cognitive-behavioral techniques (and their related homework assignments) to deal with the patients’ co-morbid problems such as mood disorders and anxiety disorders.

Series 2

• Participants will learn to balance ethical principles in deciding about hospitalization.
• Participants will learn to apply specific cognitive-behavioral techniques and homework assignments in the treatment of suicidal patients, in the context of a collaborative therapeutic relationship and an astute cognitive-behavioral case conceptualization.
• Participants will learn self-help skills to cope with the stress of treating suicidal patients, and to maintain professional confidence and optimism in the aftermath of losing a patient to suicide.

Presenter

Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
Center for Cognitive Therapy
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Currently Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, Professor of Psychology, in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), and Adjunct Faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dr. Newman did his postdoctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. Aaron T. Beck, and he is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Newman has maintained a full clinical caseload and has extensive experience as a CBT supervisor, having supervised over 350 professionals-in-training, both at the University of Pennsylvania, and through the Beck Institute’s international training programs. He has served as a protocol CBT therapist and supervisor in psychotherapy outcome studies on the treatment of borderline personality disorder, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, major depression, substance misuse, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and other clinical problems.
Dr. Newman was recognized by the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy with the Outstanding Clinician Award for 2019. He is an international lecturer, having presented over 250 cognitive-behavioral therapy workshops and seminars across the U.S. and Canada, as well as in twenty-one other countries. Dr. Newman is author of over 100 articles and chapters on cognitive-behavioral therapy for a wide range of disorders and clinical issues, and has authored or co-authored six books, including Core Competencies in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Becoming an Effective and Competent Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist; and Supervision Essentials for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

Study Credits

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