Don Meichenbaum, Ph.D. Presents: 2 Day Intensive Workshop: Treating Trauma Through the Integration of CBT and Constructive Narrative Therapy – Donald Meichenbaum

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Constructive Narrative Perspective (CNP) of Psychotherapy

• By way of introduction: Changing conceptions of cognition
• We are the stories we tell
• Psychotherapy as “narrative repair”
• Help clients build new “possible selves”
• Build resilience and adaptive coping skills
• Techniques that integrate CNP with CBT:
  • Emotional processing, restorative retelling, adaptive disclosure, imagery re-scripting, cognitive restructuring, Gestalt empty chair procedures, stress inoculation training, journaling, spirituality

The Nature and Impact of Trauma Exposure: The “Untold Story” of Resilience

• Controversies in the field of PTSD and Complex PTSD: “State of the Art”
• What distinguishes the 75% of individuals who evidence resilience VERSUS the 25% who develop persistent PTSD and related co-occurring disorders and adjustment difficulties
• The nature and neurobiology of trauma and resilience: Implications for assessment and treatment
• What resilient individuals DO and do NOT do

The Core Tasks of Psychotherapy: What “Expert” Therapists Do

• The “state of the art” of psychotherapy
• Case Conceptualization Model to inform treatment decision making
• How to develop, maintain and monitor the quality of the therapeutic alliance
• Use of treatment-informed feedback
• Engaging clients in treatment – Use of Motivational Interviewing procedures
• Handling “ruptures” in the therapeutic alliance
• Assessment: Comorbidity, risk to self/others, client strengths and resilience
• Cultural, gender and developmental considerations
• Psychoeducation: Use the art of questioning, CLOCK metaphor, time lines, identify strengths
• Promote self-monitoring and “homework” assignments
• Teach intra- and interpersonal coping skills
• How to achieve “lasting changes”: Generalization guidelines
• Address the needs of health care providers: Ways to bolster “vicarious resilience” in psychotherapists
• Bolster the client’s resilience in six domains: physical, interpersonal, emotional, cognitive, behavioral and spiritual
• Integrate spirituality and psychotherapy

Applications for Clinical Populations with Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders

• Treatment for individuals who experience:
  • Complicated and prolonged grief and traumatic bereavement
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Anger control problems and aggressive behavior
  • Traumatic brain injuries
• Bolster resilience across the lifespan: High risk children and families, LGBTQ adolescents, adults and older adults

Treatment of Clients with Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders

• Integrated treatment for alcohol and opioid abuse
• Motivational Interviewing procedures
• CBT and Constructive Narrative coping skills training exercises:
  • Mindfulness training
  • Relapse prevention
  • Network interventions
• Take home checklists: Patient treatment, 12 Step AA, SMART Recovery, Recovery Strategies
  • Consumer guidelines to critically evaluate residential treatment centers
  • Take home Deliberate Practice TOOLKIT

Faculty

Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 7

Research Director

The Melissa Institute

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Don Meichenbaum, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of Waterloo. Ontario from which he took early retirement 20 years ago. He is presently Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention in Miami (Please see www.melissainstitute.org). He is one of the founders of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

In a survey of clinicians reported in the American Psychologist, he was voted “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century.” He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association and he was Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association.

He has presented in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. He has published extensively and most recently published Roadmap to Resilience: A Guide for Military Trauma Victims and Their Families (visit www.roadmaptoresilience. org). His other books include Treatment of Individuals with Anger Control Problems and Aggressive Behavior; Stress Inoculation Training; Facilitating Treatment Adherence; and The Unconscious Reconsidered.

He has consulted for various populations including veterans’ hospitals, the National Guard, psychiatric treatment centers for children, adolescents and adults, treatment center for individuals with traumatic brain injuries, torture victims, Native populations, deaf populations and school boards. See papers by Dr. Meichenbaum on www.melissainstitute.org (go to home page and click on Author’s Index and scroll to Meichenbaum).

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Donald Meichenbaum is Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment. He is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus for the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Meichenbaum receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Donald Meichenbaum has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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