CBT Tools – TEAM Cognitive Behavior Therapy Training
Training for Clinicians Starting September 22
Every other Friday 2-4pm
- Learn to Master the Tools of TEAM CBT
- Review and Practice Tools for measuring depression, anxiety, anger, positive feelings
- Review and Practice Tools for measuring therapeutic connection and effectiveness
- Review and practice the 5 Secrets to Effective Communication
- Review and Practice with the Daily Mood Log
- Review and Practice with Cognitive Distortions
- Review and Practice with Paradoxical Agenda Setting
- Learn new and powerful interventions (TEAM has over 50)
“If you are in a position where good outcomes are expected from you and clients resist treatment as much as they want it then this is the training for you. It will radically change your outlook, teach you to master effective communication and those extremely hard moments of therapeutic risk. It will also teach you how to be sure you are working on what the client wants to address not you. So you can stop working so hard to convince your client of the right path or intervention.”
The cost is $180 for the three months.
CBT Tools – TEAM Cognitive Behavior Therapy
CBT tools are a very useful part of counseling, For instance, when we have a Sad Thought, or Experience, it often leads to a Sad Feeling. Since most of our thoughts arise from nothingness this happens to us all the time. In fact we have little direct control over these thoughts and feelings, or so it appears. Often times, we will then cope, or try to feel better, by Escaping our Distress through Anger, Control, Cravings, or Numbing Out. This coping strategy benefits us by providing Temporary Relief but also leads to unwanted Consequences. We then imagine that this distressing experience will continue or get worse. We call this Catastrophizing.
CBT Tools – Cognitive Distortions
Through this process we can become aware of our thought and start to Identify Patterns. These are commonly called Cognitive Distortions in CBT. These patterns are helpful in that they quickly allow us to assess risk and reward to determine how to handle a situation. The problem is many of these patterns have distorted thoughts that were formed when we were younger or in powerless and traumatizing situations. These patterns are ingrained and highly resistant to change at times. The next step in the process is to Confront these patterns.
There are many CBT tools and techniques to confront these patterns. One common technique is to question the evidence for the thought, feeling or belief. We might ask the belief:
what evidence is there that this is true?
Is this always true?
Has there ever been a time where this wasn’t the case?
How is holding this belief helping me?
We can imagine putting the thought on the witness stand and questioning it’s credibility. This process is much more powerful when questioned by another person, or a trained therapist. It also helps to write down these thoughts to make them concrete and step out of the repetitive loop. As we deepen our questioning the thought may start to fade away of it’s own weight and convoluted nature. When this happens we start to develop mastery over these thoughts and related emotions. We sense the possibility of creating space to understand what these beliefs and emotions are here to teach us and then to respond appropriately.
The 5 Secrets to Effective Communication
More information to come soon
Daily Mood Log
more information to come soon
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Training Provided By James Meyer, LCSW 62672
James is a Level II certified TEAM CBT therapist who has been using TEAM CBT for the past four years. James incorporates TEAM CBT into all aspects of his group practice at Lions Heart Counseling. According to James, TEAM CBT and the 5 secrets of effective communication transformed his relationship to Counseling and Social Work. “If you are in a position where good outcomes are expected from you and clients resist treatment as much as they want it then this is the training for you. It will radically change your outlook, teach you to master effective communication and those extremely hard moments of therapeutic risk. It will also teach you how to be sure you are working on what the client wants to address not you. So you can stop working so hard to convince your client of the right path or intervention.”
James graduated Sacramento State University with a Masters in Social Work in 2007 and has been working in the field ever since. This is James second career. Previous to this he worked in Corporate America as a trainer, programmer, profitability analyst, Marketing and profitability database developer and a supervisor.
Information provided on this site does not constitute a patient therapist relationship, and should be used under the guidance of a licensed mental health professional. Information presented on this page was written by James Meyer, LCSW Lead Counselor and Founder of Lions Heart Counseling Sacramento.