Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Depression
Training for Clinicians in the Use of the Changeways Protocol
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by Dr Randy Paterson
The Changeways Core Program is the most
widely used group therapy protocol for depression in Canada. Groups
based on this model have been offered with diverse populations in the
USA, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South America, as well as across
Canada.
This course, based on our live two-day training seminar,
teaches experienced clinicians how to provide the program for their own
clients.
As part of the course, students receive PDF copies of the
90-page Participant Manual, the 251-page Clinician's Guide, and all
related documents required to offer the program. You are given
permission to copy the manual for your own clients.
These
written materials are provided in three formats: US Spelling on 8.5x11
USLetter paper; Imperial Spelling on USLetter, and Imperial Spelling on
A4. You are given access to translations of the Participant Manual in
Farsi and Arabic (which may be used with clients even if the therapist
does not speak these languages).
You are also provided links to
access the Antidepressant Skills Workbook (ADW) - a self-guided program
based, in part, on the Core Program and coauthored by your presenter.
The ADW was developed for physicians to offer to newly diagnosed
clients. Together, the ADW and the Core Program group therapy protocol
provide resources for an easy-to-implement stepped care system.
Here is the course outline:
- Introductions and Materials
- A Brief Introduction to the Epidemiology of Depression
- Development and of the Core Program
- Evaluation and Dissemination of the Core Program
- The Function of Psychoeducation
- Open or Closed, Mixed or Stratified Variations
- Group Leadership, Number of Sessions, Setting
- Who Benefits?
- Personality Disorders and Depression Group Therapy
- Other Client Characteristics
- Intake and Assessment
And then, step by step, we take you through the process of leading the group itself:
- Breaking the ice
- Introducing the cognitive behavioural model
- An acceptance-based stance toward difficult emotion
- Goal setting and behavioural activation
- Ultimate goals versus immediate goals
- Setting goals with your group
- The nature of stress
- The nature of depression
- Lifestyle-based approaches: Diet, exercise, sleep, and more
- The cognitive model
- How to prove that thoughts can occur outside awareness
- Strategies to detect negative thinking
- Cognitive biases and dysfunctional beliefs
- Cognitive traps that appear when mood rises or falls
- Cognitive challenging
- Four worry management strategies
- The role of social life in depression
- A social census
- Strategies for improving the social network
- A brief introduction to assertive communication
- Relapse prevention strategies
- Closing your group
We
also offer Canadian psychologists an examination option enabling them
to apply the course toward Continuing Education requirements. Visit our
website at www.changeways.com for further information.
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