AdvSem-Cognitv-Behav Thrpy

Catalog description

This course begins with an overview of conceptual foundations underlying behavioral and cognitive approaches to assessment and treatment. We will proceed to examine several techniques associated with the Cognitive-Behavioral spectrum, including schema analysis and other cognitive formulations, cognitive restructuring, and (toward the more behavioral end of the spectrum), functional analysis, exposure treatment, contingency management, and values-based interventions. Students will be introduced to CBT protocols for treatment of withdrawal and inactivity (often associated with depression), avoidance (anxiety), personality and relational disorders, as well as other treatment targets selected by students. Throughout, we will attend to the conceptualization and role of the therapeutic relationship in CBT.