Essential Elements of CBT for Psychosis: Engagement Style, Normalizing, Developing a Formulation

This seminar explores and offers practice in the fundamentals of CBT for psychosis. Questions will be discussed such as, how is it possible to engage collaboratively in exploring experiences with people whose view of reality is radically different from your own? How can providers realistically offer hope to people who may feel their mind is broken?

One CBT method that conveys hope and facilitates engagement is that of normalizing. Framing psychotic experiences as extreme versions of normal reactions “puts them on the map” of healthy human functioning and allows people to consider trans...Read moreitioning to less extreme approaches. Once experiences are understood in a normalized way, it is then possible to follow up by helping people map out or develop formulations about what is happening. These formulations then can be used to develop specific suggestions about what might be done to effect change. Less...

Learning Objectives

List four key elements of a collaborative engagement style consistent with CBT for psychosis, and demonstrate this style in practice.
Apply the practice of normalizing while discussing psychotic experiences.
Based on descriptions of psychotic experiences, create CBT formulations which map out what may be happening and what might be changed to “shrink” the problem.

Friday, May 13, 2022

Live Interactive Webinar

08:30 AM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT

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EARN 4 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Ron Unger, MSW

Ron Unger works as a therapist, and as a therapy supervisor at the Center for Family Development and in private practice in Eugene Oregon. For the past 20 years he has also worked as an educator, providing seminars on CBT for psychosis and related topics across the United States and internationally. He served as the chair of the education committee for ISPS-US for over a decade and currently serves as the chair of the Pacific NW Branch of ISPS-US..

Agenda

8:30–10:30: Style of relating in CBT for psychosis

Establishing a collaborative relationship
Finding a balance with hope
Curious questioning from a position of uncertainty
Overcoming difficulties in relating due to psychosis

10:30–10:45: CBT, psychosis, and antipsychotic medications

10:45–11:30: Normalizing: theoretical and practical approaches

11:30-12:30: Developing and using various types of formulations to guide therapy

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