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Approaches in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies


Course Description

Current cognitive-behavioral models for understanding human problems and behavior change. The cognitive-behavioral movement as a bridge between theory and practice.


Athena Title

Approach Cog Behav Therapy


Prerequisite

Permission of department


Semester Course Offered

Offered summer semester every year.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student learning Outcomes

  • Students will be able to teach the application of theory and case conceptualization to clinical processes.
  • Students will understand assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, strategic intervention decision-making, and other elements of the cognitive-behavioral model will be studied and integrated into a working model of therapy. Application of theory will be learned, modeled, and practiced.

Topical Outline

  • Classical Conditioning - Reciprocal Inhibition
  • Operant Conditioning
  • Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Cognitive Behavioral Modification - Meichenbaum
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Persons
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Multimodal Therapy
  • Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Panic and Agoraphobia
  • Anxiety
  • Case Formulation in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorders

Syllabus


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