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