Annual LCPCA Fall Conference
The LCPCA is proud to announce that Dr. Donald
Meichenbaum will be presenting a two day workshop on the
campus of Montana State University– Billings on
September 24th and 25th as a part of the Annual LCPCA Fall
Conference.
MSU– Billings is co-sponsoring this event.
Dr. Meichenbaum will present one day on
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH ADULTS and one day on
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THREAPY WITH CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Don Meichenbaum
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Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus , University of Waterloo, Onrtario , Canada and he is presently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University
of Miami. He is also Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention in Miami.
He is one of the founders of cognitive-behavioral therapy and in a survey reported in the American Psychologist, North American psychologists vote Dr. Meichenbaum to be “ one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century.”
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He has published extensively including two Clinical Handbooks on Treating Adults with PTSD and Treating Individuals with anger-
control problems and aggressive behaviors. He has lectured and consulted internationally and he has worked with a wide variety of clinical populations including child, adolescent and adult psychiatric patients who have a history of victimization,
returning soldiers , individuals with traumatic brain injuries and Native populations.
He will draw upon this work during this workshop presentation. Dr. Meichenbaum always receives the most laudatory evaluations as he combines critically-monded scholarship with
clinical perspicacity and humor. He will include many video case presentations and he provides an extensive handout.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
WITH ADULTS
8:30 Registration
9:00 Overview of Cognitive behavior Therapy
- Discussion of the Core Tasks of Psychotherapy or what “ expert” therapists do
- Case Conceptualization Model that informs clinical decisionmaking
Constructive Narrative Perspective : Video case presentations
10:30 Break
10:45 Risk assessments and interventions with suicidal patients
- Video Case presentations
- Evidence-base interventions with suicidal and aggressive patients
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Demonstration of how to implement the core tasks of psychotherapy: Video case presentations
- Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic alliance
conducting psycho education and improving treatment adherence
nurturing hope
teaching and nurturing coping skills
building in generalization proceduresconducting relapse
prevention
Specific interventions for patients with a history of victimization
Addressing the needs of the psychotherapist ( Vicarious Traumatization)
2:30 Break
2:45 Integrative Treatment of patients with co-morbid psychiatric disorders
- Use of a self-evaluative Checklist designed to assess your level of “ expertise”
- Next steps in training
4:00 Adjourn
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH CHILDREN
8:30 Registration
9:00 An overview of a cognitive behavioral perspective of
parent-child interactions : Implications for assessment and
treatment
- "How to make a violent Youth" : Developmental trajectory
and implications for interventions
- Consideration of a Case Conceptualization Model that
guides decision-making
- What works and what does NOT work : How not to make
things worse
- What can schools do : Why "smart" children keep getting
smarter and other children fall further and further behind.
- Ways to close the gap
- What can clinicians do : A review of the “ state of the art”
highlighting gender differences
10:30 Break
10:45 Cognitive-behavioral interventions : Addressing the critical
issue of generalization
Parent training with children and adolescents
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Childhood depression and adolescent suicide
- Assessment and treatment : Lessons learned
2:30 Break
2:45 PTSD in children and adolescents : Impact and assessment
- Cognitive behavioral trauma-focused interventions ( CBT-TF)
- Addressing issues of co-morbidity
- Examples: Cognitive behavioral Interventions in schools and use of CBT-TF with childhood sexual abuse.
- Critical role of treating the non-offending parent.
- Putting it all together
4:00 Adjourn
Members - $250 (both days), $187 (one day)
Non-members - $295 (both days), $225 (one day)
Luncheon - $6.95 (September 24th)
Online Registration Coming Soon!
Register by Mail
MLCPCA has partnered with several local hotels to offer a
special conference discount rate($55-$91 per night, based
on double occupancy.) Please mention you're with the Licensed
Clinical Professional Counselor Association Conference to obtain the
conference rate.
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