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The Cognitive Therapy Institute offers a variety of training and consultation options for mental health professionals of all disciplines: psychiatrists, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and others have come to the Institute for advanced training in cognitive therapy (CT) and for guidance in the integration of CT with other treatment approaches for specific conditions such as PTSD, OCD, other anxiety disorders, or depression. We periodically offer a Brief Training Class and will be offering other supervision groups for mental health professionals. Some mental health professionals prefer our 1:1 consultation options because they offer flexibility in terms of focusing on treatment of specific conditions or cases, such as the CBT protocol for panic disorder, or because we can then offer flexibility in the scheduling or the meeting times. Our staff not only includes members of theAcademy of Cognitive Therapy, each of our licensed therapists has additional areas of expertise such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, sexual abuse, child and adolescent psychotherapy, and weight loss.
Supervision
Intermediate and Advanced Supervision groups are offered for mental health professionals who have some background in Cognitive Therapy. The groups are oriented toward strengthening your competency in cognitive therapy conceptualizations and interventions, and will address integration of CT with other therapy approaches. The supervision groups will primarily emphasize application of CT to clinical cases that are presented by the participants and supervisor, but the Intermediate group will also include advanced training in particular CT treatment protocols for panic, social phobia, depression, OCD, and other conditions and will offer skill-enhancement regarding CT interventions.
 Objectives for Supervision Groups
1. Cognitive Conceptualization:
To improve competency in conceptualizing clinical conditions, personality disorders, and therapeutic processes (e.g. transference) from a cognitive perspective.
2. Cognitive Skills: To improve CT strategies, techniques, and cognitive restructuring tools including:
A. "Collaborative empiricism", "guided discovery", and the effective use of "Socratic questioning" to facilitate therapeutic change
B. Identifying, evaluating, and responding to relevant automatic thoughts and images
C. Developing “reality (behavioral) experiments” to test & change underlying maladaptive beliefs
D. Implementing appropriate homework assignments to facilitate change
E. Intervening with core beliefs (schemas) and relevant cognitive-emotional-interpersonal processes relevant to personality disorders
E. Appropriate use of other cognitive techniques and strategies (e.g., restructuring early memories)
3. Developmental History & Cognition:Depression Therapy Group
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To better understand the developmental origins (familial, social, experiential) of belief systems as related to conceptualization and treatment.
4. Theoretical Integration: To more effectively integrate cognitive therapy with psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral or other therapy approaches.
5. Transference Issues: To increase sensitivity and skill with use of cognitive therapy approaches in response to transference reactions in the therapeutic relationship.
6. Short-term Treatment Efficiency:To maximize treatment efficiency and effectiveness especially when time limits are imposed by managed care or client finances, with emphases on specifying treatment goals, setting session agendas, homework, and overall treatment structure.
7. Preparation for Certification by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
Intermediate Supervision Group: (Maximum of 8 participants.)
- Requirements: You have completed at least one graduate class, 10 seminar hours, the Brief Training Class, or other equivalent training in Cognitive (or Cognitive-Behavioral) Therapy.
- This supervision group will include 30 minutes of didactic training and review regarding CT treatment procedures such as Socratic Questioning, and regarding the specific CT treatment protocols for depression, panic and other anxiety disorders, personality disorders (10 week cycle of topics) prior to the supervision of clinical cases in the following hour
- The purpose of this group is to receive strong supervision and guidance as you gain experience in conceptualization and application of cognitive therapy with clinical cases
Date/Time/Cost for Intermediate Group Supervision:- Day & Time: To be arranged (most likely Mondays 9:00-10:30)
- Frequency: Bi-weekly.
- Cost: $60/session (90 minutes)
- Other details: Open-ended regarding when you join or how long you continue in the group.
- Contact: Please call (858) 450-1101 to request further information or an Application form.
Advanced Supervision Group:(Maximum of 6 participants.)
- Requirements: You have received advanced CT training, and you have been supervised by an experienced cognitive therapist; you have utilized CT as the primary treatment approach with at least 3 clients; and you are licensed clinician (M.D., Ph.D., L.C.S.W., M.F.C.C.)
- The supervision group will involve presentation of clinical cases by each clinician and in-depth clinical discussion/consultation, with an emphasis on improving expertise in the cognitive conceptualization and treatment of Axis I disorders and personality disorders.
Date/Time/Cost for Advanced Group Supervision:
Day & Time: To be arranged | Frequency: Bi-weekly. | Cost: $60/session (90 minutes) | Other details: Open-ended regarding when you join or how long you continue in the group. |
Contact: Please call (858) 450-1101 to request further information or an Application form. |
Individual supervision and Consultation(in person or by phone):
- $120-180/hour.
- Available by request.
Brief Training Class in Cognitive Therapy
Description:The Brief Training Class will provide a strong foundation in the fundamentals of cognitive therapy (CT) with an emphasis on theory, basic concepts and principles, cognitive conceptualization, and application of CT in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. This 15- hour course will include five bi-weekly classes (3 hours each). The course is designed for mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, marriage & family counselors, psychiatric nurses, graduate students, and residents), and will be limited to a total of 10-15 participants.
Objectives:
1. To establish a firm theoretical understanding of the cognitive therapy model and to develop proficiency in conceptualizing clinical cases from a CT perspective.
2. To thoroughly understand the basic concepts and techniques employed in CT including effective ways to identify, evaluate, and respond to dysfunctional automatic thoughts (and images), and strategies to restructure underlying assumptions, schemas, and other core beliefs.
3. To increase competence in using the primary CT processes and strategies including Socratic questioning, Behavioral (Reality) Experiments and other methods of Guided Discovery, structuring sessions (e.g. setting an agenda) in order to facilitate effective and efficient treatment, selecting and implementing effective homework assignments, and responding to transference or countertransference reactions.
Likely class times would be one of the following, biweekly:
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., or Fridays, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (tentative). Call to confirm starting date and time.
Cost: Enrollment fee for the 15 hour course must be paid in advance. The total fee per participant depends on the total number of participants who enroll. Approximate fees for the entire 15 hour course would be:
15 participants $500 each
10 participants $600 each
5 participants: $700 each
* (Students 10% discount)
How to Contact Us
To inquire about therapy or training or other services at the Cognitive Therapy Institute, or for other questions, please call us at(858) 450-1101.
Please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.
The Cognitive Therapy Institute, APC
3262 Holiday Court, Suite 220
La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel. (858) 450-1101
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