“For Best Outcomes, Teach Mood-Specific Skills”
by Christine Padesky, PhD

Dr.Padesky is a pioneer in the research and use of Cognitive-Behavioral treatment and diagnosis of mood and behavior disorders.

Irvine, California – 3 hour interactive workshop

Held at the Orange County Psychological Association’s 3rd Annual Convention

Workshop Description:
Clients who learn mood management skills improve more quickly and are less likely to relapse. But what skills make the biggest difference in the shortest amount of time? Drawing from three decades of research, this workshop illustrates the best evidence-based skills (from CBT, mindfulness, acceptance therapies, and positive psychology) to help clients understand and manage depression, anxiety, anger, guilt and shame.

LEARN:

• Why it is better to use gratitude diaries weekly than daily
• When a focus on core beliefs can actually make depression worse
• Why Thought Records are not a core intervention for anxiety
• How Mind Over Mood, 2nd Edition (Greenberger & Padesky, 2016) provides an evidence-based roadmap for therapists who want to teach mood-specific skills

This workshop features innovative participant exercises. Learning is enhanced through live clinical demonstrations, structured participant exercises, and detailed handouts. As always, this workshop is infused with Dr. Padesky’s signature warmth, humor, and an emphasis on practical clinical tips.

While previous familiarity with Mind Over Mood is not required, participants are encouraged to bring a copy of the 2nd Edition of Mind Over Mood to the workshop if they own it. Dr. Padesky will reference this book throughout her presentation and sign copies when the workshop is over.

Educational Objectives

This workshop enables you to:

1. DESCRIBE two skills that are linked to faster improvement and lower relapse for depression
2. LEARN questions that help identify the central thoughts maintaining anxiety
3. LIST five interventions that can help clients deal with guilt and shame

Workshop Presenter
Christine A. Padesky, Ph.D., is considered one of the leading cognitive therapy workshop presenters, appreciated for her depth of knowledge, compassion, and good-humored warmth. She has presented over 450 workshops to more than 45,000 professionals throughout the world as well as 25 workshops with cognitive therapy’s founder, Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Her clear, organized and compelling presentations integrate theory, empiricism, creativity, audience interaction and practical skills.

Co-founder in 1983 of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Huntington Beach, California, Dr. Padesky is a Distinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. In 2002, the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) named Dr. Padesky the “Most Influential International Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist.” In 2003 she received recognition for her Distinguished Contribution to Psychology from the California Psychological Association. In 2007 the Academy of Cognitive Therapy honored her with its Aaron T. Beck Award for enduring contributions to the field.

Dr. Padesky provides consultation to mental health professionals worldwide. She develops audio and video training materials (described at www.Store.Padesky.com) that demonstrate cognitive therapy processes and protocols and is a featured therapist in several award-winning educational films. She is co-author of books translated into 23 languages including Collaborative Case Conceptualization, Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, Clinician’s Guide to Mind Over Mood, and Cognitive Therapy with Couples. The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) voted her bestselling cognitive therapy self-help book Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think (www.mindovermood.com) the most influential cognitive therapy book of all time.