CALGARY, CANADA – two day / 12 hour workshop.

Ideal for intermediate level CBT therapists who already have experience working with anxiety disorder protocols, more expert CBT therapists who attended reported the workshop includes useful new ideas (danger/coping disorder framework) and methods (assertive defense of the self for social anxiety) that make this workshop suitable even for experienced CBT therapists. Novice CBT therapists are also welcome to attend. Learning treatment methods, principles, and Padesky’s organizing framework will speed mastery of anxiety therapies.

Participants will be able to learn

• Write out the anxiety equation
• Recognize common treatment principles for danger and coping disorders
• Practice induction methods used in treatment of panic & OCD
• Teach clients to address “what if?” GAD worries with action plans
• Practice “assertive defense of the self” with social anxiety
• Observe approaches that address post-traumatic memory gaps