This course provides a careful overview of empirically supported therapies for anxiety in children and adolescents. The course reviews neurobiological, behavioral, cognitive, and parenting-related etiological factors in anxiety and provides examples of questions therapists can use to assess these factors. The relevant outcome research is summarized in a user-friendly fashion, and the course explains how this research can be integrated with assessment findings to individualize therapy for each client. There is step-by-step instruction in the main cognitive-behavioral techniques for treating anxiety, including psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, testing predictions, self-correcting for personal biases and, especially, exposure. The course also explains how to use psychodynamically informed interventions to address the fantasy fears of young children—fears which are usually so distant from rational thinking processes that they cannot be addressed by cognitive work. There are case illustrations and numerous examples of good words to say in various clinical situations.
This course is based on chapter 13 of the book, Child and Adolescent Therapy: Science and Art, 2nd Edition created by Jeremy Shapiro in 2015.
Publication Date
Child and Adolescent Therapy Science and Art 2nd Edition 2015
Course Material Author
Jeremy P. Shapiro
Jeremy P. Shapiro, Ph.D., a clinical child psychologist and adjunct faculty member of the Psychological Sciences Department of Case Western Reserve University, has 30+ years of experience as a psychotherapist, researcher, and trainer. Dr. Shapiro has published 7 books and numerous articles on topics including child abuse, depression, youth violence prevention, psychotherapy methods, and naturalistic outcome research, and he has presented over 200 workshops to therapists in over 40 states. From the beginning, the central focus of Dr. Shapiro's career has been integrating scientific findings with clinical reasoning to develop effective, practical strategies for helping clients.
Jeremy P. Shapiro authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Jeremy P. Shapiro, Ph.D., a clinical child psychologist and adjunct faculty member of the Psychological Sciences Department of Case Western Reserve University, has 30+ years of experience as a psychotherapist, researcher, and trainer. Dr. Shapiro has published 7 books and numerous articles on topics including child abuse, depression, youth violence prevention, psychotherapy methods, and naturalistic outcome research, and he has presented over 200 workshops to therapists in over 40 states. From the beginning, the central focus of Dr. Shapiro's career has been integrating scientific findings with clinical reasoning to develop effective, practical strategies for helping clients.
Recommended For
Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Apply scientific knowledge about neurobiological, behavioral, cognitive, family systems, and psychodynamic etiologies to the planning of individualized therapies for clients.
Provide effective cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety using the techniques of psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, testing predictions, self-correcting for personal biases and, especially, exposure.
Implement psychodynamic interventions for young children's fantasy fears that address their magical thinking on its own terms.
Availability
This course is available starting Dec 6th, 2019 and expires Dec 30th, 2024
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Course Creator
jeremy shapiro – Receives royalties as a published author.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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