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The Seven Deadly Addictions
How Paradoxical Agenda-Setting Can Boost Your Effectiveness in the
Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, Relationship Problems,
Eating Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Abuse, and Procrastination
David Burns, MD
Earn 7 CE/CME Hours**
Most emotional problems have an addictive component that can dramatically complicate treatment. In my 35 years of practice, I`ve developed scores of powerful psychotherapy techniques, but one has stood out as extraordinarily important in working with every patient and critically important with more challenging patients whose problems may be partly addiction-based.. I call this technique Paradoxical Agenda-Setting (PAS).
PAS goes way beyond setting treatment goals and continues to be of vital importance throughout the course of treatment. In this workshop, I’ll show you exactly how PAS works and how to help patients struggling with depression, anxiety disorders, relationship problems and addictions such as binge eating and drug/alcohol abuse.
What exactly is Paradoxical Agenda-Setting? Paradoxical Agenda-Setting is the point where the science and art of psychotherapy come together, where strong, conflicted emotions are frequently expressed, and where the real magic of therapy occurs. PAS is a fundamental and powerful technique that can easily be integrated with any therapeutic style or orientation. It will help you motivate your most resistant clients, dramatically enhance your clinical effectiveness, and accelerate the recovery process, no matter what your therapeutic orientation may be and what kinds of patients you treat.
Teaching methods will include lecture, demonstrations, and exercises, but will focus on practical case examples. You’ll see how powerful interventions such as the Devil’s Advocate Technique, the Hidden Emotion Technique, and Externalization of Voices, can be combined with PAS to combat the “Seven Deadly Addictions” we find, to some extent in nearly all our patients. This is a workshop I`ve been looking forward to presenting for a long time! I hope you can join us!
Learning Objectives
Participants will enhance their ability to:
- Pinpoint the 8 most common forms of therapeutic resistance
- Become the “voice” of the patient’s subconscious resistance
- Overcome Outcome Resistance with the Magic Button and Magic Dial techniques
- Defeat Process Resistance with the Gentle Ultimatum and the Paradoxical Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Paradox habits and addictions with the Devil’s Advocate Technique
- Learn the art of acceptance: to “hold with open hands” (like the Buddha)
- Utilize future relapses as opportunities to maximize clinical gains
Who Should Attend _____________
All mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, family physicians, social workers,
psychiatric nurses, therapists, alcohol & drug counselors, employee assistance counselors, school
counselors, youth workers, sexual abuse counselors, vocational rehabilitation consultants, social service
co-ordinators, street workers, and crisis counselors who work directly with clients and are seeking practical,
proven methods to enhance their therapeutic skills
Dates and Locations __________________
Specific Northern California dates and locations to be announced
Workshop Information
Check-in begins at 7:15 AM and the workshop hours are 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM with lunch on your own from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. There will be two fifteen minute breaks.
Earn 7 CE/CME hours (UNA/ANCC Nurses = 7.5 hours)
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop includes graphic clinical material that may be disturbing to some attendees. If you need assistance please contact one of the workshop aides, the conference coordinator, or notify the speaker.
Registration Information
To register by phone call 800-258-8411. Or register online on the Calendar Page
$139 Early web registration (completed 14 days prior to workshop)
$149 Early registration (sent 14 days prior to workshop)
$169 Regular registration (on-site reg. is $189, space available)
Aide positions must be filled by phone. Please call for availability. Additional information will be required.
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