Objectives
  • Define Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and its basic principles
  • Identify factors impacting people’s choice of behaviors
  • Explore causes and impact of thinking errors
  • Identify common thinking errors and their relationship to cognitive distortions
  • Review the concept of solution focused interventions
  • Envision how CBT can be used with patients with addictions and co-occurring disorders
  • Discuss the mind-body connection and its applications in the counseling setting
  • Define Mindlessness
  • Define Mindfulness
  • Differentiate between Mindfulness and Purposeful Action
  • Identify how mindfulness can be useful in practice
  • Explore several different mindfulness techniques and activities
  • Identify the common symptoms for anxiety and depression-based disorders
  • Learn how a positive change in one area or symptom can have positive effects on all symptoms or areas.
  • Explore
    •  The function of each of those symptoms
    • The potential causes of each of those symptoms
    • Interventions for each of those symptoms