Unified Experiential CBT for Generalised Anxiety Disorder
October 3rd, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. EDT
Dr. Sanjay Rao
6 hours
Webinar
✓ Offered By Unified CBT Academy
✓ Associated with the University of Ottawa, Department of Psychiatry
Course Description
This course covers the key theories on worrying including intolerance of uncertainty, metacognitive beliefs, experiential avoidance and failures in problems solving.
Workshop Description
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the commonest anxiety disorder and cognitive behavioural therapy is the first-line treatment condition for this condition with several clinical trials supporting the interventions. Clients with generalized anxiety often suffer silently and worrying often affects their relationships. Therapists may find the incessant stream of worrying difficult to manage in sessions. Common techniques used for other anxiety disorders may not be as effective for generalized anxiety.
This course covers the key theories on worrying including intolerance of uncertainty, metacognitive beliefs, experiential avoidance and failures in problems solving.
A step by step protocol approach will convert the above theories into a practical framework for delivering intervention for GAD in clinical practice. The course is designed to use effective experiential and structured techniques to work towards skills mastery in treating clients with GAD.
Course attendees will receive a certificate of attendance from the Dept of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa.
Dr Sanjay Rao is an experienced teacher and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in 2018 he was awarded a Fellowship of the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural therapy for his contribution to CBT in Canada. He has received an award from the Department of Health, UK for CBT development. He is the Director of Unified CBT Academy.
Dr Rao has trained in CBT, DBT, Mindfulness-based therapies, and strength focussed coaching. He has expertise in both psychological and pharmacological treatment of mental health conditions. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrist (UK) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada). He has delivered over 250 workshops in Cognitive behavioural therapies, presented in national, international conferences and published in several scientific journals.
Since 2011 he has helped the province of Nova Scotia develop Cognitive Behavioural Therapy implementation by training and supervising therapists across the province. He has also served as an executive member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy along with various management position such as Co-Chair of Chiefs of Psychiatrists in Nova Scotia, Clinical Director of The Mood and Anxiety Program at the Royal Ottawa Hospital and Clinical Lead of Improving Access to Structured Psychotherapy in Ottawa.
Dr Rao is involved in research concerning distance delivery of CBT through technology as well as workplace mental health using CBT and problem-solving approaches. He is an active clinician delivering CBT in collaborative care settings.
He trains and supervises multidisciplinary teams including physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists and counsellors.
Registration Fee: $225 +HST | Early Bird Fee: $200.00 +HST (Ends September, 3rd 2019)
Student Rate/CMHA Staff: $180.00 + HST (Note: Students & CMHA Staff send proof of being a student to info@unifiedcbt.com.
Registration is open to those who have an independent practice or is a student working towards independent practice. CMHA staff should send or present with their ID proof.
Email: info@unifiedcbt.com if you have any questions.
Registrant Cancellation:
Note: Refund Policy
- Full refund minus $50.00 Admin fee until September 19th, 2019 at 4:00 pm.
- After September 19th, 2019 the refund will be for 50% of the fee paid.
- The course fee paid can be carried forward to another 1-day workshop offered by us.
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The CBT training with Dr. Sanjay Rao absolutely revolutionized my clinical practice. Dr. Rao’s program taught me the experiential components of treatment to move stuck clients, including stubborn belief systems that were resistant to change in purely cognitive work.
– Course Attendee
Instructor
Dr. Sanjay Rao, MBBS, MD, FRCPSYCH, FRCPC, MBA
Director of Unified CBT & Professor of Psychiatry, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPC, MBA
About Unified CBT Academy
At Unified CBT, we believe that psychological therapy is a high-performance activity that can significantly benefit from cross-training. In fact, we believe that no singular mental health approach sufficient. Just like athletes, therapists need to train outside disciplines, all the while keeping abreast of emerging scientific evidence.
Supporting our commitment to evidence-based treatment and an improvement in client outcomes with measurement-based care.
