About the Presenter
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims of Violence, (www.melissainstitute.org), and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami. He is one of the founders of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and in an
American Psychologist survey was voted “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century”.
Dr. Meichenbaum's prolific work has been published in numerous journals, chapters, and books. His books include Cognitive Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach, Stress Inoculation Training, Pain and Behavioral Medicine, Facilitating Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's Guidebook, Treating Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and most recently a clinical handbook on Treatment of Individuals with Anger-Control Problems and Aggressive Behaviors. For his contributions to the field of psychology, Dr. Meichenbaum was honored in 2008 with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Meichenbaum is now working with the military on an innovative Internet project for returning soldiers and their families. (see www.warfighterdiaries.com)
Symposium Description
Research indicates that 50% of psychiatric patients have a history of victimization that is often overlooked in assessment and treatment efforts. In this workshop, Dr. Meichenbaum will highlight recent developments in the treatment of patients with PTSD and Complex PTSD. He will consider the assessment and treatment implications of neuroscience research from a life-span perspective; highlight ways to provide integrated treatments in a culturally-sensitive fashion with patients with comorbid disorders and address ways to treat patients for whom guilt, shame, and complicated grief are present. Participants will learn how to conduct evidence-based trauma-focused CBT and spiritually-oriented psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults.
Schedule
Friday
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The nature and impact of trauma
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Review of major findings on PTSD: Implications of cognitive and neuroscience findings
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Work with returning combat veterans
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A constructive narrative perspective of trauma
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Core tasks of psychotherapy with victimized individuals
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Case Conceptualization Model
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Ways to bolster resilience
- Overview of evidence-based Cognitive Behavior Therapies
Saturday
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Nurturing and monitoring the therapeutic alliance
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Psychoeducation
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Collaborative goal-setting
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Conducting exposure-based interventions and coping skills training
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Treating patients with comorbid disorders including depression, suicidality, guilt, shame, anxiety, anger, and substance abuse disorders
Sunday
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Treating individuals with Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorders
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Integration of spiritually-oriented psychotherapeutic interventions
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Critique of post traumatic interventions: Assessment and trauma - focused CBT of victimized children and adolescents with PTSD and related disorders
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Addressing issues of treatment generalization
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Helping the helpers: Vicarious traumatization
