Systematic Desensitization Therapy
Systematic Desensitization Therapy
Learn how to create and deliver systematic desensitization protocols for your clients with anxiety and avoidance-based disorders (such as social anxiety, phobia, eating disorders, OCD, and PTSD).
Exposure therapy can be an effective therapeutic tool for helping clients overcome fears and challenges. Systematic desensitization therapy is a systematic approach to exposure therapy that can help clients reach specific goals.
Effective approaches to systematic desensitization therapy involve:
A strong therapeutic alliance and sense of trust
The ability of the therapist to help inspire motivation and values-based action in their clients
The ability to deliver basic psychoeducation around the avoidance-anxiety cycle
The ability to help clients use basic CBT strategies throughout their journey
The ability to help clients use nervous system downregulation and relaxation strategies
An ability to grade and fade challenges flexibly
Knowledge of how to bring the approach out of the clinic and into the real world
COURSE OUTLINE
What is exposure therapy
What is systematic desensitization therapy
Psychoeducation strategies around the avoidance-anxiety cycle and why exposure is important
Engagement strategies for clients, connecting to client values
Basic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches to managing destructive thinking
Basic nervous system downregulation strategies for managing anxiety
Grading challenges and fading support to make your protocol more client-centred and nuanced
Creating a custom, client-centred systematic desensitization protocol
Participants will be able to:
Explain what exposure therapy and systematic desensitization therapy are, for which client base they can be used, and why they can be effective
Deliver basic psychoeducation around the avoidance-anxiety cycle
Use strategies to help clients connect to their values and engage in therapy
Help clients with basic cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) strategies for managing destructive thinking
Help clients use basic nervous system downregulation and relaxation strategies for managing anxiety
Learn about how to use elements of fading and grading in a systematic desensitization protocol
Create a systematic desensitization protocol for an avoidance and anxiety-based client issue, such as eating disorders, PTSD, OCD, or phobia
Learn how to deliver effective systematic desensitization therapy for clients
For Anxiety and Avoidance-Based Disorders (such as social anxiety, phobia, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD)
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What you will learn
- Explain what exposure therapy and systematic desensitization therapy are, for which client base they can be used, and why they can be effective
- Deliver basic psychoeducation around the avoidance-anxiety cycle
- Help clients connect to their values and engage in therapy
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Level: All Levels
Duration: 1 hour
Instructor: Michelle Scott
Courses By: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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