Time: 9.30am – 3pm
Venue: Center for Psychological and Counseling Services
Audience pool: Postgraduate trainees from Master in Counseling
Objectives:
- To facilitate learning the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), such as understanding the client’s issue(s) based on CBT conceptualization.
- To provide an interactive platform for the participants to experience and apply skills and techniques in CBT through different activities and role-play exercises.
Notes on CBT 101:
- Understanding our emotions, behaviors, and physiological reactions as a result of our thought pattern.
- Cognitive distortions are irrational thought patterns that influence our emotions and behaviors.
- Cognitive restructuring is a technique used to identify and modify irrational thought pattern.
- Automatic thought is a spontaneous and quick thought or image that occurs in response to an event. It is more than often a reflection of our underlying assumptions and beliefs.
- Thought Diary is used to monitor mood, behaviors, and thought pattern.
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