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CBT for Panic.
CBT for Panic training is an APT-Accredited 3-day course from one of Canada's leading providers of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training courses. We bring the training to your own organization, for maximum cost-effectiveness, and up to 15 people can attend. (2-day version also available.)
Executive Summary:
Panic is an intensely distressing disorder for the sufferer, which few people can imagine unless they have experienced it themselves. Characterised by symptoms such as blurred vision, an inability to breathe, dizziness, a feeling of being unable to control oneself, it is quite different from the everyday use of the word 'panic'. Frequently it leads to a feeling that one must not venture far from 'safety' and so there is often associated agoraphobia which may persist even when the panic disorder itself has been successfully treated. Panic is traditionally a disorder that is very difficult to treat, but the latest thinking described here enables therapists to treat panic with a good degree of success.
What this course will do for you:
This course aims to (a) familiarise delegates with the nature of panic disorder and associated agoraphobia, (b) to introduce delegates to the theoretical models of panic currently prevailing and (c) introduce delegates to treatment methods for panic in a way that they should be able to use subsequent to the course.
The course covers:
- A description of panic. 'Panic' is a word that people commonly use to mean 'sudden intense anxiety'. People who suffer 'panic attacks' know that what they suffer is in a different league from this everyday experience. The DSMIV description of panic, and associated agoraphobia.
- What 'panic attacks' imply about the patient's underlying mental state.
- Clarke's 1986 vicious circle model of panic. Subsequent variants on that model, including the concept of a 'short circuit' to panic.
- The factors that maintain panic. 'Panic' tends to be intractable; without treatment it can persist forever. So it is important to understand the factors that maintain it: Misinterpretation of situations; too much attention to physical sensations; the misinterpretation of 'symptoms'; a failure to challenge this misinterpretation; an avoidance of situations that induce panic; safety behaviours.
- The treatment of panic. Fortunately the understanding and treatment of panic disorder has progressed greatly in recent years: NICE guidelines including psychological therapy, pharmacological therapy, and self help; socialising people to the cognitive model: introducing it and matching their own experience with it.
- Modifying fearful cognitions, especially using logical evidence based reasoning.
- The use of synthesising questions and symptom contrast.
- Tackling the perceived inability to breathe and the apparently paradoxical role of 'deep breathing'.
- Early attenders. It is worth differentiating between early and late 'attenders' - people who come for treatment early on or late on. Early attenders have not yet acquired the 'short circuit' where the fear of a panic attack can be instrumental in triggering one.
- The cycle of panic; the role of hyperventilation, the concept of an 'amygdala hijack'. The role of the information sheet (provided on the course).
- Key, stock phrases to use with early-attenders.
- Late attenders. Late attenders have typically built up a pattern of behavior which is unhelpful to resolving their panic attacks. Typically it will involve agoraphobia, avoidance, and safety behaviours.
- Changing fear inducing behaviour: The use of graded exposure, and the development thereof of the three exposure options. Safety behaviours. Coping strategies.
- The use of stress inoculation training in handling stressful situations and attacking agoraphobia.
- The use of other CBT approaches such as imagery, distraction, reframing, and relaxation.
- The measurement of progress: collecting evidence about progress is always a central tenet in CBT.
- Objective and subjective measures. Risk assessment.
- Course Methods include lecture, group discussion, and video and practical exercises. A comprehensive workbook is included for all delegates.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Level 1 accreditation, and receive a certificate to this effect. The accreditation gives you access to online resources associated with the course and access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT accreditation to Level 2.
Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation lasts for 3 years and is renewable by sitting an online refresher which also upgrades your accreditation to APT Level 2 if you are successful in the associated online exam.
Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 100,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.
Booking this training is easy
Option 1: Exclusive Live Webinar (for groups):
This course can be provided as a live webinar for groups. A webinar typically takes slightly less time than the live course on which it is based (because of less group discussion and group exercises) but they are live and pleasingly interactive. Click here to view prices.
Delegates can be anywhere that is conducive to concentrating, all together or separate, so long as they have access to a computer with a good internet connection. And as a manager, you have ‘guaranteed completion’: you only pay for delegates who successfully complete (minimum 15).
Option 2: Bring the course to your organization:
Up to 15 people can attend this course and we bring it to you for a fixed fee. The 3-day course costs $6,595 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses), and the 2-day version costs $4,695 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses).
To book, email office@aptcanada.com, or click the button:
Option 3: 'Train the Trainer':
If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course - or your chosen modules from it - in your own organization, under license.
This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee (around 50%) each time you run it or your chosen modules.
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Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of this course.
Average Presentation rating: 97%
Average Relevance rating: 97%
*These statistics were last updated in April 2017.
Written Feedback.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the 'CBT for Panic' course has received.
"An extremely enjoyable and well presented course. This module will be extremely useful in both my work as a nurse as well as a counselor. Thank you."
"Amazing... loved it! Very well put together. Excellently delivered. Soooo informative."